this guy does a pretty good rendition of pieces of april
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwSlSR7Ubxc

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Link to original video: https://youtu.be/-Cyjvx3YFHQ [/FLASH_VIDEO]

I like Waylon’s covers of Elvis.

Pretty Much everything by Leo
https://youtu.be/MH9FyLsfDzw

I post this one as a semi joke... because most people liked it more than the original.



Original




One I always think of... while I'm not a fan of the Dixie Chicks, I like this one more than Fleetwood Mac.

"Ticket to Ride", written by the Beatles, performed by Carpenters.

CAS, I was going to post the Dixie Chicks version of Landslide. That's a good one. Too bad they "self-destructed".

I'd also include: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's cover of "Woodstock" Written by Joni Mitchell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKdsRWhyH30

Indigo Girls: Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fiXkvsKpdk

Indigo Girls: Uncle John's Band (Grateful Dead)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-noCSrXGq2Y

Hazy Shade of Winter from The Bangles.

Sound of silence by Disturbed

Bocephus lays down a serious cover of LaGrange
Crank it up!




Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yt9l6R-rM0

The three that come to mind for me have already been mentioned, but I'll second them:

Hendrix: (Dylan's) All Along The Watchtower
Clapton: (Bob Marley's) I Shot The Sheriff
CSNY: (Joni Mitchell's) Woodstock

EDIT: mikeyspizza below reminds me of Cocker; he did so many great covers it's hard to know where to start. In addition to mikey's choice, think of Cry Me A River, for example. I love the classic renditions, too (Julie London, for instance), but his take is amazing. Just look up the YouTube video from the Mad Dogs tour.

And, yeah, Johnny Winter doing Highway 61. Good stuff.

And, come to think of it, turnabout is fair play; Derek and the Dominoes doing Hendrix's Little Wing

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Cat Stevens did "The First Cut is the Deepest" first:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBccr-aLu4I

but I prefer Sheryl Crow's version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqiypMz5xGo

Leona Lewis covering Oasis...




Jeff Healy covering Dylan's "When The Night Comes Falling."

Link to original video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A69BertdSt4

Off the top of my head:

Abbie Cardwell Can't You Hear Me Knocking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDJcU7bTrM

Uncle Tupelo Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4xNlaFiLbE

Social Distortion Ring Of Fire (Live at the Roxy version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re6MhYihstQ

The Smashing Pumpkins You're All I've Got Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku9usydHEEc

Peaches Search and Destroy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXdIifOwUZ8

Pearl Jam The Real Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPgIwpI49oY

Hurt-Johnny Cash
I See a Darkness-Johnny Cash
Back in the High Life Again-Warren Zevon
Sound of Silence-Disturbed

Disturbed: Simon and Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence
https://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4

 
Johnny Winter's cover of Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited:
 

 
Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNW0pioGSFU

Take it Easy by Travis Tritt

Some good ones already mentioned, namely Clapton.

My contribution is that I think Chris Isaak’s Solitary Man cover is better than the original.