The most famous (although not the best) song from The Wizard of Oz is ‘Over the Rainbow’.
Artists who’ve covered ‘Over the Rainbow’ include (thanks Spotify):
- The Blanks
- The Hawaiian Rainbow Singers
- Willie Nelson
- Eva Cassidy
- Frank Sinatra
- Patti Labelle & The Bluebells
- Sigmund Grove
- Melody Gardot
- Mads Vinding / Jacob Fischer
- Jimmy Scott
- Vic Damone
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
- A-Moe
- The Innocence Mission
- The Popes
- Avenzia
- Celtic Woman
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
- … and loads more! (If I have time, I’ll add to the list).
I’ve written elsewhere about cover versions, and I’d quite like to listen to as many cover versions of Over the Rainbow as possible, to see how each one re-tells the original.
It might get a bit boring after a while, though – like when I thought it would be a good idea to make a whole album consisting only of covers of It’s My Party. That was a mistake!