So, after the horror of my recent post on AC/DC and the Celine Dion cover, I now keep thinking of artists who have covered a song and managed to destroy the beauty of the original on one step.

Now I am no big fan of early Rock n Roll. Not a huge fan of Elvis or Buddy Holly or Little Richard. However, I appreciate the debt many artists owe to them.

However, what gets me is how on earth Bill Haley and The Comets got away with it. The acceptable face of clean cut Rock n Roll in the 50s U.S. (i.e. white country boys)?

Maybe, but their version of Shake Rattle and Roll has to be entry number two in the Chart of Worst Covers Ever…

Here is their version…all nicely cleaned up (I hear Walmart again!)

And here is Big Joe Turner doing it properly…