The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

Artist: Ronettes
Author: Bunny Botkin/Gilbert Garfield/Phil Spector/Harry Nilsson
Label: Warner-Spector
Year: 1965

Lead vocal: Veronica. First out as a Ronnie Spector single in '76. Nilsson's demo came out on For The Love If Harry ('09).

Covers:

1966:: Shangri-La's [first released version as B-side of Past, Present & Future]
1967:: Jean King [member of The Blossoms solo]
1969:: Gogi Grant
1972:: Supremes
1976:: Ronnie Spector [same version as the Ronettes']
1977:: Bette Midler
1996:: Shonen Knife
2017:: Bobby Hatfield

Not to be confused with John Prine's Paradise (see there).

PARADISE