Incidentally, this article sees only the second appearance of a cover version as my subject of discussion following my analysis of the Ronnie Spector interpretation of Brian Wilson’s ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ a few months ago. However, this month’s entry is quite the different flavour as we find the outlandish Brummy singer-songwriter repres e nted by an unexpected rendition of the power-ballad ‘The Greatest Love Of All’ – a song first recorded by George Benson for the 1977 Muhammad Ali biopic ‘The Greatest’ though often erroneously cited as a Whitney Houston original following the popularity of her 198 5 recording of the song. Th is time featuring a s a solo artist, Rowland is the only musician to have appeared consecutively within my series of prolix song articles – something that makes me a little anxi ous as I don’t wish my blog to appear too arbitrary and subjective. Th e fa ct I was late publishing last month’s entry is largely culpable as it c onsequently saw me begin work on the following article while still in exploration of the aforementioned artist – frontman of Dexys Midnight Runners – Kevin Rowland. Before I proceed I should confess that I’m a little uncomfortable publishing this month’s article due to a n undeniable similarity with my previous entry in that both pieces are centred around the same artist.
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