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Music Appreciation

Swede

(35,910 posts) Thu Apr 3, 2025, 10:39 PM Apr 3

Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver plus a great cover by Peter, Paul & Mary

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Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver plus a great cover by Peter, Paul & Mary (Original Post) Swede Apr 3 OP

I suppose the Peter Paul and Mary version is technically a cover, rsdsharp Apr 3 #1

Well, he did write the song. Swede Apr 3 #2

I'm aware of that, but he didn't have a hit single with it rsdsharp Apr 3 #4

Check out this live version with Mama Cass yourout Apr 3 #3

I love the PP&M version.... so melancholy IcyPeas Apr 4 #5

rsdsharp

(10,650 posts)

1. I suppose the Peter Paul and Mary version is technically a cover,

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 10:51 PM

Apr 3

but it was a number one hit for them in 1969, while Denver’s re-recorded version of the same year failed to chart. I don’t think his 1966 version (titled Babe I Hate to Go) was even released as a single.

Swede

(35,910 posts)

2. Well, he did write the song.

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 10:57 PM

Apr 3

rsdsharp

(10,650 posts)

4. I'm aware of that, but he didn't have a hit single with it

Reply to Swede (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 11:03 PM

Apr 3

despite putting it on his 1973 Greatest Hits album.

Carole King cowrote Locomotion. Little Eva had a hit with it in 1962, and King released a version in 1980. Was Little Eva the cover? I guess, technically, but most people would point to the Little Eva or Grand Funk Railroad versions as the hit.

yourout

(8,364 posts)

3. Check out this live version with Mama Cass

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 10:59 PM

Apr 3

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IcyPeas

(23,424 posts)

5. I love the PP&M version.... so melancholy

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Fri Apr 4, 2025, 04:14 PM

Apr 4

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