The second single from the 1970, self-titled collaboration ‘Elton John’, ‘Take Me To The Pilot’ is a Rock hit from John and collaborator Bernie Taupin. The song has some Blues and Gospel overtones — emphasized even more so in this performance from Elton John’s ‘Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden’ album. A must-have for any Elton John set or tribute!
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Magic Carpet Ride’ was Steppenwolf’s second most successful Rock classic — only surpassed by ’68s ‘Born To Be Wild’. The cut was the lead single from their album ‘The Second’ and reached #3 on the US charts. Not only does the song feature the band’s characteristic, catchy Pop/Rock stylings but a far-out, Psychadelic solo section for your band to dig into!
This 1986 Hair Rock classic was the second single from Jon Bon Jovi’s ‘Slippery When Wet’ album. Full of 80’s flare including rockin’ guitars and scintillating synths, the song rocketed to #1 on charts around the world. In 2006 the song was voted #1 in VH1’s 100 Greatest Hits of the 80s.
When you hear this song title most people immediately associate it with the 1990 cover by Sinead O’Connor. Little do they know that this song was actually written by the Pop King Prince for his side project ‘The Family’ back in 1985. The song has since become a staple of Prince’s live stage shows and it is this, killer, soulful treatment that we’re offering up. Give this one a swing and you’ll say you’ve never heard of the Bald Baladeer!
This 1930s love song, written by Jimmy Cambell, Reg Connelly and Harry M. Woods has seen many treatments — from the Ray Noble original to Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble. One of the most loved was the soulful hit by the great Otis Redding. The 1991 film ‘The Commitments’ gave tribute to Redding’s classic recording with their powerful take on ‘Try A Little Tenderness’.
Dean Martin had a #15 Billboard hit with this Latin sensation. The 1954 English version of ‘Quien Sera’ was a huge success for Martin and established ‘Sway’ as a Standard in both the Pop and Jazz idioms. The timeless tune was revisited by Michael Buble in 2004, but the classic Martin cut still remains one of the best-loved renditions of all time.
Sway’ is the English version of ‘Quien Sera’ by Mexican composer Pable Beltran Ruiz. It was first made famous by crooner Dean Martin, but has found renewed life through the voice of Michael Buble. Buble included a cut of Sway with a blazing horn arrangement on his self-titled 2004 debut album. It has remained one of the most requested Buble numbers and saw serious success in the Pop charts for a ‘Big Band’ number.
One of the classic Basie takes — All Of Me — epitomizes what made the Basie Orchestra one of the absolute best. It’s jumps from hot to cold, light to dark and soothing to POW are all wrapped up in this classic Seymour Sims and Gerald Marks standard.
Michael Buble and his production team are well known for his catchy re-arrangments of jazz, swing and pop classics. In this case they took it back to basics with an homage to the great Basie band and added the vocalist’s stylings to a tweaked rendition of the Count’s version of ‘All Of Me’. The Buble rendition was released on the 2009 album ‘Crazy Love’.
This opening hit from Elton’s 1972 ‘Honky Chateau’ album was apparently inspired by Bernie Taupin’s glimpse of a shooting star at night. Although the album was also produced by the same man as Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’, Gus Dudgeon, John denies that his song was a response to Bowie’s hit from two years earlier. Rocket Man has remained one of Elton’s greatest hits — perfectly embodying the Piano Man’s understated Rock sound.