Cover Girls, Vol. 9

Known for quite a few of their cover songs, singer Leigh Nash and her band, Sixpence None The Richer, have also taken a stab at ‘I Need Love,’ a song originally written and performed by the great Sam Phillips.

Like most of their catalogue, Sixpence don’t necessarily re-invent the songs they choose to cover. Instead, they create sweet and quaint versions using their signature brand of pop.

‘I Need Love’ can currently be found on their ‘best of’ collection, released in 2004.


Although she’s been making records since the early 80’s, singer-songwriter Marti Jones never achieved great commercial success. But her talent shouldn’t be denied.

On her 1996 release, My Long-Haired Life, Jones covers former ‘Til Tuesday frontwoman Aimee Mann’s ‘Put Me On Top’ with apparent ease. Jones manages to slightly stir the song to give it a nice country feel without it being overly twangy.


In 1995, For The Love Of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson, a tribute album for Harry Nilsson was released, featuring over twenty tracks from artists like Aimee Mann, Brian Wilson, Stevie Nicks and Ron Sexsmith. Boston artist Jen Trynin covered Nilsson’s classic ‘Mourning Glory Story,’ a song about homelessness, and met the song with her unmistakable voice and swirls of electric guitar.


Around the time Amanda Ghost was preparing her debut to arrive, her unique rendition of Madonna’s ‘Bad Girl’ could be found on Virgin Voices: A Tribute To Madonna, Vol. 1.

Ghost’s is considerably faster, but no less captivating. Serving up drum machines, a sped-up piano and Ghost’s husky vocals, the song is given a colder, more harsh sound. To some, the song may come off as erratic, but I find it surprisingly better than the original.


Downloads:

Sixpence None The Richer - I Need Love
Marti Jones - Put Me On Top
Jen Trynin - Mourning Glory Story
Amanda Ghost - Bad Girl