You just can't keep a good song down! A classic song, "Many Rivers To Cross", written and first recorded in Dec 1969 by Jimmy Cliff. It has been covered up to a hundred times, initially by Percy Sledge,
but Martha Reeves also did it on her debut solo album in 1974. Perhaps the
most famous version was by UB40 in 1983 from "Labour Of Love".
Cliff's original failed to chart and the only other version to chart in
the UK was by Cher in 1993. A few other notable soul versions were by
Lorraine Ellison, Oleta Adams and Marcia Hines and many pop artists have had a 'pop' at it including Joe
Cocker, Bryan Adams, Walker Brothers and Annie Lennox.
Cliff says that he wrote the song out of frustration after emigrating
from Jamaica to the UK in his teens and not being able to break through.
It's one of only a few of his recordings to feature organ which gives it a
gospel feel.
The latest rendition is by Allen Stone & EJ Worland released today. Allen Stone is a blue-eyed soul singer from Chewelah, Washington and EJ
Worland is an Australian who has been performing on Stone's "Live
At The Lodge" shows. The show is filmed every week in Eastern Washington State at the one hundred year
old former speakeasy, The Zephyr Lodge. This song was recorded there in
Oct 2020, so it's taken a while for them to decide to release it.
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
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| Rating: | 8.3 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Classic Soul / Cover Version |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | AMR Songs |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 25/08/2023 |
| Key/BPM: | 10B/66 |
| Price: | £1 |
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