Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Cover Versions

Cover Versions

The song has been either recorded or performed live by:

  • Julie Covington (1976)
  • Olivia Newton-John (1977, on her album Making a Good Thing Better)
  • Carpenters (1977, on their album Passage)
  • Petula Clark (1977, CBS single, her French version "La Chanson d'Evita" peaked a #8 in France). She also recorded an Italian language version, "La No flores por mi Argentina"
  • Elaine Paige (1978 original London cast)
  • Shirley Bassey (1978, on her album The Magic Is You and in 1993 on her album Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber)
  • The Shadows (1978)
  • Festival (1979 a dance disco version) (Later versions of album Disco Evita (Chronicles) (CD))
  • Tom Jones (1979, album "Rescue Me")
  • Patti LuPone (1979 original American cast recording)
  • The Dooleys (1980, on their album Full House)
  • Joan Baez (1980)
  • Marti Webb (1981 on her album Won't Change Places and in 1995 on the album Music and Songs from Evita) Webb was the second actress to play Eva in London.
  • Donna Summer (1981)
  • Barbara Dickson (1985)
  • Helene Fischer
  • Stephanie Lawrence (1988) Lawrence succeeded Marti Webb, who had in turn replaced Paige in the original London production of Evita.
  • Laura Branigan (1990, on her VHS / LD Laura Branigan in Concert)
  • Sinéad O'Connor (1992, on her album Am I Not Your Girl)
  • Andrea McArdle (1995)
  • Sarah Brightman (1996)
  • Madonna, for the 1996 film Evita
  • The Mike Flowers Pops (1996)
  • Maria Friedman (1996)
  • Priscilla Chan (1997 Musical Encounters with Priscilla and the Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Judy Collins (1999, on her album Classic Broadway)
  • Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (1999, on their album Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Are a Drag)
  • Julian Lloyd Webber on the 2001 album Lloyd Webber Plays Lloyd Webber
  • Elena Roger (2006 London cast recording and the 2012 New Broadway Cast Recording)
  • Tina Arena (2008)
  • Cilla Black
  • Sharon Campbell
  • Idina Menzel (2008 at Andrew Lloyd Webber's 60th Birthday Concert in London's Hyde Park )
  • Fiona Hendley
  • Katherine Jenkins
  • Lea Michele and Chris Colfer (2010 for the TV series Glee) as a duet, with each singer taking a different stanza and performing before a different audience in a split-scene. Their solo versions were also in Glee: The Music, The Complete Season Two
  • Il Divo (2011, on their album Wicked Game)

Paloma San Basilio and Nacha Guevara recorded versions of the song in Spanish ("No llores por mí Argentina"). Katja Ebstein did a popular German version called "Wein’ nicht um mich Argentinien".

Laura Branigan never recorded the song, but regularly sang it during concerts throughout her career.

Gheorghe Zamfir also produced a classical version of the music as part of his Magic of the Panpipes collection.

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