Covers

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This might be kind of obsessive, but I've started a list of songs that the Zombies covered but didn't record, not even on radio broadcasts.  Because I don't know their arrangements, I probably won't go about learning them; I just think it's interesting.  (I do want to learn "Perfidia" but just because I love that song.)

So far, I've only skimmed through the liner notes to Zombie Heaven (and added "Malagueña" because I remember that being noted in Claes Johansen's book), so this is incomplete (not like it will ever be definitive anyway).  I've added specific artists where they were noted.

• "Wonderful Land" - The Shadows
• "Nivram" - The Shadows
• "Shakin' All Over"
• "Peggy Sue"
• "Big Man" - The Four Preps
• "Roll Over Beethoven"
• "Sweets for My Sweet" - The Searchers
• "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" before Herman's Hermits
• "From Me to You" - The Beatles
• "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
• "What'd I Say" - Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles
• "FBI" - The Shadows
• "Perfidia" - The Ventures
• "A Change Is Gonna Come" - Sam Cooke
• "You Better Move On" - Arthur Alexander
• "Baby What You Want Me to Do" - Jimmy Reed
• "Malagueña"

I remember reading somewhere that around the time Odessey and Oracle was being recorded, they were also doing the Turtles' "Happy Together," but until I find it in print again, I'm not going to officially add it to the list.

"Nut Rocker" could probably also be added to the list, as that's what secured Rod Argent's place as keyboardist in the group (rather than lead singer), but I'm not sure if the band ever played it.