Thursday, October 4, 2018

“The Weight” (Jackie DeShannon) #55 9/28/1968

Once again, we have competing versions of a song that charted at the same time. Although Jackie DeShannon’s take charted a little higher than The Band’s, neither cracked the Top 50. The highest ranked version came a few months later from Aretha Franklin. DeShannon, who opened for the Beatles’ early US shows, made her mark as a songwriter with hits like “Bette Davis Eyes.”


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