DAVID GREENE, HOST: If romance in the 1960s and early '70s had a soundtrack, this song would have been there.</s>DON COVAY: (Singing) Have mercy. Have mercy on me.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: That's R&B singer-songwriter, Don Covay, who died over the weekend. As a performer, he was best known for the song "Mercy Mercy." As a songwriter, he was known for tunes you could name after hearing just a few notes.</s>ARETHA FRANKLIN: (Singing) Chain, chain, chain. Chain, chain, chain. Chain of fools.</s>CHUBBY CHECKER: (Singing) Do the pony with your partner with a big boss line.</s>GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS: (Singing) He brought me a letter full of tears.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Covay's music was recorded by the likes of Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight and The Pips and The Rolling Stones. He was called a songwriting genius. Don Covay preferred the title song physician. He was 76 when he died on Saturday.
R&B singer-songwriter Don Covay died on Saturday at the age of 76. Covay's music was recorded by the likes of Aretha Franklin, Chubby Checker, Gladys Knight & the Pips and The Rolling Stones.