Who Had the Best Single Named "Gloria"?

[CO Liberal]

Poll question: Who Had the Best Single Named "Gloria"?

Also three completely different songs:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

1. Patti Smith?

[salib]

16. Yeah

[mvd]

19. She gets my vote

Her part of the song rivals the Van Morrison part!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. The Shadows of Knight

was the way it was spelled on my 45-they were one of the one hit wonders on the Chicago scene back then....

[CO Liberal]

5. Thanks - I Fixed It!

:-)

[flamingyouth]

3. Where's Them?

I love theirs and the Shadows of Knight's versions equally.

You just know she wasn't going up there for a chat. ;)

[acmavm]

4. Them sung written and sung by Van Morrison

,

[AlCzervik]

6. U2

[HEyHEY]

17. I love the END of the U2 version

It sounds cool

[Magrittes Pipe]

7. Them

[kariatari]

9. 2nd.

Although I like the U2 one too.

[tXr]

8. Laura Brannagan...

cheesy early 80s pop!

[NoMoreMrNiceGuy]

10. Doors and Hendrix both covered Morrison's Gloria...

take your pick of the 3 version...any of them blow away the ones in your poll...sorry.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

20. I never heard Hendrix' version

What album was it on? I saw Hendrix in concert in 1968 and he had a group that played ahead of him as a warm-up act called the Eire Apparent from Ireland (formerly The People, I believe) and I think they were kind of Hendrix' proteges. They did a very good version of Gloria (very very loud fuzzy guitar) which I believe was released as a single in the UK.

[NightTrain]

11. How about the Cadillacs?

They did it before the Passions, and they did it better, baby!

And don't forget about Them's "Gloria" from '65. :headbang:

[NightTrain]

12. The Passions' "Gloria" is from 1960, not '58.

Just thought I'd mention it....

[Screaming Lord Byron]

13. Patti Smith. By several country miles.

[salib]

18. By any measure

[LowerManhattanite]

14. How could you leave out Enchantment's "Gloria" from..

...the mid 70's? One of the best sung R&B ballads of the decade? :(

[physioex]

15. The first time I heard that song was in Spanish......

There is a duo that sings it, and they do a pretty good job singing it in Spanish.....

[Mandate My Ass]

21. What about "Gloria in excelcis deo?"

That's what by brothers used to sing to me.

[Kat45]

27. But "Gloria" isn't the name of the song.

It's called "Angels We Have Heard On High."

Sorry, I couldn't help myself. :-)

[rob-ok-vin]

22. VAN MORRISON

G-L-O-R-I-A

[Zomby Woof]

23. THEM

The original, written by Van Morrison, and performed by his band Them, is still the best.

[Zomby Woof]

24. and...

The second best version was re-done by Van himself along with John Lee Hooker on Van's "Too Long In Exile" album in 1993.

[enigmatic]

25. "Gloria" by U2

And the original version of "Gloria" that Laura Branigan did was done done by umberto Tozzi, my wife's favorite artist..

[Kat45]

26. Them. Van Morrison.

[tigereye]

28. Patti Smith

Van Morrison

[Baja Margie]

29. Van the Man and of course,

Them.