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P P Arnold - The First Cut is the Deepest was the first of her singles to reach the top 40 although she had already released four singles. This song had been especially written for her by Cat Stevens.

 

Us oldies are good for something

:yahoo::yahoo:

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We won't answer if you don't ask politely :teeth:

 

:lol:

 

Sorry about that; got my work head on.

 

"Does anyone have any idea who recorded the First Cut is the Deepest apart form Rod Stewart, Cat Stevens and Sheryl Crow? I'd be ever so grateful if any of you good people could help me out on this.

 

Thanks in advance (you lovely people you)"

 

Is that better? :teeth:

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P P Arnold - The First Cut is the Deepest was the first of her singles to reach the top 40 although she had already released four singles. This song had been especially written for her by Cat Stevens.

 

Us oldies are good for something

:yahoo::yahoo:

 

Cheer mbs, but I thought someone did it much more recently than that as well (I'm thinking the likes of Thunder or Whitesnake, that kind of thing). I keep singing it in my head, and I've definitely heard a different version but just can't place it....

 

Cheers for any more thoughts anyone :)

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More info:

 

[edit] P.P. Arnold version

African-American expatriate singer P.P. Arnold, popular in the United Kingdom, had the first hit with the song, reaching number 18 on the UK Singles Chart with her cover of it in May 1967, well ahead of when the song appeared on Stevens' album. The Arnold hit featured an up-tempo, soulful vocal set against harpsichord, horns, and strings.

 

Noted 1960s British filmmaker Peter Lorrimer Whitehead made a primordial music video clip for the song, featuring a non-singing Arnold cavorting on a British beach alongside The Small Faces.

 

Stevens is said to have never released his original recording as a single, because he felt Arnold's version was definitive.

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In addition to the renditions already mentioned, the song has been recorded or performed by many other artists, including:

 

The Bluebeats

Sandra Cross

Papa Dee

Norma Fraser

The Gary Tesca Orchestra

Stein Ingebrigtsen

The Instrumental Orchestra

The Koobas

Scott Laurent

Everything but the Girl

Love Affair

Bad Manners

Michie Mee

Dawn Penn

Linda Ronstadt

Sattalites

Martin Simpson

Sweet

ViVO!

Joy White

James Morrison

Haddaway

HIM (although only live)

Jewel(only live)

Ace Young and Chris Daughtry

Sananda Maitreya (then known as Terence Trent D'Arby) in live concerts, as intro to "If you let me stay"

Little Angels

Leona Lewis performed the song on the third series of the UK show The X Factor.

Juliana Hansen performed the song on Episode 4 of the reality show Grease: You're The One That I Want.

 

:p

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In addition to the renditions already mentioned, the song has been recorded or performed by many other artists, including:

 

The Bluebeats

Sandra Cross

Papa Dee

Norma Fraser

The Gary Tesca Orchestra

Stein Ingebrigtsen

The Instrumental Orchestra

The Koobas

Scott Laurent

Everything but the Girl

Love Affair

Bad Manners

Michie Mee

Dawn Penn

Linda Ronstadt

Sattalites

Martin Simpson

Sweet

ViVO!

Joy White

James Morrison

Haddaway

HIM (although only live)

Jewel(only live)

Ace Young and Chris Daughtry

Sananda Maitreya (then known as Terence Trent D'Arby) in live concerts, as intro to "If you let me stay"

Little Angels

Leona Lewis performed the song on the third series of the UK show The X Factor.

Juliana Hansen performed the song on Episode 4 of the reality show Grease: You're The One That I Want.

 

:p

Bl**dy hell, where did you get all that from?
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In addition to the renditions already mentioned, the song has been recorded or performed by many other artists, including:

 

The Bluebeats

Sandra Cross

Papa Dee

Norma Fraser

The Gary Tesca Orchestra

Stein Ingebrigtsen

The Instrumental Orchestra

The Koobas

Scott Laurent

Everything but the Girl

Love Affair

Bad Manners

Michie Mee

Dawn Penn

Linda Ronstadt

Sattalites

Martin Simpson

Sweet

ViVO!

Joy White

James Morrison

Haddaway

HIM (although only live)

Jewel(only live)

Ace Young and Chris Daughtry

Sananda Maitreya (then known as Terence Trent D'Arby) in live concerts, as intro to "If you let me stay"

Little Angels

Leona Lewis performed the song on the third series of the UK show The X Factor.

Juliana Hansen performed the song on Episode 4 of the reality show Grease: You're The One That I Want.

 

:p

 

:notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

 

I guess that finishes it off nicely. Cheers Pingu2

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In addition to the renditions already mentioned, the song has been recorded or performed by many other artists, including:

 

The Bluebeats

Sandra Cross

Papa Dee

Norma Fraser

The Gary Tesca Orchestra

Stein Ingebrigtsen

The Instrumental Orchestra

The Koobas

Scott Laurent

Everything but the Girl

Love Affair

Bad Manners

Michie Mee

Dawn Penn

Linda Ronstadt

Sattalites

Martin Simpson

Sweet

ViVO!

Joy White

James Morrison

Haddaway

HIM (although only live)

Jewel(only live)

Ace Young and Chris Daughtry

Sananda Maitreya (then known as Terence Trent D'Arby) in live concerts, as intro to "If you let me stay"

Little Angels

Leona Lewis performed the song on the third series of the UK show The X Factor.

Juliana Hansen performed the song on Episode 4 of the reality show Grease: You're The One That I Want.

 

:p

Bl**dy hell, where did you get all that from?

 

Wikipedia lists em :D

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Mark went on to manage Boyzone and Ronan Keating.

 

...guess his career went down hill then after the Little Angels :lol::p

 

Yea but not in my old lady's opinion, he invited her and a couple of her mates back stage at a Ronan concert, she's never stopped talking about it since.

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