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• "La Bamba"
  Popularized by Ritchie Valens.

  *done by The Checkered Cabs on the Skandalous: I've Gotcha Covered, Volume 2 compilation CD, Shanachie Records, 1997.
  (downloadable format and samples at EMusic.com)

• "Lady D'Arbanville" (Stevens)
  Popularized by Cat Stevens and available on his Mona Bone Jakon CD, A & M, 1988. (Amazon.com)
  

  *done by And Also the Trees on their Farewell to the Shade album.

  *done by Elton John on his 16 Legendary Covers from 1969/70 as Sung by Elton John CD, Purple Pyramid, 1998.

• "Lady Madonna" (Lennon/McCartney)
  Popularized by The Beatles.

  *done by Kingmaker on the Ruby Trax compilation CD, New Music Express, 1992.

• "Lalena" (Leitch)
  Popularized by Donovan.

  *done by Papa Sprain & Butterfly Child on the Donovan: Island of Circles compilation CD, Nettwerk, 1991.

• "L'amour Looks Something Like You" (Bush)
  Popularized by Kate Bush.

  *done by The Aluminum Group on the I Wanna Be Kate: the Songs of Kate Bush compilation CD, Brown Star Records, 1998.

• "Land of Rape and Honey" (Barker/Jourgensen)
  Popularized by Ministry.

  *done by Electric Hellfire Club on the Another Prick in the Wall: a Tribute to Ministry - Volume 2 compilation CD, Invisible Records, (1999?)
  (downloadable format and samples at EMusic.com)
  

• "Laughing Gnome" (Bowie)
  Popularized by David Bowie.

  *done by Living Room on the Ashes to Ashes: a Tribute to David Bowie compilation CD, Doppelganger Records, 1998.(Amazon.com)

• "[Theme from] Laverne and Shirley" (Gimball/Fox)
  

  *done by No Use for a Name on the Show & Tell compilation CD, Which? Records. [punk rock version]

• "Lay Down Your Arms" (Nilsson)
  Popularized by Harry Nilsson.

  *done by Ringo Starr with Stevie Nicks on the For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson compilation CD, MusicMasters, 1995.

• "Lay Lady Lay" (Dylan)
  Popularized by Bob Dylan.

  *done by Here on the Ministry: Wish You Were Queer compilation CD, Invisible Records, 1999.
  (downloadable format and samples at EMusic.com)
  

  *done by Ministry on their Filth Pig CD.

• "Lazy Day" (Brown/Martin)
  Popularized by The Left Banke.

  *done by The Gripweeds on the Shadows Breaking Over Our Heads: A Tribute to the Left Banke Compilation CD, Apollo/Brobdingnagian Records, 1999.

• "Learning to Fly"
  Popularized by Pink Floyd.

  *done by Leaether Strip on the The Darkest Hour compilation CD, Cleopatra, 1997.

• "Leavin' On a Jet Plane" (Denver)
  Popularized by John Denver.
  

  *done by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on the KPNK Punk Radio compilation CD, Countdown Records, 1997.

• "Legend of Xanadu" (Howard/Blaikley)
  Popularized by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Micky & Titch.

  *done by The Fall on the Ruby Trax compilation CD, New Music Express, 1992.

• "Lemons Never Forget"
  Popularized by The Bee Gees.

  *done by Kristian Hoffman on the Melody Fair compilation CD, Eggbert Records, 1994.

• "Let Go of You Girl" (Cameron/Martin/Brown)
  Popularized by The Left Banke.

  *done by Admiral on the Shadows Breaking Over Our Heads: A Tribute to the Left Banke Compilation CD, Apollo/Brobdingnagian Records, 1999.

• "Let Me Be the One"
  Popularized by The Carpenters.

  *done by Matthew Sweet on the If I Were a Carpenter compilation CD, A & M, 1994.

• "Let the Happiness In" (Sylvian)
  Popularized by David Sylvian.

  *done by The Hope Blister on their Smile's Ok CD, 4AD Records, 1998.

• "Let's Dance" (Bowie)
  Popularized by David Bowie.

  *done by Overdose on the Ashes to Ashes: a Tribute to David Bowie compilation CD, Doppelganger Records, 1998. (Amazon.com)

• "Let's Get it On"
  Popularized by Marvin Gaye.

  *done by Jack Black on the High Fidelity soundtrack, Hollywood, 2000.

• "Lick It Up"
  Popularized by Kiss.
  

  *done by Hard Ons on the Hard to Believe: a Kiss Covers Compilation LP, C/Z Records, 1991?.

• "Life on Mars" (Bowie)
  Popularized by David Bowie.

  *done by Manix on the Ashes to Ashes: a Tribute to David Bowie compilation CD, Doppelganger Records, 1998.

• "Lifeline" (Nilsson)
  Popularized by Harry Nilsson.

  *done by Jimmy Webb on the For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson compilation CD, MusicMasters, 1995.

• "Life's a Gas" (Bolan)
  Popularized by T-Rex.

  *done by Replicants on their Replicants CD, Zoo Entertainment, 1995.

  *done by Teenage Fanclub on their What You Do To Me CD single, DGC, 1992.

• "Light My Fire"
  Popularized by The Doors.

  *done by The Del Rubio Triplets on their Three Girls, Three Guitars LP, Cabazon Records, 1988.

  *done by Amii Stewart on her Knock on Wood CD, Hot Records, 1996. (Amazon.com)

  *done by Mae West on the Golden Throats 2 compilation CD, Rhino Records, 1991.

  *done by Zacharias on the On the Rocks Part One compilation CD, Capitol Records, 1997.

• "The Light Pours Out Of Me" (Magazine)
  Popularized by Magazine.
  

  *done by Sleep Chamber on their Sleep, or Forever Hold Your Piece CD, Funfundvierzig, 1990.

• "Lights are Changing" (Solomon)
  Popularized by The Bevis Frond.
  

  *done by Mary Lou Lord on her Mary Lou Lord CD, Kill Rock Stars.

• "Like a Prayer" (Madonna/Leonard)>br> Popularized by Madonna.

  *done by Mark Almond on the Ruby Trax compilation CD, New Music Express, 1992.

  *done by Loleatta Holloway on the Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna compilation CD, Cleopatra Records, 1999.

• "Like a Rolling Stone" (Dylan)
  

  *done by Sebastian Cabot on the Golden Throats [1] compilation CD, Rhino Records, 1988.

• "Like a Virgin" (Madonna)
  Popularized by Madonna.

  *done by Annabella Lwin on the Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna compilation CD, Cleopatra Records, 1999.

• "Like An Angel"
  Popularized by The Mighty Lemon Drops.
  

  *done by Pop Will Eat Itself on their Now For a Feast CD, Chapter 22, 1988. (Excellent! Very much like the Mighty Lemon Drops version but with a little harder edge as PWEI are wont to do.)

• "Lithium" (Cobain/Nirvana)
  Popularized by Nirvana.
  

  done by Beki Bondage on the Smells Like Nirvana compilation CD, Dressed to Kill, 2000.

• "A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock 'N' Roll" (Cooper)
  Popularized by Donny and Marie Osmond (among others ...)

  *done by John Wesley Harding and Kelly Hogan on the 20 More Explosive Fantastic Rockin' Mega Smash Hit Explosions compilation CD, Pravda Records, 1992.

• "Little Drummer Boy" (Davis/Onorati/Simeone)
  

  *done by The Dandy Warhols on the Fruitcake CD single, Capitol, 1997.

• "Little Guitars" (Van Halen/Roth/Van Halen/Anthony)
  Popularized by Van Halen.

  *done by The Vic Firecracker Orchestra on the Everybody Wants Some compilation CD, Cherrydisc Records, 1997.

• "Little Honda" (Wilson/Love)
  Popularized by The Beach Boys.

  *done by Yo La Tengo on their Little Honda CD, Matador Records, 1998.

• "Little Red Corvette" (Prince)
  Popularized by Prince.

  *done by Meeks on the Party O'The Times: A Tribute to Prince compilation CD, Cleopatra Records, 1999.

• "Little Red Rooster" (Dixon)
  Popularized by Howlin' Wolf.

  *done by The Jesus and Mary Chain on the Ruby Trax compilation CD, New Music Express, 1992.

• "Little Willy"
  Popularized by Sweet.

  *done by Material Issue on the 20 Explosive Dynamic Super Smash Hits compilation CD, Pravda Records, 1991.
  (downloadable format and samples at EMusic.com)
  

• "Live and Let Die" (Lennon/McCartney)
  Popularized by The Beatles.

  *done by The Ventures on their Only Hits! CD, One Way Records, 1998.

• "Live Forever" (Gallagher)
  Popularized by Oasis.
  

  *done by The Lemonheads on their It's All True CD single, Tag Recordings, 1996.

• "Live Life" (Davies)
  Popularized by The Kinks.

  *done by The Chesterfield Kings on the Shangri-La: a Tribute to the Kinks compilation, Imaginary Records, 1989.

• "Live to Tell" (Madonna)
  Popularized by Madonna.

  *done by Berlin on the Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna compilation CD, Cleopatra Records, 1999.

• "Live Wire"
  Popularized by AC/DC.

  *done by Whitefield Crane and Claus Eichstadt of Ugly Kid Joe on the Remixed to Hell AC/DC Tribute compilation CD, Cleopatra, 2000.

• "Living in the Past"
  Popularized by Jethro Tull.

  *done by The Connells on their New Boy CD single, TVT Records, 1994.

• "Lonely Highway" (Merritt)
  Popularized by The Magnetic Fields.
  

  *done by Sugar Plant on the Whirl-Wheels compilation CD, Shelflife, 1998.

• "Lola" (Davies)
  Popularized by The Kinks.

  *done by Cud on the Shangri-La: a Tribute to the Kinks compilation, Imaginary Records, 1989.

• "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" (Cook/Greenway/Clarke)
  Popularized by The Hollies.

  *done by John Easdale on the Sing Hollies in Reverse compilation CD, Eggbert Records, 1995.

• "Look Back in Anger" (Bowie)
  Popularized by David Bowie.

  *done by Dichronic Mirror on the Goth Oddity 2000 compilation CD, Cleopatra Records, 2000.
  (Read my review at Amazon.com)
  

• "Look Through Any Window" (Gouldman/Silverman)
  Popularized by The Hollies.

  *done by The Loud Family on the Sing Hollies in Reverse compilation CD, Eggbert Records, 1995.

• "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" (Horovitz/Yauch/Diamond/Dike/King/Simpson)
  Popularized by The Beastie Boys and available on their Paul's Boutique CD, Emd/Capitol, 1989. (Amazon.com)
  

  *done by Anthrax on The Beavis and Butt-head Experience CD, Geffen, 1993. (Amazon.com)
  

  *done by Tinfed w/members of Killing Floor on the Operation Beatbox compilation CD, Re-constriction, 1996.

• "Lotta Love" (Young)
  Popularized by Nicollette Larson.

  *done by Dinosaur jr. on the The Bridge: a Tribute to Neil Young compilation CD, Caroline Records, 1989.

• "The Lottery Song" (Nilsson)
  Popularized by Harry Nilsson.

  *done by Bill Lloyd on the For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson compilation CD, MusicMasters, 1995.

• "Love and Anger" (Bush)
  Popularized by Kate Bush.

  *done by Trinkets of Joy on the I Wanna Be Kate: the Songs of Kate Bush compilation CD, Brown Star Records, 1998.

• "A Love Bizarre" (Sheila E.)
  Popularized by Sheila E.

  *done by Michael Hedges on his Live on the Double Planet CD, Windham Hill Records, 1987.

• "The Love Cats" (The Cure)
  Popularized by The Cure.

  *done by DJ Bootious Maximus on the Give Me the Cure compilation CD, Radiopaque/Corduroy, [1996?].

• "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (Macauley/Mason)
  *done by Wayne Newton on the Fun and Lounging in Las Vegas compilation CD, Hip Records, 1998.

  *done by The Service on the 20 Explosive Dynamic Super Smash Hits compilation CD, Pravda Records, 1991.
  (downloadable format and samples at EMusic.com)
  

• "Love in Vein" (Goettel/Key/Ogre)
  Popularized by Skinny Puppy.

  *done by Dead Voices on Air on the Hymns of the Worlock: a Tribute to Skinny Puppy compilation CD, Cleopatra Records, 1998.

• "Love Is Blue"
  Popularized by Paul Mauriat.
  

  *done by The Electronic Concept Orchestra on their Electric Love album, Limelight, (1973?).

  *done by Future Bible Heroes on their Lonely Days CD single, Slowriver, 1997.

  *done by Jim Nabors on his 16 Most Requested Songs CD, Sony, 1989. (Amazon.com)

• "Love Missile F1-11"
  Popularized by Sigue Sigue Sputnik.
  

  *done by Pop Will Eat Itself on their Box Frenzy CD, Chapter 22, 1988.

• "Love of the Common People" (Hurley/Wilkins)
  

  *done by Elton John on his 16 Legendary Covers from 1969/70 as Sung by Elton John CD, Purple Pyramid, 1998.

• "Love the One You're With"
  

  *done by the Isley Brothers on their The Isley Brothers Story, Volume 2: The T-Neck Years CD, WEA/Atlantic/Rhino, 1991. (Amazon.com)
  

• "Love Theme From Kiss"
  Popularized by Kiss.
  

  *"Love Thing" done by Melvins on their Ozma CD, C/Z Records, 1989.

• "Love Will Keep Us Together"
  Popularized by Captain & Tennille.

  *done by Jimmy Scott & Flea on the Lounge-a-Palooza compilation CD, Hollywood Records, 1997.

• "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Hook/Sumner/Morris/Curtis)
  Popularized by Joy Division.

  *done by Stanton-Miranda on the A Means to an End compilation CD, Virgin Records, 1995. (No one should bother to cover this after the Swans' version ...)

  *done by Paul Young on his Don't Dream it's Over CD single, Columbia, 1991. (Imagine Paul Young doing a Joy Division cover ... oh, Paul Young _is_ doing a Joy Division cover ...)

• "Low Rider"
  Popularized by War.

  *done by the Korn on their Life is Peachy CD. (Amazon.com) The famous horn section of this song is played on the bagpipes!

• "Lowdown" (Gilbert/Gotobed/Lewis/Newman)
  Popularized by Wire.

  *done by Fudge Tunnel on the Whore: Various Artists Play Wire compilation CD, WMO, 1996.

• "Luci Baines" (Lee)
  Popularized by The American Four.

  *done by The Jigsaw Seen on the Delphonic Sounds Today compilation CD, DEL-FI Records, 1999.

• "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (Lennon/McCartney)
  Popularized by The Beatles.

  *done by William Shatner on the Golden Throats [1] compilation CD, Rhino Records, 1988.

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