Leroy Van Dyke played it in 1961.
Yeah they are, they were Rihanna's support act when she played there! :-)
It was Letters to Cleo. They played "Cruel to Be Kind" - which is a cover of a song by Nick Lowe.
If The Rolling Stones are a "glorified cover band", they certainly are a rich, successful "glorified cover band".
The Beat is an English band that played 2 Tone ska revival in the late nineteen seventies and early nineteen eighties. They were founded in 1978 in Birmingham.
They are the same, but different. Both are cover bands, because they "cover" songs by other artists. A tribute band usually covers other artists' material, but they focus on a particular group or era. So, a tribute band is more focused than an average cover band.
The word "cover band" refers to the thoughtful image one gets when they see or listen to a particular band. This cover can be a bad or good image, the choice is decided on the public opinion.
Andromeda - English band - ended in 1970.
Andromeda - English band - was created in 1968.
Space - English band - was created in 1993.
Io - English band - was created in 2006.
Broken English - band - was created in 1987.
Modern English - band - was created in 1979.