Van Morrison (born George Ivan Morrison on 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter who has been a professional musician since 1960. He has won six Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2003. Morrison began to write and record his first original songs while frontman for the band Them and in the years since has written hundreds of songs, many of them covered by popular and major artists.
In 2012, Paste compiled a list of covers by Glen Hansard, Jeff Buckley, The Doors, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Ben E. King, Solomon Burke, Michael Bublé, Sinéad O'Connor and Bruce Springsteen as their pick of the 10 Best Covers of Van Morrison Songs.
This article is a selective list of prominent musicians or entertainers who have recorded their own version of a song which Van Morrison originally wrote and recorded. There are also some notable or frequently performed live versions included.
A
The Allman Brothers Band
John Anderson
B
Michael Ball
The Band
Eric Bell
Michael Bolton
Bon Jovi
Boney M.
Bono
Chris Botti
David Bowie
Greg Brown
Jackson Browne
Michael Bublé
Jeff Buckley
Jimmy Buffett
Solomon Burke
Sam Bush
Busted
C
David Campbell
Kim Carnes
Vikki Carr
Paul Carrack
Dina Carroll
Jen Chapin
Ray Charles duet with Van Morrison
C. J. Chenier
The Chieftains with Van Morrison
Joe Cocker
Shawn Colvin
Billy Connolly
Rita Coolidge
Elvis Costello
Counting Crows
Cristina
Billy Ray Cyrus
D
The Dead
Dexys Midnight Runners
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
Jackie DeShannon
- And It Stoned Me
- Flamingos Fly
- I Wanna Roo You
- Santa Fe
- Sweet Sixteen co-written with Van Morrison
- The Wonder of You with Van Morrison
Bo Diddley
Cara Dillon
Joe Dolan
Bob Dylan
E
Pee Wee Ellis
Energy Orchard
Everclear
F
Marianne Faithfull
Georgie Fame
Chris Farlowe
- Sitting on Top of the World (with Van Morrison)
Bryan Ferry
Tom Fogerty
G
Jerry Garcia Band
Art Garfunkel
Kathie Lee Gifford
Gov't Mule
Grateful Dead
Green Day
H
Sammy Hagar
Goldie Hawn
Roy Head
Jimi Hendrix
Robyn Hitchcock
- Fair Play (live)
- Linden Arden Stole the Highlights (live)
John Lee Hooker
Hothouse Flowers
Engelbert Humperdinck
I
Iggy Pop
- Gloria
- One Two Brown Eyes (Van Morrison with Them song)
J
Colin James
Paul Jones
Rickie Lee Jones
Tom Jones
K
Phil Keaggy
- When Will I Ever Learn To Live in God
Ronan Keating
Brian Kennedy
Ben E. King
L
Frankie Laine
Bettye Lavette
Ute Lemper
Jerry Lee Lewis with Don Henley
- What Makes the Irish Heart Beat
Ramsey Lewis and Nancy Wilson
M
Miriam Makeba
Barry Manilow
Barbara Mandrell
Martina McBride
Michael McDonald
Bobby McFerrin
Maria McKee
Brian McKnight
John Mellencamp
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
James Morrison
Jim Morrison with The Doors
Bill Murray with Eric Clapton
- Gloria (Crossroads Guitar Festival â 2007)
N
Aaron Neville and Robbie Robertson
Liam Neeson
Ted Nugent
O
Sinéad O'Connor
P
Robert Pattinson
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Esther Phillips
R
Della Reese
Martha Reeves
Helen Reddy
Buddy Rich
Cliff Richard
Johnny Rivers
Kenny Rogers
S
Bob Seger
Bon Scott with The Spektors
Shakira
Patti Smith
Phoebe Snow
Dusty Springfield
Rick Springfield
Bruce Springsteen
Joe Stampley
Lisa Stansfield
- Friday's Child (Van Morrison with Them Song)
Steel Pulse
Rod Stewart
The Swell Season (Glen Hansard with Markéta Irglová)
T
13th Floor Elevators
Grady Tate
Corey Taylor
Toots and the Maytals
U
U2
W
The Wallflowers
The Waterboys
Russell Watson
Widespread Panic
Andy Williams
Vanessa L. Williams
Cassandra Wilson
Z
Warren Zevon
Unreleased songs covered by other artists
Solomon Burke
Tom Fogerty
Johnny Winter
- Feedback Out on Highway 101
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