{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"RouteNote - Radar","provider_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar","author_name":"Radar Team","author_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/author\/rn_adm_rad\/","title":"Who Originally Sang These 25 Famous Cover Songs? - RouteNote - Radar","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zYsTWI608P\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/who-originally-sang-these-25-famous-cover-songs\/\">Who Originally Sang These 25 Famous Cover Songs?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/who-originally-sang-these-25-famous-cover-songs\/embed\/#?secret=zYsTWI608P\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Who Originally Sang These 25 Famous Cover Songs?&#8221; &#8212; RouteNote - Radar\" data-secret=\"zYsTWI608P\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Whitney-Houston.jpg","thumbnail_width":429,"thumbnail_height":630,"description":"Sometimes a cover becomes so famous that the original almost disappears. A new artist changes the arrangement, delivers a definitive vocal or simply reaches a much larger audience. Years later, millions of listeners assume that version was the song\u2019s beginning. Often, it was not. Here are 25 famous recordings that are covers, along with the artists who got there first. 1. Whitney Houston \u2013 I Will Always Love You Original: Dolly Parton Dolly Parton wrote and released I Will Always Love You in 1974. Whitney Houston\u2019s enormous 1992 version transformed the country ballad into one of the biggest vocal pop..."}