An overlooked cover tune XLIV

Here's how you cover a pop hit to make it just as appealing decades later:  Speed up its tempo, jazz up its melody on the piano, and have vocalists sing the chorus with genuine enthusiasm.  The end result: "Hang On, Sloopy," as performed by The Ramsey Lewis Trio in 1965.  I haven't sought out the original hit by The McCoys often, but I could listen to the 1965 Lewis cover, which has a bit of a Neil Diamond, "Cherry, Cherry" feel to it, repeatedly.  It's a shame there isn't much of a place for it in today's radio climate.