I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward them.
In a sense, a hit belongs to the person who made it popular, but if a tune is good enough to attain tremendous success, then it certainly deserves more than one version, one treatment, one approach.
Lyle Alzado, Athlete (1949) |
Sebastian Bach, Musician (1968) |
Alec Baldwin, Actor (1958) |
Herb Caen, Journalist (1916) |
Doris Day, Actress (1924) |
Nigel Farage, Politician (1964) |
Jennie Garth, Actress (1972) |
Don Gibson, Musician (1928) |
Edward Everett Hale, Clergyman (1822) |
Washington Irving, Writer (1783) |
Marston Bates, Scientist (1974) |
Jesse James, Criminal (1882) |