The Rembrandts, new masters - cover "Money" - done by the Miracles and 255 others!
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One of the three non-LP tracks on the Rembrandts' ??This House Is Not A Home?? CD single was this remake of "Money (That's What I Want)". Being such big Beatle fans, I imagine that's where their inspiration came from. But a quick trawl on AllMusic.com shows no less that 256 recordings released with this song, starting with Smokey Robinson and the Miracles in 1961. It was written by Berry Gordy Jr. (the founder of MoTown) and Janie Bradford. Besides the Beatles, here are some of the more notable names that have recorded the song:Buddy GuyFreddie and the DreamersJerry Lee LewisWaylon JenningsLittle RichardThe KingsmenThe TrashmenJames TaylorPaul Revere and the RaidersIke and Tina TurnerThe StandellsJohn Lee HookerThe KnickerbockersJr. Walker and the All StarsRoy OrbisonThe Chambers BrothersThe SonicsGreat WhiteThe SupremesDiana RossThe Flamin' GrooviesDr. JohnDwight TwilleyAll in all, I would say this little song brought a lot of ??(That's What I Want)?? to the composers.
One of the three non-LP tracks on the Rembrandts' ??This House Is Not A Home?? CD single was this remake of "Money (That's What I Want)". Being such big Beatle fans, I imagine that's where their inspiration came from. But a quick trawl on AllMusic.com shows no less that 256 recordings released with this song, starting with Smokey Robinson and the Miracles in 1961. It was written by Berry Gordy Jr. (the founder of MoTown) and Janie Bradford. Besides the Beatles, here are some of the more notable names that have recorded the song:Buddy GuyFreddie and the DreamersJerry Lee LewisWaylon JenningsLittle RichardThe KingsmenThe TrashmenJames TaylorPaul Revere and the RaidersIke and Tina TurnerThe StandellsJohn Lee HookerThe KnickerbockersJr. Walker and the All StarsRoy OrbisonThe Chambers BrothersThe SonicsGreat WhiteThe SupremesDiana RossThe Flamin' GrooviesDr. JohnDwight TwilleyAll in all, I would say this little song brought a lot of ??(That's What I Want)?? to the composers.
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Comments (18)
Remember The Flying Lizards cover of Money?
oh wait, annieander beat me to it!
The Beatles. John Lennon... some say he - along with those back-up vocals by George and Paul - truly knocked it into the realm of menace.
Surely it's his most honest vocal ever, the mask off, gloves too.
Plastic Ono Band had the Clapton pre-grunge solo but it's a pale imitation of The Beatles version.
The Rembrandts took a page from the Fabs, and came up sounding respectable.
Mandy and The Girlfriends did a cool "girls in the garage" version.
Could not escape the version from The Flying Lizards on the radio out here in Hawaii the year it was released. That song was everywhere on the dial - from teenybopper Top 40 stations to hard rocking AOR stations.
The Baby's did a really rocking version too!
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If I had known that Berry Gordy,Jr had written this song then it would not have been a surprise of how so many musicians during the Motown Era such as Rick James and the Debarge family did not care for him too much. Rick James stated in his book, Memoirs of a Super Freak, that he had some unresolved copyright ownership issues with him and The Debarge family's mother said in her book, The Other Side of Pain, she feels Berry Gorry was instrumental in the downfall of her family not being known although they had many hits in the 1980s. I appreciate you sharing this with us!
That is very close to the original. Personally I like the version I've got by The Flying Lizards.
I attach some scepticism to Berry's authorship, without any real knowledge to back it up. I just know that people in positions of power in the record industry frequently insisted on "sharing the publishing" by receiving songwriting credit for things they didn't do. It could be one of those.