Cover versions and samples
- Peggy Lee's 1969 single release climbed the Easy Listening chart, with a peak at #24, even before the BST version.
- Benny Goodman's instrumental version was released on a Reader's Digest album in 1973.
- Sammy Davis Jr. included the song on his 1970 album Something for Everyone
- Shirley Bassey included the song on her 1970 album Something.
- Nancy Wilson covered the song in the Hawaii Five-O episode "Trouble in Mind," which originally aired September 23, 1970.
- In 1970 Marianne Mendt released a version of the tune in Austria as "A g'scheckert's Hutschpferd"
- Barbara Eden performed a live version on U.S. television in 1970.
- Jazz organist Dr. Lonnie Smith recorded an extended instrumental version for his 1970 Blue Note album Drives.
- American organist Lenny Dee covered Spinning Wheel on an album by the same name in 1970.
- James Brown scored a minor hit in 1971 with an instrumental version of the song, reaching #90 on the Billboard Hot 100. He also performed it at his shows as early as 1969.
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