Chartbusters Go Pop! 16 Legendary Covers from 1969/70 as Sung by Elton John (2001)

About this title: The title is no joke, but dead-on truth in advertising. Circa 1970, John helped pay the rent and gain studio expertise as a session vocalist for British quickie budget exploitation LPs that "re-created" the sound of current hit singles. John takes on such vintage AM mothballs as "In the Summertime," "Up Around the Bend," "My Baby Loves Lovin'," "Yellow River," and "Signed Sealed Delivered" here, along with a few songs that were only hits in the U.K.. These records were never intended to be taken seriously as artistic statements, and one suspects that the studio players were having fun at ... read more

Tracks:

1. Natural Sinner [Fairweather-Low]
2. United We Stand [Hiller/Simons]
3. Spirit in the Sky [Greenbaum]
4. Travelin' Band [Fogerty]
5. I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top [Fletcher/Flett]
6. Good Morning Freedom [Cook/Greenaway/Hamm]
7. Up Around the Bend [Fogerty]
8. She Sold Me Magic [Christie/Herbert]
9. Come and Get It [McCartney]
10. Love of the Common People [Hurley/Wilkins]
11. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours [Garrett/Hardaway/Wo]
12. It's All in the Game [Dawes/Sigman]
13. Yellow River [Christie]
14. My Baby Loves Lovin' [Cook/Greenaway]
15. Cotton Fields [Leadbelly]
16. Lady d'Arbanville [Stevens]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.