[Old School Hound]

                                     Happy   74th   Birthday    to the "Rocket Man"  himself  !!!!


Might as well give him some props for one of the best covers ever. You don't typically think of Elton as someone who covers other artists. Most of his songs are John/Taupin original.  However, I will say when Elton does a cover he damn sure does it right. And when you cover a Beatles' song you BETTER do it justice. Elton did more than do this Lennon song justice; he made it his own.  Captain Fantastic took a good song and sent it into the stratosphere.  By  the way,  Lennon is playing guitar and singing backup on this track ; his name appears in the album credits as Dr. Winston O'Boogie.   Here's the birthday boy with one of the all-time great covers:

           

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