gd-covers.txt

List every song that the Grateful Dead covered from another band, and include the original band that performed it.

As a constantly evolving band with an extensive career, the Grateful Dead have covered numerous songs by other artists. Though it's challenging to provide a fully comprehensive list, here are some notable covers and their original artists:

    "Morning Dew" - Bonnie Dobson
    "Viola Lee Blues" - Cannon's Jug Stompers
    "Cold Rain and Snow" - Obray Ramsey
    "Turn On Your Love Light" - Bobby "Blue" Bland
    "Death Don't Have No Mercy" - Reverend Gary Davis
    "I Know You Rider" - Traditional (popularized by various folk artists)
    "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" - Bob Dylan
    "Me and My Uncle" - John Phillips (The Mamas & The Papas)
    "Big Boy Pete" - The Olympics
    "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" - Wanda Jackson
    "It Hurts Me Too" - Elmore James
    "Beat It On Down the Line" - Jesse Fuller
    "Dancing in the Street" - Martha and the Vandellas
    "In the Midnight Hour" - Wilson Pickett
    "Good Lovin'" - The Young Rascals
    "Smokestack Lightning" - Howlin' Wolf
    "Don't Ease Me In" - Traditional (Henry Thomas)
    "The Weight" - The Band
    "Hey Jude" - The Beatles
    "Hard to Handle" - Otis Redding
    "I Second That Emotion" - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
    "Not Fade Away" - Buddy Holly
    "Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad" - Traditional (Henry Whitter)
    "Johnny B. Goode" - Chuck Berry
    "Louie Louie" - Richard Berry (popularized by The Kingsmen)
    "Iko Iko" - Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters (popularized by The Dixie Cups)
    "Little Red Rooster" - Willie Dixon (popularized by Howlin' Wolf)
    "Money Money" - Jesse Fuller
    "La Bamba" - Ritchie Valens
    "Gimme Some Lovin'" - Spencer Davis Group
    "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" - The Beatles
    "Tomorrow is Forever" - Dolly Parton
    "Mama Tried" - Merle Haggard
    "Mystery Train" - Junior Parker (popularized by Elvis Presley)
    "Promised Land" - Chuck Berry
    "Around and Around" - Chuck Berry
    "Let It Rock" - Chuck Berry
    "Ain't It Crazy (The Rub)" - Lightnin' Hopkins
    "I Just Want To Make Love To You" - Willie Dixon (popularized by Muddy Waters)
    "The Last Time" - The Rolling Stones
    "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" - Norman Span (popularized by Harry Belafonte)
    "Stagger Lee" - Traditional (popularized by Lloyd Price)
    "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Bob Dylan
    "Lucifer's Eyes" - T-Bone Burnett