Bridge Over Troubled Water (song) - Other Notable Covers

Other Notable Covers

• The Supremes recorded a version in 1970.
• Bobby Darin covered the song live in 1973.
• Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, BeBe Winans and CeCe Winans performed the song at the Family Night Special in 1991.
• CeCe Winans and Whitney Houston also performed the song on the VH1 Honors in 1995.
• Natalie Cole and Whitney Houston performed the song in 1990.
• The Jackson 5 covered the song on their Third Album in 1970.
• Nana Mouskouri covered the song in 1970.
• Roberta Flack covered the song on her album Quiet Fire in 1971.
• Cilla Black covered the song on her 1973 album Day by Day with Cilla which was produced by George Martin.
• Neil Sedaka combined it with the Irish folk tune "Londonderry Air" in his 1974 album On Stage in Australia.
• In addition to Franklin's gospel version, Buck Owens and the Buckaroos covered the song for the country music market. A departure from Owens' usual Bakersfield Sound, his version reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in March 1971. Another 1971 cover was by Shirley Bassey on her album Something Else.
• Jimmy London recorded a reggae cover of the song in 1972.
• Willie Nelson covered the song on his 1982 album, Always on My Mind. He also performed the song during the closing ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• In 1987, the song was covered on Saturday Night Live by the Sweeney Sisters (Jan Hooks and Nora Dunn). They sang the song to Simon, who was the episode's host.
• In 1991 P.J.B. feat. Hannah And Her Sisters, a US group assembled by Pete Bellotte and fronted by British singer Hannah Jones released a dance cover which got to No. 21. in the UK Singles Charts.
• In 1994, saxophonist Richard Elliot covered the song from album After Dark. In 2001, the song was chosen for ballad compilation album, Ballads.
• In 1997, LeAnn Rimes covered the song on the album You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs.
• In 1999, Anne Murray covered the song on the album What A Wonderful World.
• In 2001, Russell Watson covered the song on the album The Voice.
• In 2004, Michael W. Smith covered the song on the album Healing Rain.
• In 2006, Bebi Dol covered the song on the live album Veče u pozotištu.
• David Foster, Andrea Bocelli, and Mary J. Blige performed the song on January 31, 2010, during the 52nd Grammy Awards ceremony, in the context of raising awareness for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. This version reached #75 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Annie Lennox performed a cover on April 25, 2007 live on Idol Gives Back.
• The song was covered on October 5, 2010 for the television show Glee's episode which centered on spirituality. The cover was performed by Amber Riley as her character, Mercedes Jones.
• This song was performed by Celtic Woman, accompanied by the Gwinnett Young Singers in September 2011, as part of their "Believe" concert.
• In 2011, Singapore singer Kit Chan covered this song in her comeback album (Re-interpreting '重譯').
• A Cantonese version of this song was done in Hong Kong in 1991 as a fundraiser for the Eastern China flood of 1991.
• Already in 1970 the Swedish singer Tommy Körberg, recorded a translation by Åke Arenhill to Swedish entitled "Som en bro över mörka vatten" (Like a bridge over dark water). It was later also recorded by Nanne Grönvall for her 2007 album "Jag måste kyssa dig".
• The song has also been performed by Robert Goulet, Perry Como, Anita Baker, Michael W. Smith, Clay Aiken, Ronnie Dyson, Roy Orbison, Morten Harket, Josh Groban, Brian McKnight, Aretha Franklin, Eva Cassidy, Johnny Cash, Stevie Wonder, Peggy Lee, Bon Jovi, Rhydian Roberts, Black Label Society, Casiopea, Charlotte Church, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Elton John, Guilherme Arantes, Jacob Lusk, Chris Mann, Kerli and Linda Clifford Leona Lewis