Cover Stories today for Olivia, who just turned 70, and Mama Cass of The Mamas and The Papas, who would have been 75! (66 minutes)
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Coverville 1235: Cover Stories for Olivia Newton-John and The Mamas and The Papas
September 26, 2018
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If Not for You
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album New Morning
B-side “New Morning”
Released October 19, 1970
Recorded August 12, 1970
In November 1970, a month after Dylan’s original had appeared, George Harrison released a version of the song on his triple album All Things Must Pass. Another well-known cover of the song was recorded by Olivia Newton-John, who had the only U.S. charting version of the song, in 1971.
On the other hand, YOU corrected me re the lyrics to California Dreamin’. My defense: “Seems that the fact that the verse has three verbs in the past tense (stopped, passed, got) tunes the ear for a fourth (began) rather than a present tense verb such as pretend.”
https://www.rogerogreen.com/2010/08/30/monday-monday-no-wrong-mamas-papas-song/