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"Arnold Corns"(Bowie) songs that were recorded then re-done for "Ziggy Stardust".

These first versions are much more 60s rock/psychedlic than the Ziggy album.:

Hang on To Yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi5R0ulokHE

Moonage Daydream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsH95qmmr9g

From Poland, Tulia - "Nothing Else Matters" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09NqLjHJtGQ -
One of the best renditions...

https://youtu.be/4VDS8uArR0A?si=C_lgHs2t7_CEyeMZ

The days of Pearly Spencer

Vennu Mallesh - It's My Life What Ever I Wanna Do (Very Good Bad Boy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJa2kwoZ2a4

Lee Greenwood - Some Velvet Morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=670YMraVnyk

Meat Puppets - Lake of Fire (Original version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XI98pbS7TA

It changed the face of American music and thus music worldwide. It has touched grunge, nu-metal, punk, art-punk, pop, Radiohead and a thousand other genres where white men play guitars. Listen to the radio–Marquee Moon is everywhere.
— John Aizlewood (Q, 2003)[62]

The whole album is brilliant.

Marquee Moon title track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4myghLPLZc&list=PLyIhNZsfiY8T1VQnCGwCtb7bZ0fJ1hsCy&index=4

Elevation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke0e0IyvMXc&list=PLyIhNZsfiY8T1VQnCGwCtb7bZ0fJ1hsCy&index=6

Holy Shit: "My Way" and a Hippie Freak

This blew my mind.

The original, a tune from 60s France, typical croony French Love Song about having a losing a woman ... "Even a Fool Learns to Love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbqMKs4QN0

EMI had the music rights, and in 1967 bid out for English lyrics.

Two people answered. Paul Anka, and a little known Mystery Hippie who had yet to chart and needed a few bucks to live.

You can of course guess which one was chosen:
Regrets, I've had a few, but then again, to few to mention...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzdAsjWGPg

The other one ended up rejected, but appeared heavily modified to avoid lawsuits, on Mystery Hippie's third album that sold disappointingly before his breakthrough as "Ziggy".

It's a godawful small affair, to the Girl with the Mousey Hair...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft3b1-Cm-0M