Chartbusters Go Pop! 20 Legendary Covers from 1969/70 as Sung by Elton John

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 first 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,...