L.A. Woman
(The Doors) 1971
performed by:
The Doors
also covered by:
Billy Idol
first known performance by Patti Smith:
8 September 1978
notes:
La Vie En Rose
(Edith Piaf/Louigy) 1942
performed by:
Edith Piaf
also covered by:
Bette Middler, Grace Jones
first known performance by Patti Smith:
17 July 1996
notes:
short acapella version.
Land of a Thousand Dances
(Chris Kenner/Fats Domino) 1962
performed by:
Fats Domino
also covered by:
Cannibal and the Headhunters, Willie and the Midnighters, Wilson Pickett, Tom Jones
first known performance by Patti Smith:
10 November 1974
notes:
Last Time, The
(Jagger/Richards) 1965
performed by:
The Rolling Stones
also covered by:
first known performance by Patti Smith:
10 June 2001
notes:
Leaving on a Jetplane
(John Denver) 1969
performed by:
John Denver
also covered by:
Peter, Paul And Mary
first known performance by Patti Smith:
24 May 1997
notes:
Let Me In
(Berry/Bucks/Mills/Stipe) 1994
performed by:
R.E.M.
also covered by:
first known performance by Patti Smith:
27 September 1995
notes:
Patti was a guest at a R.E.M.Show.
Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go
(Hank Ballard) 1960
performed by:
Hank Ballard and the Midnighters
also covered by:
first known performance by Patti Smith:
10 November 1974
notes:
Let’s Twist Again
(Kal Mann/Dave Appell) 1961
performed by:
Chubby Checker
also covered by:
first known performance by Patti Smith:
9 July 1976
notes:
Like A Rolling Stone
(Bob Dylan) 1966
performed by:
Bob Dylan
also covered by:
Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones
first known performance by Patti Smith:
19 June 2005
notes:
Little Johnny Jewel
(Tom Verlaine) 1977
performed by:
Television
also covered by:
Siouxsie and the Banshees
first known performance by Patti Smith:
15 October 2006
notes:
with Richard Lloyd on guitar
Living in America
(Dan Hartman / Charlie Midnight) 1985
performed by:
James Brown
also covered by:
first known performance by Patti Smith:
29 December 2006
notes:
Lonely Woman
(Coleman/Guryan) 1959
performed by:
Ornette Coleman
also covered by:
first known performance by Patti Smith:
8 October 2006
notes:
Lonely Woman is one of the first free jazz compositions and is one of Ornette Colemans’s most covered compositions.
Loser
(Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter) 1971
performed by:
The Grateful Dead
also covered by:
first known performance by Patti Smith:
4 December 1995
notes:
Lost In The Stars
(Kurt Weill/Maxwell Anderson) 1949
performed by:
Lotte Lenya
also covered by:
Elvis Costello
first known performance by Patti Smith:
19 November 1995
notes:
Louie Louie
(Richard Berry) 1955
performed by:
The Kingsmen
also covered by:
The Stooges, Iggy Pop, Barry White and countless others
first known performance by Patti Smith:
23 November 1975
notes:
Love Me
(Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) 1958
performed by:
Elvis Presley
also covered by:
The Grateful Dead
first known performance by Patti Smith:
24 November 1995
notes:
lead- vocal by Tony Shanahan, first performance not sure, might be 16 Aug 1998
Love Of The Common People
(Ronnie Wilkins/John Hurley) 1967
performed by:
Waylon Jennings
also covered by:
Wanda Jackson, Elton John, Paul Young
first known performance by Patti Smith:
27 June 1995
notes:
lead-vocal by Lenny Kaye
Love Train
(Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) 1972
performed by:
The O’Jays
also covered by:
Hall & Oats
first known performance by Patti Smith:
29 December 2009
notes: