Post #330016 by Quince_at_Dannys on Mon, Sep 3, 2007 10:07 PM

Just a quick glance at my iTunes brings up quite a few:

Martin Denny version from original Mono Exotica
Martin Denny version from stereo Exotica
Martin Denny version from Quiet Village
Martin Denny Moog version
Les Baxter
Eddie Baxter (organist no relation to Les)
Arthur Lyman
Henry Mancini
John Evans
Don Tiare
The Tampicos
The Surfmen
Ted Auleta
Clebanoff Strings
Vinnie Bell (Electric Sitar version--my favorite!)
Living Percussion

God knows how many more in the vinyl pile--these are just the burned ones!

This is nowhere near the most-covered song by the way. Pagan Love Song and Miserlou have way more versions out there. Same goes for Bali Hai and Taboo.There's probably a zillion versions of "Lara's Theme" from Dr. Zhivago but those albums are considerably crappier. The grandaddy of them all, for me, is Caravan--35 versions immortalized in iTunes, at least that many more in my record collection, and I still love that song!