Chartbusters Go Pop
Chartbusters Go Pop | ||||
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Compilation album by Elton John | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1969–1970 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 56:48 | |||
Label | RPM Purple Pyramid | |||
Producer | Various | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Chartbusters Go Pop (subtitled 20 Legendary Covers from 1969/70 as sung by Elton John) is a compilation album of cover versions by Elton John.
These recordings are from the days prior to Elton John's success as a solo performer. They are taken from a variety of periodically issued budget-priced compilations of hit songs, under brand names including Top of the Pops, Chartbusters and Hot Hits. These were issued by budget labels including Music for Pleasure and featured current or recent hits re-recorded, with varying degrees of note-for-note accuracy, by nameless 'soundalike' performers. Like many other jobbing session singers of the time, John worked as a vocalist on these albums.
These covers compilations were cheaply recorded, cheaply priced, and sold in large quantities until, in 1972, compilations featuring the original artists were introduced by such labels as K-Tel. The public preferred the original recordings and the market for cheap cover compilations rapidly declined. This album collects together John's contributions to a variety of covers albums issued during 1969 and 1970. This collection was released by minor labels in the UK and US in 1994 and was re-issued many times afterwards.[2]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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1. | "My Baby Loves Lovin'" | Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway | White Plains | 2:44 |
2. | "Cotton Fields" | Lead Belly | Lead Belly (cover version based on version by The Beach Boys) | 2:47 |
3. | "Lady D'Arbanville" | Cat Stevens | Cat Stevens | 3:41 |
4. | "Natural Sinner" | Andy Fairweather Low | Fair Weather | 2:50 |
5. | "United We Stand"" | Tony Hiller, John Goodison | Brotherhood of Man | 2:48 |
6. | "Spirit in the Sky" | Norman Greenbaum | Norman Greenbaum | 3:37 |
7. | "Travelin' Band" | John Fogerty | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 2:16 |
8. | "I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top" | Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett | The Hollies | 3:42 |
9. | "Good Morning Freedom" | Albert Hammond, Michael Hazlewood, Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway | Blue Mink | 3:07 |
10. | "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" | Nina Simone, Weldon Irvine | Nina Simone | 3:04 |
11. | "In the Summertime" | Ray Dorset | Mungo Jerry | 2:51 |
12. | "Up Around the Bend" | John Fogerty | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 2:38 |
13. | "Snake in the Grass" | Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich | Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich | 3:02 |
14. | "Neanderthal Man" | Kevin Godley, Lol Creme, Eric Stewart | Hotlegs | 3:35 |
15. | "She Sold Me Magic" | Lou Christie, Twyla Herbert | Lou Christie | 1:56 |
16. | "Come and Get It" | Paul McCartney | Badfinger | 2:14 |
17. | "Love of the Common People" | John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins | The Four Preps (cover version based on version by The Winstons) | 2:33 |
18. | "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" | Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta Wright, Lula Mae Hardaway | Stevie Wonder | 2:32 |
19. | "It's All in the Game" | Carl Sigman, Charles G. Dawes | Tommy Edwards (cover version based on version by The Four Tops) | 2:23 |
20. | "Yellow River" | Jeff Christie | Christie | 2:35 |
References
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- Empty Sky
- Elton John
- Tumbleweed Connection
- Madman Across the Water
- Honky Château
- Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Caribou
- Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
- Rock of the Westies
- Blue Moves
- A Single Man
- Victim of Love
- 21 at 33
- The Fox
- Jump Up!
- Too Low for Zero
- Breaking Hearts
- Ice on Fire
- Leather Jackets
- Reg Strikes Back
- Sleeping with the Past
- The One
- Duets
- Made in England
- The Big Picture
- Songs from the West Coast
- Peachtree Road
- The Captain & the Kid
- The Diving Board
- Wonderful Crazy Night
- Regimental Sgt. Zippo
- The Lockdown Sessions
- Friends
- The Lion King (1994)
- Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida
- The Muse
- The Road to El Dorado
- Gnomeo & Juliet
- Rocketman
- The Lion King (2019)
- Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits Volume II
- The Thom Bell Sessions
- Lady Samantha
- Greatest Hits Vol. 3
- The Complete Thom Bell Sessions
- To Be Continued
- The Very Best of Elton John
- Rare Masters
- Greatest Hits 1976–1986
- Chartbusters Go Pop
- Classic Elton John
- Love Songs
- Prologue
- Greatest Hits 1970–2002
- Elton John's Christmas Party
- Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits
- Diamonds
- Elton: Jewel Box
- "I've Been Loving You"
- The Thom Bell Sessions
- Remixed
- Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin
- The Union
- Good Morning to the Night
- Revamp & Restoration
- 1970 World Tour
- Rock of the Westies Tour
- Louder Than Concorde Tour
- 1979 tour of the Soviet Union
- 1980 World Tour
- Jump Up Tour
- Too Low for Zero Tour
- European Express Tour
- Breaking Hearts Tour
- Ice on Fire Tour
- Tour De Force
- Sleeping with the Past Tour
- The One Tour
- Face to Face 1994
- Face to Face 1995
- Made in England Tour
- Face to Face 1998
- An Evening with Elton John
- Medusa Tour
- Stately Home Tour
- Face to Face 2001
- Songs from the West Coast Tour
- Face to Face 2002
- A Journey Through Time
- 2003 Tour
- Face to Face 2003
- 2004 Tour
- Peachtree Road Tour
- 2006 European Tour
- The Captain and the Kid Tour
- Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live
- Face to Face 2009
- Face to Face 2010
- 2010 European Tour
- Greatest Hits Tour
- 40th Anniversary of the Rocket Man
- The Diving Board Tour
- Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour
- All the Hits Tour
- The Final Curtain Tour
- Wonderful Crazy Night Tour
- Farewell Yellow Brick Road
performances
- The Lion King
- 1994 film
- 2019 film
- 1997 musical
- The Road to El Dorado
- Aida
- Billy Elliot the Musical
- Lestat
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Tammy Faye
- Bernie Taupin
- Elton John Band
- Gus Dudgeon
- Paul Buckmaster
- John Reid
- Ray Williams
- Dick James
- DJM Records
- David Furnish
- Kiki Dee
- Elton John AIDS Foundation
- Watford F.C.
- Bluesology
- Hookfoot
- Woodside, Old Windsor
- Rocket Pictures
- Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras
- Elton John: Me, Myself & I
- The Union
- Elton John: The Classic Years
- Rocketman (film)
- Me
- Elton John: Never Too Late
- Category