The Contours' "Do You Love Me" (1961) was redone not many years after it's original release by The Dave Clark Five (1964), but their version got a huge shot in the arm with the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack (1987). Sort of like the boost - not that it needed it - that "Unchained Melody" (1965) got from "Ghost" (1995.)
Loved Mungo Jerry, btw. I always think of graduate school when I hear it. Blues Image' "Ride Captain Ride" drove my dad nuts and I loved the brass in "Vehicle" by Ides of March. Lots of these turn up on classic rock stations but if I hear T Rex - or Power Station - doing "Bang a Gong [Get It On]" one more time....
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