I do love a bit of Harry Nilsson, especially his earlier work. I have posted several playlists devoted to him but I was surprised that I have not done so for over three years. So, here we have another collection of Nilsson written songs inspired by the Ace Records 2017 collection of Nilsson covers. The delay in posting another one of these is no doubt down to the fact that I didn’t think I would be able to find enough material for a volume 4 but it just goes to show how wrong I was and how many people covered Nilsson.
I wanted this compilation to have the same amount of songs as all of the other volumes. That is, 24. No song is to repeated on the disc and the first tune is a cover of ‘Gotta Get Up!’. This will most probably the last attempt at a compilation like this if I follow these rules as I am not sure how many other covers of ‘Gotta Get Up!’ there are. There is also a contribution by early collaborator George Tipton, as well as a very early cover from Little Richard dating back to 1964. There is also a rather curious cover of the ode to dying with your bodily functions in one piece from Czechoslovakia by artist Petr Spálený
- Gotta Get Up – The Loulou Sisters
- Groovy Little Suzy – Little Richard
- Cuddly Toy – The Fruit Machine
- One – Al Kooper
- The Story Of Rock & Roll – The Collage
- Without Him – Julie London
- Rainmaker – Cryan’ Shames
- 1941 – George Burns
- Don’t Leave Me Baby – Astrid Gilberto
- Without Her – Rick Nelson
- (I Guess) The Lord Must Be In New York City – Roslyn Kind
- Marchin’ Down Broadway – George Tipton
- It’s Been So Long – Ronnie Charles
- Wailing Of The Willow – Judith Durham
- There Will Never Be – Robert Farnon & Tony Coe
- Maybe – Jack Jones
- Remember (Christmas) – Florence Warner
- Open Your Window – Louis Bellson
- Turn On The Radio – Dunn & Rubini
- Blanket For A Sail – Davy Jones
- Turn Out The Light – Clive Bruce
- Jump Into The Fire – Lithium X-MAs
- I’ll Be Home – Cass Elliot
- Sto Třicet Slok (I’d Rather Be Dead) – Petr Spálený