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Monday 13 January 2020

Jolene



Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene

I'm begging of you please don't take my man

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can

It would take an incredibly brave woman to steal Dolly's man and an incredibly stupid man to jump ship.
I didn't know that I had so many versions but none are a patch on Dolly's.
Apologies for the lack of a Mandatory Reggae version but I'm sure that Ernie can oblige







And some non Dolly Parton Jolene





13 comments:

  1. Can you do a "Coate of Many Colours" feature tomorrow?

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    1. Not sure that I have any covers of that one.
      My favourite Dolly song

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    2. Just noticed the spelling mistake on the picture!

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  2. Have you seen the recent thing about Dolly's original slowed to 33RPM? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMrfM711vXI

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    1. Heard of but not seen.
      Thanks for the link Martin. Will check it out later.

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    2. Just had a listen - remarkable!

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  3. Such a great, perfect song - as you say, you can't beat the original. There was a time though when I couldn't get enough of the Sisters of Mercy's version!

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  4. Anyone covered "Me And Little Andy"?

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  5. Here's my contribution to the non Dolly penned Jolene's
    https://app.box.com/s/jr5vh29t8sj3mpvh25pxa35o1l1flxqf

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  6. Can't think of any other covers and don't want to boot up the hard drive tonight to look. However, Mr. Zimmerman also has a song called Jolene. It's not one of his best and no match for Dolly.

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  7. A Glaswegian not mentioning the cover by Strawberry Switchblade seems just plain wrong... although I will agree it is not in the same league as the original.

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