Actually, I'm a bit surprised that no one has mentioned anything by Led Zeppelin yet!  Here's a few stolen songs, er, I mean "remakes" that are better than the originals! 
 
Dazed & Confused
How Many More Times
Whole Lotta Love
The Lemon Song
Bring It On Home
Since I've Been Loving You
In My Time Of Dying

craigb
Actually, I'm a bit surprised that no one has mentioned anything by Led Zeppelin yet!  Here's a few stolen songs, er, I mean "remakes" that are better than the originals! 
 
Dazed & Confused
How Many More Times
Whole Lotta Love
The Lemon Song
Bring It On Home
Since I've Been Loving You
In My Time Of Dying

Yes, they were good at "borrowing" songs.

Leadfoot

craigb
Actually, I'm a bit surprised that no one has mentioned anything by Led Zeppelin yet!  Here's a few stolen songs, er, I mean "remakes" that are better than the originals! 
 
Dazed & Confused
How Many More Times
Whole Lotta Love
The Lemon Song
Bring It On Home
Since I've Been Loving You
In My Time Of Dying

Yes, they were good at "borrowing" songs.

And the Rolling Stones, weren't?

I'm a big Pat Travers fan and he did some really good remakes....this site has both the original artist and remake of the song (great for comparison purposes):
 
Hot_Rod_Lincoln
 
Statesboro_Blues
 
Born_Under_a_Bad_Sign
 
 
 

Hi,
 
Mona -- Quicksilver. The Man Band had a raving version of this ... with a guest, and Deke says ... he don't know the notes, and neither do we! ... and they rip it! Not to mention that The Man Band also did some Quicksilver, and some of these with John Cippolina in the line up.

I saw the mention of Judas Priest redoing Green Manalishi.

How about the more obvious one like that?

Santana redid Black Magic Woman. That turned out to be a good decision for Santana.

Hi,
 
Gosh ... now we could go to Three Dog Night ... who had hits of a poop load of songs of the musical "HAIR". In fact, I am not sure that any other musical in theater history had as many pieces on radio, or was as well represented. Considering that most of America would never see, or want to see the musical because of its politics and everything else ... I guess that's an accomplishment!
 

Moshkito

Leadfoot

craigb
Actually, I'm a bit surprised that no one has mentioned anything by Led Zeppelin yet!  Here's a few stolen songs, er, I mean "remakes" that are better than the originals! 

Dazed & Confused
How Many More Times
Whole Lotta Love
The Lemon Song
Bring It On Home
Since I've Been Loving You
In My Time Of Dying

Yes, they were good at "borrowing" songs.

And the Rolling Stones, weren't?

Not in the same way, no. The Stones were very respectful of blues musicians, and brought people like Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters to the attention of rock n' roll audiences. Zeppelin however, plundered the blues for riffs and lyrics without crediting artists like Willie Dixon for the source material.

Moshkito
Hi,
 
Gosh ... now we could go to Three Dog Night ... who had hits of a poop load of songs of the musical "HAIR". In fact, I am not sure that any other musical in theater history had as many pieces on radio, or was as well represented. Considering that most of America would never see, or want to see the musical because of its politics and everything else ... I guess that's an accomplishment!
 

Your constant misrepresentation of "America" gets tiring ... I bet you have a hard time finding hats large enough

jamesg1213

Moshkito

Leadfoot

craigb
Actually, I'm a bit surprised that no one has mentioned anything by Led Zeppelin yet!  Here's a few stolen songs, er, I mean "remakes" that are better than the originals! 

Dazed & Confused
How Many More Times
Whole Lotta Love
The Lemon Song
Bring It On Home
Since I've Been Loving You
In My Time Of Dying

Yes, they were good at "borrowing" songs.

And the Rolling Stones, weren't?

Not in the same way, no. The Stones were very respectful of blues musicians, and brought people like Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters to the attention of rock n' roll audiences. Zeppelin however, plundered the blues for riffs and lyrics without crediting artists like Willie Dixon for the source material.

They did it to Bert Jansch too, completely plagiarizing his Blackwaterside for their Black Mountain Side. Would have been flattering if they'd given proper credit, but hoping that "no-one will notice" is pretty lame.