For Once in My Life - Other Versions

Other Versions

• Glen Campbell performed a version of this song on his "Goodtime Hour" TV Show. It appears on the DVD, "Glen Campbell, Good Times Again" released in 2007. It also appears on his "Live" LP from 1969 recorded at "Garden State Arts Center" in New Jersey, USA.
• Jackie Wilson recorded a modified ballad version, more uptempo than Tony Bennett, but downbeat compared to Stevie Wonder. It lost in a cover record war, Wilson reaching #70, Wonder peaking at #2 in Billboard's Hot 100.
• Vikki Carr used the song as the title track of a 1969 album.
• Bobby Darin performed the song live in the early 1970s.
• In 1969, Dorothy Squires recorded the song, arranged and conducted by Nicky Welsh on the President label, and had a chart hit in the UK.
• Spiral Starecase included a recording of this song in their album More Today than Yesterday released by Columbia Records on May 19, 1969.
• Desmond Dekker recorded the song on the 1969 album Israelites.
• James Brown's version is featured as track 8 on his 1970 Soul on Top album.
• Louis Prima recorded the song for his 1970 album Blast Off. A similar arrangement was recorded by Sam Butera in his 2007(?) album When You're Smiling.
• Sammy Davis, Jr. recorded the song twice. Once, in 1970, on his album Something For Everyone (on Motown Records) and in 1973 for Sammy: The Original Television Soundtrack. He has also performed the song live in concert.
• Judy Garland performed the song on The Mike Douglas Show in 1968.
• In 1986, Dean Martin recorded the song and performed a duet of it with Smokey Robinson in a television appearance. Martin had previously recorded the song solo on his 1970 LP For The Good Times.
• In 1996, Dionne Farris sang a version as the closing song in the film The Truth About Cats & Dogs starring Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo.
• Several people have sung the song on the reality singing competition, American Idol. Justin Guarini sang this during Motown week of the first season of the show which became his signature performance. He also covered it on the American Idol: Greatest Moments CD. Camile Velasco sang the song, also during Motown week, in the third season. In the sixth season, Melinda Doolittle sang this song in her initial audition. In season 8, Megan Joy performed this song during Motown Week, and winner Kris Allen sang it during Hollywood Week. In season 10, Scotty McCreery performed this song during Motown Week.
• It was sung by Keith Jack in the finals of the talent show, Any Dream Will Do.
• In 2003, Canadian-born crooner Michael Bublé recorded a version Frank Sinatra style of the song on his self-titled debut album.
• Stevie Wonder's version is featured on the closing credits of the film Monster-in-Law starring Jennifer Lopez & Jane Fonda.
• Patti Austin also has a version of the song.
• It was performed on BBC Casting competition "I'd do anything" by Rachel Tucker, one of the hopeful Nancy's, in big band week.
• This song was also performed by Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian first Malaysian Idol during her debut in Asian Idol.
• A German version, entitled Es Kommt Eine Zeit, was published in 2005 by the German soul singer Stefan Gwildis on his album Nur Wegen Dir.
• The X factor's Dionne Mitchell also covered the song as part of Big Band Week.
• Jamaican Rocksteady singer Slim Smith also covered the song. It is featured in the 1969 album entitled "Unity's Great Reggae Hits" released by Pama's subsidiary Unity label.
• Michael McDonald has performed a rendition on his Soul Speak album.
• In 2007, Tony Bennett teamed up with Michael Bublé, Josh Groban and Carrie Underwood to perform the song on a special 'What's on your iPod' episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
• Michael Bolton recorded a version on his 2006 "Bolton Swings Sinatra" album.
• Willona Woods (Ja'net Dubois) sang the song in an episode of the sitcom Good Times, partly in dedication of her newly adopted daughter, Penny.
• Craig David covered the song on his album Signed Sealed Delivered in 2010.
• Mirah covered the song for Believe Out Loud's A Million Christians for LGBT Equality ad in 2011.
• On June 17, 2012 The Voice Australia finalist Darren Percival performed a cover of the song reaching number 6 on the iTunes download list.