The song first recorded in English by Ben E. King in 1963 with new lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
Other successful cover versions were released by Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones, also by Status Quo.
Leiber and Stoller also produced the first English language release, performed by Ben E. King in 1963.
Bassey has performed the song at almost every live concert she gave, and it is included in many of her compilation albums, such as a version in I Am What I Am recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, and a version in Spanish ("Hoy No Tengo Nada") in her 1989 album La Mujer.
[citation needed] Also recorded in Australia by Normie Rowe (1965), The Easybeats, The Dave Bridge Trio (1966) and Rob E. G. (1964/65), and in New Zealand by Shane.
British rock band The Spectres, later known as Status Quo, released their version of the song produced by John Schroeder in September 1966 as a single on Piccadilly Records.
[33] Swedish pop group Tom & Mick & Maniacs recorded the song sporadically between 5–7 and 15 October 1967 at Europafilm Studio in Bromma,[15] Stockholm together with producer Anders Henriksson.
[34] In December of that year, it was released on their album Tom & Mick Maniacs,[35] and in February 1968, it was extracted as a single on Columbia Records, backed by "Pandemonium", an original composition.
Also recorded, by The Righteous Brothers (1967), Leslie Uggams (1967), Little Milton (1968), Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1972), Cockney Rebel (1974), Brian May & Kerry Elli, Luther Vandross featuring Martha Wash (1991)