You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover

[pinkerton]

In the 1960's, did the Pretty Things do a cover version of this Bo Diddley number? If not, which British bands did?

[factor-fiction]

I remember having a song of that name on a B side to a single by Yvonne Fair (it should have been me). I'm not sure if it's the same song

[Mamyalynne]

Info here


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can%27t_Judge_a_Book_by_the_Cover

[tonyav]

The Yardbirds covered it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afCYkRJt9Cc

[Stephen_G]

I don't know how many of these artists are British, but this site is a must to bookmark

http://www.whosampled.com/Bo-Diddley/You-Can't-Judge-a-Book-by-the-Cover/

[Buenchico]

The Pretty Things (who, of course, took their name from a Bo Diddley hit) were including 'You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover' in their set three years ago, so it seems likely that it was in their original repertoire:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeGEb9gJaTo

[tonyav]

Pretty things, 2011 though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeGEb9gJaTo

[Buenchico]

Snap!

[Prudie]

That clip made me look up the Yardbirds, I didn't know the blond lead singer electrocuted himself with his guitar and died at 33. how tragic.

[tonyav]

Yep, snap indeed, Chris. I couldn't find a clip of them playing it from the sixties though, could you.

[tonyav]

I didn't know that, Prudie.