Glad to see jazz creeping in here Heinz. Interesting to see that you are the first to mention the Beatles too I think.
My list would include:
Billie Holiday - Bless this child
Julie London - Cry me a river
Big Mama Thornton (no relative!) - Hound Dog (the definitive version!)
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
Miles Davis - So What!
Bud Shank - His eyes, Her eyes
Aretha Franklin - Say a little prayer
Erroll Garner - Autumn leaves (as played at the "Concert by the sea' in Carmel)
...and for the fun side of the sixties, Pasadena by the Temperance Severn
