Other Recordings
On the 1974 album Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me, Johnny Cash released a slightly changed version of the song with his stepdaughter, Rosie Nix Adams, with the title "Father and Daughter", with new lyrics.
Irish Actor Colm Wilkinson (of stage fame; Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, among other musicals), released a CD, Some of My Best Friends Are Songs on EMI Records with a cover of "Father and Son" being performed as a duet, performed with Wilkinson's son, Aron. Wilkinson sang the parts as the father, while his son sang the other parts of the song.
In 1995, Francis Dunnery covered Father and Son on his Tall Blonde Helicopter album.
In 2001 the producers of the film Moulin Rouge wanted to use "Father and Son" underneath the opening scene, but Stevens, having converted to Islam, refused on religious grounds given the somewhat racy nature of the film.
2003 saw Johnny Cash revisit the original song with Fiona Apple accompanying during the 'son' verses on disc 3 of the "Unearthed (album)" boxed set.
A version by Leigh Nash was released in 2004 on the Everwood original soundtrack album.
In 2004 or 2005, Canadian Radio DJ Phil Main recorded the song on his album "Father & Son (s)", as recorded by Summit Sounds Inc.
In 2006, Rod Stewart included his take on "Father and Son" on his "rock standards" album Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of our Time.
In 2007, British group The Enemy covered the song for the album Radio 1 Established 1967.
In 2008 and 2009, the cast of the serie Casi Ángeles recorded the song on his serie and concerts.
In 2010, Rocky Votolato included an iTunes-exclusive cover of the song on "True Devotion".
In 2010, Zac Brown Band included "Father And Son" as a bonus track on "You Get What You Give".
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