Written and recorded by Leon Russell in 1970.

This song is from his debut album Leon Russell but his career and success started a long way back in the 1950s with his two high school bands, one with David Gates, and Leon with the Starlighters including J.J. Cale. He is a superb guitar player not to mention any kind of keyboard, horns, and more. Session player, songwriter, producer, arranger, and a big influence on Elton John, Elvis Costello, and many more. He is also a pioneer of the Tulsa Sound.

The “You” in the song was his then-girlfriend Rita Coolidge, he also wrote “Delta Lady” about Rita which Joe Cocker made famous.

“A Song for You” was covered by Donny Hathaway, and released in 1971. There is a well-known rendition by Andy Williams as well. Most people will recognize the Ray Charles version from 1993 that won him a Grammy in 1994.

The Amy Winehouse version was released on the posthumous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures (2011).

Here ends the series on the Amy Winehouse cover songs, 14 in total. I know many have enjoyed Amy’s take on the songs and if not then hopefully you liked the original or one of the other versions I provided.

“‘Round Midnight” was originally written as an instrumental by the truly legendary Thelonious Monk and later collaborated with Cootie Williams for the first release in 1944. Trumpet great Dizzy Gillespie did some of the arrangement and composed and played the now familiar intro.

At 1288 versions it is the 11th most recorded song (excluding Christmas Songs) of all time and the third most covered Jazz Standard behind “Stardust” written by Hoagy Carmichael and “W.C. Handy’s “St. Louis Blues”.

The vast majority are instrumentals but there are two different vocal versions, the one I am featuring today was the first written by Bernie Hanighen. Recorded at the same time as the original with vocals by Jackie Paris, but not released until 1955, this one has been covered about 270 times.

Miles Davis was a big fan of this song and had Dizzy play on his first recording of it in 1953. Davis’s album ‘Round About Midnight released in 1957 would further the popularity. Also fanning the popularity flame, there was a movie of the same name that stars Dexter Gordon. Which is when I was first introduced to that great Saxophonist and it features Herbie Hancock playing the title track. Ok it’s been years and now I want to watch that one again!

In the scheme of things the vocal version does not get a lot of love and in fact it’s barely even mentioned in the Wikipedia page, nor is it in any of the articles I read in Jazz publications. For me this is a great rendition by Amy Winehouse that appears on the Deluxe Bonus Edition of Frank (2003), and yes named after that Frank.

“I Should Care”(1944) by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists. Written by Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston for the movie “Thrill Of A Romance” from 1945. There are 413 versions of this song with the majority being instrumentals.

“I Should Care” (Live From The Stables / 2004) by Amy Winehouse

“There Is No Greater Love” by Isham Jones’ Orchestra with Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman and first released in 1936. Written by Isham Jones and Marty Symes, There are 384 versions of the song to date though just less than 100 of those are with vocals.

“There Is No Greater Love” released by Amy Winehouse in 2008.