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From Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147:

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Margo Guryan - Someone I Know [mp3]

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The Byrds - She Don't Care About Time [mp3]

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Apollo 100 - Joy [mp3]

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The Beach Boys - Lady Lynda [mp3]

See also: Pop songs that are vocalese takes on classical works

Over at blowupdoll this week, they're doing a special feature of covers of Margo Guryan songs. Margo is one of my favorite songwriters ever. She had a music degree from Boston University and wrote really delicate jazz-inspired baroque-pop songs, complete with whispery double-tracked vocals and French horns, which are pretty much the keys to my heart. Unfortunately, she only put out a single album, 1968's Take a Picture, though an excellent CD of demo recordings was released in 2001. The Heavy Boxes covered her incredible song "Think of Rain" at our very first public performance ever.

Here is Mama Cass Elliot's recording of "I Think A Lot About You":

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Other Margo covers at blowupdoll:
Astrud Gilberto - Think of Rain
Spanky and Our Gang - Sunday Morning
Julie London - Come to Me Slowly
Marie Laforêt - Es Si J'Taime
Claudine Longet - I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You
Samantha Jones - Come to Me Slowly