In honor of the 45th anniversary of the photograph session for the album cover of Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, we’ll take a right turn; instead of a track by track cover of the songs on the album, we’ll listen to covers of, and by the artists featured on the album’s cover itself. (51 minutes)
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A very cool theme and wonderfully executed.
Keep up the good work, Brian!
Isn’t Singin’ in the Rain more of a Gene Kelly song than Fred Astaire?
Not to quibble, Brian, because I love Coverville, but was Fred Astaire really the first person to do “Singin’ in the Rain?” It’s Gene Kelly in the movie.
Really minor. Coverville is by far my favorite podcast.
Isn’t Singing in the Rain typically attributed to Gene Kelly from the musical movie of the same name?
Oops! Fred Astair… I don’t think so. Given all that you do and get so right. The Fred slip will be forgiven. LOL
Thanks, CharleyJ – yeah, my trivial mind let me down on that one. So sorry, and thanks for forgiving me on that one, folks!
Great idea. Just taken a look again at the box set they released in 1987 for the CD release of the album. Fantastic artwork.
On the song Singin’ in the Rain, cliff Edwards was the first one who sang it back in 1929.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tx6CXxOoko
He also sang it in the 1929 film Hollywood Revue of 1929
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GdN_NncZkM&feature=related
THis is the final number of the film where the whole cast sing Singin’ in the Rain. Try to guess all the movie stars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUba07FwXSw