Many of popular music’s biggest stars have demonstrated a strong affinity for Broadway show tunes, sometimes with faithful renditions, though occasionally with significantly different interpretations. We’ve selected some memorable performances of songs composed by such Broadway legends as Meredith Willson, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and more, a few of which became significant pop hits.

Here are 11 performances by rock and pop greats like the Beatles, the 5th Dimension, Judy Collins, the Temptations, and Don Henley, who appreciate a great tune when they hear it, from such diverse shows as The Music Man, Hair, South Pacific and A Little Night Music.

The Beatles—“Till There Was You” (1963) from The Music Man (Broadway opening: Dec. 19, 1957)

With music and lyrics by Meredith Willson. Covered by the Beatles on With the Beatles, their second U.K. album in November 1963, and also included on Meet The Beatles!, their Capitol Records’ U.S. debut in January ’64. Paul McCartney, who sings lead vocal, is said to have became familiar with the tune after hearing Peggy Lee‘s 1961 rendition, and it became part of the band’s pre-recording repertoire. A few weeks before Beatlemania landed stateside, the world‘s most popular music group injected a dusty show tune into the mainstream pop scene, then performed it live as the second song in their maiden appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Janis Joplin—“Summertime” (1968) from Porgy and Bess (Broadway: Oct. 10, 1935)

George Gershwin‘s aria is one of the most covered songs of the 20th century, with well over 1,000 recordings. Joplin’s smoldering version, recorded with Big Brother and the Holding Company on Cheap Thrills, was a favorite live performance. Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane once said, “I had never heard anybody sing [it] like Janis. She sent chills up my spine. I was standing on stage watching her do it. It was just amazing.”

The Doors—“Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)” from Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s Mahagonny (1927)

This recorded version first appeared on the group‘s 1967 self-titled debut album. The band and producer Paul A. Rothchild preserved the song‘s bare bones, cabaret arrangement and amplified the decadence and craving, via Ray Manzarek‘s sputtering organ and Jim Morrison‘s histrionic vocal delivery, as the chamber piece was transformed into a psych-rock declaration, via the Sunset Strip.

The 5th Dimension—”Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” (1969) from Hair (Broadway debut: Apr. 29, 1968)

The counterculture rock musical spawned many hit recordings, none bigger than the popular vocal group’s first number one single. Produced by their longtime producer, Bones Howe, the recording combined the musical‘s opening number with its act two finale. The medley was released as a single and reached #1 in just five weeks, remaining there for six weeks (and #2 overall for 1969). The joyous recording earned a pair of Grammy Awards, including the coveted Record of the Year.

The Cowsills—“Hair” (1969) also from Hair (1968)

The sunshine-pop family band enjoyed one of their biggest hits with the title song from the musical. Other songs from Hair that became significant chart hits were Three Dog Night’s version of “Easy to Be Hard” (#4) and Oliver’s “Good Morning Starshine” (#3).

Judy Collins—”Send in the Clowns” (1975) from A Little Night Music (Broadway: Feb. 25, 1973)

Stephen Sondheim wrote the melancholy song for Glynis Johns, who originated the role of Desirée on Broadway. Judy blue eyes’ tour-de-force version appeared on her 1975 album Judith, and the single charted twice, two years apart, reaching #19 in 1977, earning the legendary composer and lyricist a Grammy for Song of the Year. [Collins’ significant catalog is available in the U.S. here, in Canada here and in the U.K. here.]

Bob Dylan—”Some Enchanted Evening” (2015) from South Pacific (Broadway: Apr. 7, 1949)

The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic from the Broadway smash has been covered by many legendary performers. In 2015, Dylan, in his early 70s, included his version on Shadows in the Night, an album of standards associated with Frank Sinatra. The LP led to a series of albums from the Bard in which he continued to cover the Great American Songbook.

Tom Waits—”Somewhere” (1978) from West Side Story (Broadway: Sept. 26, 1957)

Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim made this grand ballad for the glorious musical conceived by Jerome Robbins, which has continued to evolve over the years. Waits’ version leads off his 1978 album, Blue Valentine, produced by Bones Howe. The song’s orchestral start is interrupted by his raw vocal. Even so, its romance shines through and proved the endurance of Bernstein‘s melody.

The Temptations—”Fiddler on the Roof Medley” (1969) based on Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway: Sept. 22, 1964)

In 1968, two of Motown’s biggest singing groups released a collaborative album, Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations, to coincide with a pre-holiday TV special, TCB. Both were a significant success: the LP reached #2 overall and the latter is said to be the year’s highest-rated variety show. A follow-up—G.I.T. on Broadway, with the acronym standing for “Gettin’ it Together”—was produced a year later. It wasn’t a success like its predecessor, but it did yield a unique medley based on songs like “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Sunrise, Sunset” and “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” from the popular musical of a few years earlier, in Detroit style.

Barbra Streisand—”People” (1964) from Funny Girl (Broadway: March 26, 1964)

The star was just 21 years old when she originated the role of Fanny Brice. She was also less than two months away from winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her debut LP, The Barbra Streisand Album. This early signature song, which reached #5 on the Hot 100, along with another from Funny Girl, “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” helped establish her as a true recording superstar.

Don Henley—”Sit Down, You‘re Rockin’ the Boat” (1992) from Guys and Dolls (Broadway: Nov. 24, 1950)

Decades after Frank Loesser‘s timeless classic first arrived, Henley recorded a rendition for the 1992 comedy-drama film Leap of Faith, which starred Steve Martin and Debra Winger. The sparse, raw take with a reggae beat shed its Broadway brass and amplified its gospel soul.