Songs written by Don Covay&nbsp;&nbsp;

Sonny Spencer

11/1959

Gilee by Sonny Spencer

82
US

[Memo 17984]
written by Don Covay

& Sonny Spencer (as John Berry [John Bobby Berry])

The Five Satins

06/1960

Your Memory by The Five Satins

107
US

[Cub 9071]
written by Don Covay

& Sonny Spencer (as John Berry [John Bobby Berry])

Jimmy Jones

09/1960

I Just Go for You by Jimmy Jones

35
UK

[Cub 9072]
written by Don Covay

01/1961

Pony Time by Don Covay

60
US

as Don Covay & the Goodtimers
written by Don Covay

& Sonny Spencer (as John Berry [John Bobby Berry])

Chubby Checker

01/1961

① Pony Time by Chubby Checker

from It's Pony Time

266

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

27
UK

[songwriter #1 hit]
[Parkway 818]
written by Don Covay

& Sonny Spencer (as John Berry [John Bobby Berry])

The Midnighters

04/1961

The Continental Walk by The Midnighters

33
US

12
R&B

as Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
[King 5491]
written by Don Covay

& Sonny Spencer (as John Berry [John Bobby Berry])

The Rollers

04/1961

The Continental Walk by The Rollers

80
US

28
R&B

[Liberty 55320]
written by Don Covay

& Sonny Spencer (as John Berry [John Bobby Berry])

Gladys Knight & the Pips

12/1961

⑤ Letter Full of Tears by Gladys Knight & the Pips

from Letter Full of Tears

19
US

3
R&B

[songwriter #5 hit]
[Fury 1054]
written by Don Covay

Billy Fury

10.

03/1962

Letter Full of Tears by Billy Fury

32
UK

written by Don Covay

11.

06/1962

I'm Hanging Up My Heart for You by Solomon Burke

from Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits

85
US

15
R&B

[Atlantic 2147]
written by Sonny Spencer (as John Berry [John Bobby Berry]) & Don Covay

Jerry Butler

12.

10/1962

You Can Run (But You Can't Hide) by Jerry Butler

from Need to Belong

63
US

23
R&B

[Vee-Jay 463]
written by Paul Griffin & Don Covay

Gene Chandler

13.

11/1962

You Threw a Lucky Punch by Gene Chandler

49
US

25
R&B

[Vee-Jay 468]
written by Smokey Robinson, Ronald White (as Ronnie White) & Don Covay

Dee Clark

14.

11/1963

Crossfire Time by Dee Clark

92
US

37
R&B

[Constellation 108]
written by Don Covay

& Horace Ott

15.

11/1963

You're Good for Me by Solomon Burke

from Rock 'n' Soul

49
US

3
R&B

[Atlantic 2205]
written by Don Covay

& Horace Ott

Debbie Dovale

16.

11/1963

Hey Lover by Debbie Dovale

81
US

[Roulette 4521]
written by Sonny Spencer (as John Berry [John Bobby Berry]) & Don Covay

Tommy Tucker

17.

05/1964

Long Tall Shorty by Tommy Tucker

96
US

[Checker 1075]
written by Don Covay

& Herb Abramson

Wilson Pickett

18.

07/1964

I'm Gonna Cry by Wilson Pickett

124
US

[Atlantic 2233]
written by Wilson Pickett & Don Covay

& Ronald Miller [Ronald Dean Miller]

19.

08/1964

Mercy, Mercy by Don Covay

35
US

✫1
R&B

as Don Covay & the Goodtimers
[Rosemart 801]
written by Don Covay

20.

12/1964

Take This Hurt Off Me by Don Covay

97
US

44
R&B

[Rosemart 802]
written by Don Covay

& Ronald Miller [Ronald Dean Miller] (as Ron Miller)

21.

05/1965

Tonight's the Night by Solomon Burke

from The Best of Solomon Burke

28
US

2
R&B

[Atlantic 2288]
written by Solomon Burke & Don Covay

22.

06/1965

Please Do Something by Don Covay

from See Saw

21
R&B

as Don Covay & the Goodtimers
[Atlantic 2286]
written by Don Covay

& Ronald Miller [Ronald Dean Miller] (as Ronnie Miller)

23.

11/1965

See-Saw by Don Covay

from See Saw

44
US

5
R&B

as Don Covay & the Goodtimers
[Atlantic 2301]
written by Don Covay

Little Richard

24.

11/1965

I Don't Know What You've Got but It's Got Me by Little Richard

92
US

12
R&B

[Vee-Jay 698]
written by Don Covay

25.

03/1966

Watching the Late Late Show by Don Covay

101
US

as Don Covay & the Goodtimers
[Atlantic 2323]
written by Don Covay

26.

10/1966

Somebody's Got to Love You by Don Covay

127
US

as Don Covay & the Goodtimers
[Atlantic 2357]
written by Don Covay

Roy Thompson

27.

01/1967

Sookie Sookie by Roy Thompson

43
R&B

[Okeh 7267]
written by Don Covay

28.

02/1967

Shingaling '67 by Don Covay

133
US

50
R&B

[Atlantic 2375]
written by Don Covay

Aretha Franklin

29.

12/1967

② Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin

from Lady Soul

240

2
US

✫1
R&B

37
UK

[songwriter #2 hit]

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #249]
charted as Chain Of Fools/Satisfaction in the UK
[Atlantic 2464]
written by Don Covay

Don Covay & Jefferson Lemon Blues Band

30.

03/1968

Party People by Solomon Burke

from King Solomon

112
US

[Atlantic 2483]
written by Don Covay

Jimmy Smith

31.

04/1968

Chain of Fools by Jimmy Smith

100
US

[Verve 10583]
written by Don Covay

The Soul Clan

32.

07/1968

Soul Meeting by The Soul Clan

91
US

34
R&B

[Atlantic 2530]
written by Don Covay

Etta James

33.

09/1968

You Got It by Etta James

113
US

[Cadet 5620]
written by Don Covay

Aretha Franklin

34.

11/1968

④ See Saw by Aretha Franklin

from Aretha Now

14
US

9
R&B

[songwriter #4 hit]
[Atlantic 2574]
written by Steve Cropper & Don Covay

35.

01/1970

Black Woman by Don Covay & Jefferson Lemon Blues Band

43
R&B

[Atlantic 2666]
written by Don Covay

& Spooner Oldham

Otis Redding

36.

04/1970

Demonstration by Otis Redding

from Tell the Truth

105
US

[Atco 6742]
written by Otis Redding & Don Covay

Wilson Pickett

37.

08/1970

She Said Yes by Wilson Pickett

from Right On

68
US

20
R&B

[Atlantic 2753]
written by Wilson Pickett, William "Mickey" Stevenson (as William Stevenson), Don Covay

& Johnny Nash

Brook Benton

38.

12/1970

Shoes by Brook Benton

from Story Teller

67
US

18
AC

18
R&B

with The Dixie Flyers
[Cotillion 44093]
written by Don Covay

& George Soulé

King Floyd

39.

04/1973

Think About It by King Floyd

from Think About It

49
R&B

[Chimneyville 446]
written by Don Covay

& Otis Redding

40.

06/1973

I Was Checkin' Out--She Was Checkin' In by Don Covay

from Super Dude I

29
US

6
R&B

[Mercury 73385]
written by Don Covay

41.

05/1974

It's Better to Have (And Don't Need) by Don Covay

from Hot Blood

63
US

21
R&B

29
UK

[Mercury 73469]
written by Don Covay

& Erskin Watts

42.

02/1975

Rumble in the Jungle by Don Covay

from Hot Blood

83
R&B

[novelty]
[Mercury 73648]
written by Don Covay

& Erskin Watts

Mystique

43.

03/1977

What Would the World Be Without Music by Mystique

from Mystique

59
R&B

[Curtom 0123]
written by Bunny Sigler & Don Covay

David Houston

44.

04/1978

No Tell Motel by David Houston

from Best

72
country

[Gusto 184]
written by David Houston, Don Covay

& Volmer

Wilson Pickett

45.

03/1980

Live with Me by Wilson Pickett

95
R&B

[EMI America 8034]
written by Wilson Pickett & Don Covay

& Ronald Miller [Ronald Dean Miller]

46.

07/1980

Badd Boy by Don Covay

74
R&B

[novelty]
[Newman 500]
written by Don Covay

& A. Covay

Phoebe Snow

47.

05/1981

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy by Phoebe Snow

from Rock Away

52
US

[Atlantic 3818 (Mirage)]
written by Don Covay

Peter Wolf

48.

07/1984

③ Lights Out by Peter Wolf

from Lights Out

12
US

11
dance

6
rock

[songwriter #3 hit]
[EMI 8208]
written by Peter Wolf & Don Covay

Risse

49.

02/1990

Chain of Fools by Risse

18
dance

[Atlantic 88775]
written by Don Covay

Little Caesar [band]

50.

05/1990

Chain of Fools by Little Caesar [band]

from Little Caesar

88
US

17
rock

written by Don Covay

Huey Lewis & the News

51.

12/1991

He Don't Know by Huey Lewis & the News

from Hard at Play

40
AC

[EMI LP Cut]
written by Don Covay

, Jon Tiven & Sally Tiven

Us3

52.

07/1993

Riddim by Us3

from Hand on the Torch

34
UK

featuring Tukka Yoot
written by Robert Taylor, Mel Simpson, Geoff Wilkinson, Don Covay