Hey You

The Number 1 single 50 years ago, The Rolling Stones performing "Get Off Of My Cloud".

Don't Explain

Billie Holiday performing "Don't Explain" in 1958. By this point I think she was in pretty bad shape, but this is still one of my favorite Billie Holiday songs.

Ghosts of Highway 20

Lucinda Williams performs "Ghosts of Highway 20", the title track from the album she will release next year.

I Wasn't Here

Rickie Lee Jones performing "I Wasn't Here", a song from her recent album.

Meeting In The Air

Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters performing "Meeting In The Air".

California Dreamin'

Curtis Harding covering The Mamas and The Papas "California Dreamin'".

Crying Time

Jeb Loy Nichols covers Buck Owen's song "Crying Time".

Hallelujah

Brandi Carlile and the Nashville Symphony covering Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".

Song For You

Leon Russell's 1971 performance of "Song For You".

Forbidden Fruit

I can't find any video of Oscar Brown, Jr.'s song "Forbidden Fruit", so here is Nina Simone's recording of it.

Bohemian Rhapsody in Blue

Scott Bradlee does an impressive mashup of "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Rhapsody in Blue".

Oh Mary Don't You Weep

The Down Hill Strugglers performing "Oh Mary Don't You Weep"

8 Dogs 8 Banjos

Old Crow Medicine Show performing "8 Dogs 8 Banjos" at the Grand Ole Opry.

Forbidden Nights

A live performance of "Forbidden Nights" by Darlene Love.

Misunderstanding

Genesis performing "Misunderstanding"—let's say thirty years ago.

Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Mavis Staples, Joan Osborne and Bonnie Raitt performing "Will the Circle Be Unbroken".

Take a Picture of This

Don Henley performs "Take a Picture of This", a song off his new album.

Wildflowers

Greg Holden, Ben Folds and the eTones performing the Tom Petty song "Wildflowers".

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Here is Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers performing "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Amy's father, Levon Helm, performed the song with The Band in 1978 film The Last Waltz, which you can see in this post.

The Swan

To recognize Yo-Yo Ma's 60th birthday today, here he performs Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns' "The Swan" with Jon Batiste and Stay Human.

Rose Garden

I somehow missed that Lynn Anderson died last summer, so here, a little belatedly, I am posting "Rose Garden".

Black Water

The 19th Street Band covering The Doobie Brothers' "Black Water".

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

Willie Nelson's performance of "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain". His recording of this song was #1 on the Country Charts 40 years ago.

Ain't No Sunshine

Ed Sheeran's cover of the Bill Withers song "Ain't No Sunshine".

Empty Me Out

Liz Vice performing "Empty Me Out". I like this song, but I am also hearing the Eagles "I Can't Tell You Why" when I listen to it.

Yesterday

The lads from London with the Number 1 single from 50 years ago, "Yesterday".

American Pie

For Don McLean's 70th birthday, here he is performing "American Pie".

Strong Enough

Sheryl Crow and Holly Williams performing "Strong Enough".