Well known examples of this include Joe Cocker's version of The Beatles ' With a Little Help from My Friends, and Ike And Tina Turner's version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Proud Mary.

* " Proud Mary ", a 1969 song by John Fogerty

In addition, Memphis is mentioned in scores of other songs, including " Proud Mary " by Creedence Clearwater Revival, " Honky Tonk Women " by The Rolling Stones, " Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes " by George Jones, " Daisy Jane " by America, " Life Is a Highway " by Tom Cochrane, " Black Velvet " by Alannah Myles, " Cities " by Talking Heads, " Crazed Country Rebel " by Hank Williams III, " Pride ( In the Name of Love )" by U2, " M. E. M. P. H. I. S.

He has played and recorded with Killing Joke ( for three days in 1988 ); The Pretenders ( featuring on Last of the Independents, 1994 ); Badly Drawn Boy ( with whom he played for two years ); Proud Mary ( featuring on Love and Light, 2004 ); and Ian Brown ( featuring on The World Is Yours, 2007 ).

During and following Star Trek, Nimoy also released five albums of vocal recordings on Dot Records, including Trek-related songs such as " Highly Illogical ", and cover versions of popular tunes, such as " Proud Mary ".

The performance consisted of three Purple Rain tracks (" Let's Go Crazy ", " Baby I'm a Star " and the title track ), along with cover versions of " We Will Rock You " by Queen, " All Along the Watchtower " by Bob Dylan, the Foo Fighters song " Best of You " and " Proud Mary " by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

The single " Proud Mary ," backed with " Born on the Bayou ," went to Number 2 on the national Billboard chart.

" Though they topped some international charts and local radio countdowns, Creedence Clearwater Revival never had a No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit — though both " Proud Mary " and " Bad Moon Rising " climbed to number one in Record World, a chart at least equal to Billboard's in prestige in the late Sixties.

When we went into the studio to cut ' Proud Mary ,' it was the first time we were in a real Hollywood studio, RCA's Los Angeles studio, and the problems started immediately.

They went as far as adding background vocals to ' Proud Mary ,' and it sounded awful.

On February 19, 1987, at the Palomino Club in Los Angeles, Fogerty broke his self-imposed 1972 ban on performing his Creedence Clearwater Revival hits, on an admonition from Bob Dylan and George Harrison ( who both joined him onstage ) that " if you don't, the whole world's gonna think ' Proud Mary ' is Tina Turner's song.

" At a Fourth of July benefit for Vietnam veterans in 1987, Fogerty finally ran through the list of Creedence hits — beginning with " Born on the Bayou " and ending with " Proud Mary "— to an ecstatic audience.

The songs " Cruise Control " and " Love Is a Many Splendored Thing " from Very Proud of Ya were used in the 1996 independent film Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore, which was first screened in 1997 and also featured Havok in a small role.

Starting with Bayou Country including the US # 2 hit " Proud Mary " and continuing with Green River and finally Willy and the Poor Boys, which, during the year, transformed them from an up-and-coming underground act to bona fide rockstars.

During 1969, Creedence Clearwater Revival had # 2 hits in the US with " Proud Mary ", " Green River " and " Bad Moon Rising ", and also have a # 3 hit with " Down on the Corner "/" Fortunate Son ".

In 1969 Burke had a small hit with his second release for Bell, a reworking of Creedence Clearwater Revival's " Proud Mary " b / w " What Am I Living For " ( Bell 783 ), which was co-produced by singer Tamiko Jones ( born 1945 in Kyle, West Virginia ), who was being rehabilitated after a bout of polio, and was at the time Burke's fiance and manager.

Burke recalls: “ We went to Muscle Shoals and recorded Proud Mary, which they didn ’ t like at all.

They thought it was stupid to record a song Proud Mary, which was already on the charts.

" John Fogerty, the song's composer, was impressed by Burke's version of his song: " Two thousand miles away this man had crawled right up inside my head to learn what Proud Mary was all about.

The greatest thing I ever did was tell Ike Turner, “ Hey man, you should get on this record … I think you and Tina could tear this thing up .” On 24 May 1969 Burke sang his version of " Proud Mary " on American Bandstand.

All but four of the tracks Burke recorded during an 18-month stay with Bell Records were packaged on the Proud Mary LP, which was released later in 1969.

On November 8, 2003 Burke performed at Avo Session Basel in Switzerland, where he sang " Georgia on My Mind ", " Stand by Me ", " A Change is Gonna Come ", and " Proud Mary ', which was released on DVD as Solomon Burke: The King Live at Avo Session Basel.

The setlist consisted of cover songs, including " Long Cool Woman " and " Proud Mary " which was performed twice.

** Ike & Tina Turner for " Proud Mary "

In 1137 Conrad III, the Hohenstaufen King of the Germans, deprived Albert's cousin and nemesis, Henry the Proud of his Saxon duchy, which was awarded to Albert if he could take it.

In 1958 the song was recorded in Canada ( My Name is Pat and I'm Proud of That ).

Servius Tullius was the sixth, and his successor Tarquinius Superbus ( Tarquin the Proud ) was the last.

In " Marge Be Not Proud " ( season seven, 1995 ), she felt she was mothering Bart too much and started acting more distant towards him after he was caught shoplifting.

The groom was Tovi the Proud, former standard-bearer to Cnut.

Having married Gertrude, the widow of Henry the Proud, he was invested in 1143 with the duchy of Bavaria, and resigned his office as count palatine.

Born in Ravensburg, he was the son of Henry the Proud, Duke of Bavaria and Saxony, who was the son of Duke Henry the Black and an heir of the Billungs, former dukes of Saxony.

The actual construction of the temple is generally ascribed to Tarquin the Proud, although it was dedicated by Spurius Postumius on June 5 466 BC.

In the early 18th century Edmund Calamy wrote that Preston was " a pretty town with an abundance of gentry in it, commonly called Proud Preston ".< ref >

The Proud Family was created by Bruce W. Smith and was produced by Jambalaya Studios.

The Proud Family was also broadcast on The Family Channel in Canada.

Ivan's greatest success, however, was convincing the Khan in Sarai that his son, Simeon The Proud, should succeed him as the Grand Prince of Vladimir ; from then on, the important position almost always belonged to the ruling house of Moscow.

Simeon Ivanovich Gordyi ( the Proud ) ( Семён Иванович Гордый in Russian ) ( 7 November 1316 – 27 April 1353 ) was Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir.

He was the second son of Ivan Kalita, and succeeded his brother Simeon the Proud, who died of the Black Death.

Cecily was called " the Rose of Raby ", because she was born at Raby Castle in Durham, and " Proud Cis ", because of her pride and a temper that went with it.

His spot was filled by Hunter Burgan for the remaining Very Proud of Ya tour dates.

Henry the Proud ( – 20 October 1139 ) was the Duke of Bavaria ( Henry X, 1126 – 1139 ), Duke of Saxony ( Henry II, 1137 – 1139 ), and Margrave of Tuscany ( 1137 – 1139 ).

This scheme was in its fourteenth generation when Mao rejected it for the naming of his own children, preferring to give his sons the generational name An (, " Lofty ", " Proud ") instead.