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Music Appreciation

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skippercollector

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Tue Sep 18, 2012, 04:34 PM Sep 2012

sound-alike songs [View all]

An unusual list: Songs that I think sound alike. And the one has nothing to do with the other.

Samuel Barber "Adagio for Strings" from 1936


Jesus Christ SuperStar "John 19:41" from 1969
http://www.myspace.com/music/player?sid=12795&ac=now

Dave Brubeck "Take Five" from 1959

Jesus Christ SuperStar "Everything's Alright" from 1969

Ernest Sands "Sing of the Lord's Goodness" from 1981



Chitty Chitty Bang Bang "Me Ole Bamboo" from 1967

J. Geils Band "Centerfold" from 1981
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcta88_j-geils-band-centerfold_music


Bobby Vinton "My Melody of Love" from 1974

George Baker Selection "Una Paloma Blanca" from 1975



Of course, the most notorious sound-alike songs of the 20th Century are these two:
The Chiffons "He's So Fine" from 1962

George Harrison "My Sweet Lord" from 1970



Are there any others?
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