Great songs and artists who virtually own them?


In professional sports, when a player does such honor to his number that nobody else can live up to the legacy, that number is frequently retired. My question is simple: Are their artists that performed a great song so right, that nobody else can touch it and do justice to it? e.g., Etta James - "At last"; Billy Holiday (Sorry Frank) - "One more for my baby". IMO
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"What A Wonddrful World" by Louis Armstrong
"Wild Horses" by The Sundays
"Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckly
"Come Together" by The Beatles
"Going To California" by Led Zeppelin
"Big Love (Live '97)" by Lindsey Buckingham
"With Or Without You" by U2
"Blue In Green" by Miles Davis
"Moonlight In Vermount" by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
"Imagine" by John Lennon

There are so many. I'll be checking back on this thread.... :)
@Martykl: This version of "Big Love" is on the "Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac" collection from 2003. Here is a Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_Fleetwood_Mac

I also think this version is on a live concert DVD and I've seen a few YouTube videos of the performance. My son has tried to learn how to play it on guitar, but it's too hard. Buckingham OWNS that song.

There is also a version of "Go Insane" from the same collection that is amazing.
More picks....

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Bob Dylan
"Exit Music (For A Film)" by Radiohead
"Waiting For A Miracle" by Leonard Cohen
"West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong and the Hot Five (or Seven)
"Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor
"Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes
"Death Letter" by Son House
"Dust My Broom" by Robert Johnson