The 15 Song Album collection:

01 - The First Cut is The Deepest - Cat Stevens/P.P.Arnold
02 - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu/Carpenters etc.
03 - Blinded By the Light - Bruce Springsteen/Manfred Mann
04 - Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms/Janis Joplin
05 - China Girl - Iggy Pop/David Bowie
06 - Who's Loving You - The Miracles/ Michael Jackson. (in fact. many think it only a MJ song and he did it first. Actually, Smokey Robinson wrote and recorded it first)
 
01 - The First Cut is The Deepest - Cat Stevens/P.P.Arnold
02 - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu/Carpenters etc.
03 - Blinded By the Light - Bruce Springsteen/Manfred Mann
04 - Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms/Janis Joplin
05 - China Girl - Iggy Pop/David Bowie
06 - Who's Loving You - The Miracles/ Michael Jackson. (in fact. many think it only a MJ song and he did it first. Actually, Smokey Robinson wrote and recorded it first)
07 - Lookin' For A Love - The Valentinos/J Geils Band/Bobby Womack
 
01 - The First Cut is The Deepest - Cat Stevens/P.P.Arnold
02 - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu/Carpenters etc.
03 - Blinded By the Light - Bruce Springsteen/Manfred Mann
04 - Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms/Janis Joplin
05 - China Girl - Iggy Pop/David Bowie
06 - Who's Loving You - The Miracles/ Michael Jackson. (in fact. many think it only a MJ song and he did it first. Actually, Smokey Robinson wrote and recorded it first)
07 - Lookin' For A Love - The Valentinos/J Geils Band/Bobby Womack
08 - It's My Life - Talk Talk/No Doubt
 
01 - The First Cut is The Deepest - Cat Stevens/P.P.Arnold
02 - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu/Carpenters etc.
03 - Blinded By the Light - Bruce Springsteen/Manfred Mann
04 - Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms/Janis Joplin
05 - China Girl - Iggy Pop/David Bowie
06 - Who's Loving You - The Miracles/ Michael Jackson
07 - Lookin' For A Love - The Valentinos/J Geils Band/Bobby Womack
08 - It's My Life - Talk Talk/No Doubt
09 - Lovesong - The Cure / "311"
 
01 - The First Cut is The Deepest - Cat Stevens/P.P.Arnold
02 - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu/Carpenters etc.
03 - Blinded By the Light - Bruce Springsteen/Manfred Mann
04 - Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms/Janis Joplin
05 - China Girl - Iggy Pop/David Bowie
06 - Who's Loving You - The Miracles/ Michael Jackson
07 - Lookin' For A Love - The Valentinos/J Geils Band/Bobby Womack
08 - It's My Life - Talk Talk/No Doubt
09 - Lovesong - The Cure / "311"
10 - Take It Easy - Jackson Browne/Eagles
 
I'm not too sure that #10 fits inside the list theme.
Some times a song can be a big regional hit but, not in other areas.
Anyway............

01 - The First Cut is The Deepest - Cat Stevens/P.P.Arnold
02 - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu/Carpenters etc.
03 - Blinded By the Light - Bruce Springsteen/Manfred Mann
04 - Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms/Janis Joplin
05 - China Girl - Iggy Pop/David Bowie
06 - Who's Loving You - The Miracles/ Michael Jackson
07 - Lookin' For A Love - The Valentinos/J Geils Band/Bobby Womack
08 - It's My Life - Talk Talk/No Doubt
09 - Lovesong - The Cure / "311"
10 - Take It Easy - Jackson Browne/Eagles
11 - Hound Dog - Big Mamma Thorton/Elvis
 
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01 - The First Cut is The Deepest - Cat Stevens/P.P.Arnold
02 - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu/Carpenters etc.
03 - Blinded By the Light - Bruce Springsteen/Manfred Mann
04 - Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms/Janis Joplin
05 - China Girl - Iggy Pop/David Bowie
06 - Who's Loving You - The Miracles/ Michael Jackson
07 - Lookin' For A Love - The Valentinos/J Geils Band/Bobby Womack
08 - It's My Life - Talk Talk/No Doubt
09 - Lovesong - The Cure / "311"
10 - Take It Easy - Jackson Browne/Eagles
11 - Hound Dog - Big Mamma Thorton/Elvis
12 - Twist And Shout - The Isley Brothers/The Beatles
 
01 - The First Cut is The Deepest - Cat Stevens/P.P.Arnold
02 - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu/Carpenters etc.
03 - Blinded By the Light - Bruce Springsteen/Manfred Mann
04 - Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms/Janis Joplin
05 - China Girl - Iggy Pop/David Bowie
06 - Who's Loving You - The Miracles/ Michael Jackson
07 - Lookin' For A Love - The Valentinos/J Geils Band/Bobby Womack
08 - It's My Life - Talk Talk/No Doubt
09 - Lovesong - The Cure / "311"
10 - Take It Easy - Jackson Browne/Eagles
11 - Hound Dog - Big Mamma Thorton/Elvis
12 - Twist And Shout - The Isley Brothers/The Beatles
13 - I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley & The Wailers / Eric Clapton
 
Actually, the Isley Bros has a big hit with Twist And Shout. That is why the Beatles originally played it at their gigs and eventually recorded it ...... it was a well known, well liked song.

Twist and Shout - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Did the Beatles have a bigger with it? I guess it depends on who you ask.. :)

In the US the Isley Bros version reached #17 on the the US charts and the Beatles reached #2. I took that to mean a bigger hit for the Beatles.

In Australia the Beatles version was the only one I remember being played on the radio. I don't think the Isley Bros version rated at all.

That's the problem with a topic like this - it depends where you live
 
01 - The First Cut is The Deepest - Cat Stevens/P.P.Arnold
02 - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu/Carpenters etc.
03 - Blinded By the Light - Bruce Springsteen/Manfred Mann
04 - Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms/Janis Joplin
05 - China Girl - Iggy Pop/David Bowie
06 - Who's Loving You - The Miracles/ Michael Jackson
07 - Lookin' For A Love - The Valentinos/J Geils Band/Bobby Womack
08 - It's My Life - Talk Talk/No Doubt
09 - Lovesong - The Cure / "311"
10 - Take It Easy - Jackson Browne/Eagles
11 - Hound Dog - Big Mamma Thorton/Elvis
12 - Twist And Shout - The Isley Brothers/The Beatles
13 - I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley & The Wailers / Eric Clapton
14 - Respect - Otis Redding / Aretha Franklin
 
lets get this over with...

01 - The First Cut is The Deepest - Cat Stevens/P.P.Arnold
02 - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu/Carpenters etc.
03 - Blinded By the Light - Bruce Springsteen/Manfred Mann
04 - Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms/Janis Joplin
05 - China Girl - Iggy Pop/David Bowie
06 - Who's Loving You - The Miracles/ Michael Jackson
07 - Lookin' For A Love - The Valentinos/J Geils Band/Bobby Womack
08 - It's My Life - Talk Talk/No Doubt
09 - Lovesong - The Cure / "311"
10 - Take It Easy - Jackson Browne/Eagles
11 - Hound Dog - Big Mamma Thorton/Elvis
12 - Twist And Shout - The Isley Brothers/The Beatles
13 - I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley & The Wailers / Eric Clapton
14 - Respect - Otis Redding / Aretha Franklin
15 - Sorrow - The McCoys / David Bowie