HISTORY OF POP AND ROCK MUSIC - part 482 torrent

PART 482



ELVIS COSTELLO - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (1986)



"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus for the singer/pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" has been recorded or performed by many artists, and is widely known by the 1965 blues rock hit recording from The Animals. A disco version of the song by Santa Esmeralda featuring Leroy Gomez, which took The Animals' arrangement and added some disco, flamenco, salsa, and other Latin rhythm and ornamentation elements to it, also became a hit in the 1970s.
Other artists who have recorded the song include The Moody Blues, Elvis Costello, Cyndi Lauper, Arthur Brown, Uthanda, Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger, Mike Batt, Trevor Rabin, Dwight Adams, No Mercy, Alabina (retitled "Lolole"), John Legend, Lou Rawls, Gary Moore, Robben Ford, OffBeat, Kellylee Evans, Julian Thome, Ray Darwin, Dolapdere Big Gang, New Buffalo, Farhad Mehrad, The Killers, Ulli Bögershausen, the Doug Anthony All Stars, Lyambiko, The Lucky Devils, Di'Anno, Meshell Ndegeocello, Strangefruit, Savage Circus, and Place of Skulls.