Most Covered Songs Writ By Bristolians

As a Professor of Bristolian I likes to keep me eye on the cawltral impack that Bristolians 'av 'ad on the nation 'n the world as a awl. I done a bit of intrestin' research 'bout the most covered songs writ or co-writ by a Bristolian or Bristolians. It frew up one or two surprises, speshly the number one, but by 'n large iss pretty much wot yoom ud expeck. Gotta confess now, me babbers, none of these songs is in Bristolian. Theym awl in English. Anyway yer's the list of the top 6 most covered songs writ by Bristolians: (sourced from the website SecondhandSongs)

Number 1  You've Got Your Troubles (Roger Cook/Roger Greenaway)          56 covers

Number 2   I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (Roger Cook & Roger Greenaway (with Bill Backer and Billy Davis))                                                                                        44 covers

Number 3    Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime (James Warren)                       40 covers

Number 4     Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart (Roger Cook/Roger Greenaway) 39 covers
 

Number 5    Glory Box (Geoff Barrow/Beth Gibbons/Adrian Uttley/Isaac Hayes)     33 covers

Number 6   Teardrop (Robert Del Naja/Andrew Vowles/Grantley Marshall/Elizabeth Fraser) 29 covers

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