Other examples, also if you could help me with the piece it's based on please:
Nilsson - Without you
Billy Joel - This night (Beethoven)
Eric Carmen - All by myself
Beach boys - Lady Linda (Bach)
Manfred Mann - Joybringer (Holst)
Barry Manilow - Could it be magic
Any more...?
2007-07-28 08:47:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
can can - bad manners = orpheus in the underworld - offenbach
danny boy = the londonderry air
if i had words - sorry can't remember! =3rd movement of symphony no 3 op78 - charles camille saint-saens
stranger in paradise = polovtsian dances - alexander borodin
Suddenly- tony bennet = une chambre separee - richard heuberger
surrender- elvis presley = torna a surriento- ernesto de curtis
Loads more in Daily Telegraph A-Z of just about everything
Being really nosey, but love to know why?
2007-07-28 12:24:36 · answer #1 · answered by karen b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greg Lake (of Emerson, Lake and Palmer) I believe in Father Christmas : Troika Ride from Prokoviev's Lt Kije Suite.
Elvis Presley: It's Now or Never (O Sole Mio...can't remember the composer, but it's from an opera).
These are only 2 I can remember. There are probably a good few more.
2007-07-28 09:03:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Altogether Now' by The Farm was based upon Pachelbel's Canon.
'A Lover's Concerto', by the Toys was an adaptation of a minuet by J S Bach.
The old Perry Como song 'I'm Always Chasing Rainbows' was a reworking of Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu in C# Minor.
'Nutrocker' by B Bumble and the Stingers was an arrangement of the Marche from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite.
The bit in the middle of 'All By Myself' is an extract from Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, by Rachmaninov.
2007-07-28 09:32:19 · answer #3 · answered by john g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
Baker Street - Gerry Raffertty (sp)?
Nights In White Satin - ? not sure!doh
Hotel California - Eagles
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2007-07-28 09:14:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joy...Apollo 100 (Bach)
A Fifth of Beethoven...Walter Murphy Band(Beethoven)
Love Is Blue...Paul Mauriat
2007-07-30 08:40:02 · answer #5 · answered by BoosGrammy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of my all time classical tunes is Ravel's Bolero, and was very pleasantly suprised when my favourite contemporary artist Rufus Wainwright incorporated Bolero into his song "Oh What A World" to great effect. You should check that out. Its the first track from Rufus' "Want One" album.
2007-07-28 10:07:25 · answer #6 · answered by Scorpius 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apollo 100 was known for making funky versions of classical tunes.
2007-07-28 12:59:39 · answer #7 · answered by thezaylady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lacrimosa - Evanescence (from Mozart's Requiem)
2007-07-28 10:17:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
2007-07-28 10:20:10 · answer #9 · answered by phatzwave 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Wikipedia's "List of popular songs based on classical music" has almost all of them!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popular_songs_based_on_classical_music
Cheers :)
2007-07-30 13:35:14 · answer #10 · answered by Mikey :) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋