Friday, November 24, 2023

VA - POPelganger & ROCKelganger (A Butterboy Compilation) (6 x CD's)

POP & ROCK SOUNDALIKES
Previously posted July 19, 2019

VA - POPelganger & ROCKelganger (A Butterboy Compilation) (6 x CD's)

A doppelgänger is a non-biologically related look-alike or double of a living person... Popelgangers & Rockelgangers are artists that, in most cases, purposely imitate the established style of another artist. Sometimes they do such a good job that it is difficult to differentiate the two artists. Sometimes it's one of our favourite artists that sound like other great artists we know.

When I first heard these songs, I had to think twice to know who the artist was. Sometimes it was the voice, sometimes it was the music, sometimes a track seems the same but at a slower of faster tempo. Whatever the reasons for that mind-flip are, it is because it sounds unmistakably similar to another artist's work. So here are 120 tracks that will cause confusion at times, but all-in-all are still great to listen to. See if you believe the artist playing is deliberately channeling another artist or not. Enjoy!


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Artist - Track [Sounds Like]  Length    Year

Track list 1
    

01    Sonny Boy Williamson - Like Wolf [Howlin Wolf]    2:50    1949
02    Leon Chappel - Slow Dow Sweet Mama [Jimmie Rodgers]    2:42    1951
03    Jimmie Logsdon - The Death of Hank Williams [Hank Williams]    3:13    1953
04    Morgana King - Delovely [Lena Horne]    2:13    1956
05    Jimmy Beasley - My Happiness [Fats Domino]    2:41    1956
06    True Taylor (Jerry Landis Aka Paul Simon) - True Or False [Elvis Presley]    2:12    1958
07    Joe Tex - You Little Baby Faced Thing [Little Richard]    2:24    1958
08    Joe Barry - I'm a Fool to Care [Fats Domino]    2:15    1960
09    Billy Fury & the Four Jays - Thats Love [Elvis Presley]    1:50    1960
10    Ral Donner - You Dont Know What You Got Until You Love it [Elvis Presley]    2:15    1961
11    Tommy Roe - Sheila [Buddy Holly]    2:03    1962
12    Vince Everett - Livin' High [Elvis Presley]    1:59    1963
13    Don Covay & the Goodtimers - Come See About Me [Ben E King Or Drifters]    3:18    1964
14    Fortunes - I Like the Look of You [Searchers]    2:13    1964
15    Chartbusters - She's the One [Beatles]    2:22    1964
16    Terry Stafford - Suspicion [Elvis Presley]    2:31    1964
17    Who - I Can't Explain [Kinks]    2:06    1965
18    Ovations - Its Wonderful to Be in Love [Sam Cooke]    3:11    1965
19    Barry Young - One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) [Dean Martin]    2:36    1965
20    Shangri-Las - The Dum Dum Ditty [Crystals]    2:24    1965

Track list 2

21    Dane Stinit - Don't Knock What You Don't Understand [Johnny Cash]    2:16    1966
22    David Blue - If Your Monkey Can't Get it [Bob Dylan]    2:56    1966
23    Dane Stinit - Mean Eyed Cat [Johnny Cash]    2:15    1966
24    Roosters    One of These Days [Byrds]    2:47    1966
25    Purple Canteen - Brains in My Feet [Jefferson Airplane]    4:05    1967
26    5th Dimension - Go Where You Wanna Go [Mamas and the Papas]    2:24    1967
27    Bob Brady & the Con Chords - Everybody's Goin to the Love-In' [Smokey Robinson]    2:46    1968
28    Sagitarius - My World Fell Down [Beach Boys]    2:53    1968
29    Jefferson - Baby Take Me in Your Arms [Gary Puckett & the Union Gap]    2:38    1969
30    Mott the Hoople - Backsliding Fearlessly [Bob Dylan]    3:47    1969
31    Chocolate Watch Band - Don Need Your Lovin' [Rolling Stones]    3:04    1969
32    Little Carl Carlton - Look at Mary Wonder (How I Got Over) [Stevie Wonder]    2:09    1969
33    Crystal Chandelier - Suicidal Flowers [Doors]    2:26    1969
34    5th Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues [Supremes]    2:44    1969
35    Love Society - You Know How I Feel [Bob Dylan]    2:26    1969
36    Procol Harum - About to Die [Band]    3:43    1970
37    Fut (Maurice Gibb) - Have You Heard the Word [John Lennon]    5:10    1970
38    Emitt Rhodes - Live Till You Die [Paul McCartney]    2:47    1970
39    Edgar Winter's White Trash - Give it Everything You Got [Sly and the Family Stone]    4:31    1971
40    America - Horse With No Name [Neil Young]    4:11    1971

Track list 3

41    America - I Need You [Crosby, Stills & Nash]    3:03    1971
42    Mixtures - The Pushbike Song [Mungo Jerry]    2:30    1971
43    Tommy James and the Shondells - Cat's Eye in the Window [America]    4:30    1972
44    Todd Rundgren - I Saw the Light [Carole King]    3:00    1972
45    Gallery - Nice to Be With You [Neil Diamond]    2:40    1972
46    Sleepy Hollow - Sincerely Yours [Beatles & John Lennon]    3:04    1972
47    Velvert Turner Group - 'xcuse Me Gentlemen (The Fall of Atlantis) [Jimi Hendrix]    4:18    1972
48    Roy Wood - Everyday I Wonder [Del Shannon]    5:23    1974
49    Raspberries - I Don't Know What I Want [Who]    4:17    1974
50    Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently [Neil Diamond]    3:23    1974
51    Phantom's Divine Comedy - Tales From a Wizard [Doors]    5:34    1974
52    Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids - Time Will Tell [Beach Boys]    3:25    1975
53    Kiss - Hard Luck Woman [Rod Stewart]    3:23    1976
54    Starcastle - Lady of the Lake [Yes]    10:27    1976
55    Leo Sayer - Easy to Love [Boz Scaggs]    3:41    1977
56    Jennifer Warnes - Right Time of the Night [Linda Ronstadt]    2:55    1977
57    Jags - Back of My Hand [Elvis Costello]    3:20    1979
58    Flowers - Nothing to Do [Lou Reed]    3:20    1980
59    Queensryche - Silent Lucidity [Pink Floyd]    5:44    1980
60    Robbie Dupree - Steal Away [Doobie Brothers]    3:26    1980


Track list 4

61    Ali Thomson - Take a Little Rhythm [Paul McCartney]    3:18    1980
62    Talking Heads - The Overload [Joy Division]    6:02    1980
63    38 Special - Hold on Loosely [Cars]    4:34    1981
64    Icehouse - Hey Little Girl [Roxy Music]    4:16    1982
65    Orange Juice - Rip it Up [David Bowie]    5:20    1982
66    John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band - On the Dark Side [Bruce Springsteen]    2:44    1983
67    John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band - Tender Years [Bruce Springsteen]    4:45    1983
68    Fastway - Hurtin' Me [Led Zeppelin]    4:33    1984
69    Julian Lennon - Too Late for Goodbyes [John Lennon]    3:38    1984
70    Ready for the World - Oh Sheila [Prince]    4:02    1985
71    Duran Duran - Skin Trade [Prince]    5:57    1986
72    Essence - A Mirage [Cure]    3:14    1987
73    Guadalcanal Diary - Guadalcanal Diary - Get Over it [R.E.M.]    2:19    1987
74    Dukes of Stratosphear - Pale and Precious [Beach Boys]    4:58    1987
75    Leopards - Psychedelic Boy [Kinks]    2:47    1987
76    Jethro Tull - She Said She Was a Dancer [Dire Straits]    3:41    1987
77    Kingdom Come - Get it on [Led Zeppelin]    4:33    1988
78    Black Sorrows - The Chosen Ones [Van Morrison]    4:07    1988
79    Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love [Beatles]    6:19    1989
80    Stairs - Sweet Thing [Rolling Stones]    2:23    1992

Track list 5

81    Ween - Baby Bitch [Elliott Smith]    3:04    1994
82    Alice in Chains - Don't Follow [Rem]    4:22    1994
83    Ocean Colour Scene     - Fleeting Mind [Fairport Convention]    5:09    1996
84    Lilys - Shovel Into Spade Kit [Kinks]    3:48    1996
85    Tony Toni Tone - Thinking of You [Al Green]    3:58    1996
86    Gin Blossoms - Till I Hear it From You [Big Star]    3:53    1996
87    Mouse and the Traps - A Public Execution [Bob Dylan]    2:47    1997
88    Fraternal Order of the All - Ride the Snake [Doors]    1:47    1997
89    Fraternal Order of the All - Space and Time [Byrds]    3:24    1997
90    Peter Frampton - Doobie Wah [Doobie Brothers]    4:05    1998
91    Madonna - Laugh to Keep From Crying [Chrissie Hynde]    3:51    1998
92    Babylon Zoo - All the Money's Gone [Marc Bolan]    3:47    1999
93    Stone Temple Pilots - Atlanta [Doors]    5:18    1999
94    World Party - Another 1000 Years [John Lennon]    5:30    2000
95    Alice Cooper - Clones (We're All) [Cars]    2:51    2001
96    Natalie Imbruglia - Wrong Impression [Sundays]    4:16    2001
97    Supergrass - Evening of the Day [Kinks]    5:14    2002
98    Beck - Round the Bend [Nick Drake]    5:15    2002
99    Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love [Queen]    3:37    2003
100  Osmonds - One Bad Apple [Jackson 5]    2:43    2003

Track list 6

101    Primal Scream - Rocks [Rolling Stones]    3:35    2003
102    Polysics - For Young Electric Pop [Xtc]    2:50    2004
103    Wolfmother - Woman [Led Zeppelin]    2:55    2005
104    Midlake - Roscoe [Fleetwood Mac]    4:46    2006
105    Mika - Grace Kelly [Freddie Mercury]    3:07    2007
106    Airbourne - Too Much Too Young Too Fast [AC/DC]    3:43    2007
107    Genesis - The Silent Sun (Single Version) [Bee Gees]    2:11    2008
108    Kid Rock - Born Free [Bob Seger]    4:24    2010
109    Stone Temple Pilots - First Kiss on Mars [David Bowie]    3:03    2010
110    Rumer - Slow [Karen Carpenter]    3:36    2010
111    Dawes - A Little Bit of Everything [Jackson Browne]    5:39    2011
112    Dionne Bromfield - Foolin [Amy Winehouse]    3:13    2011
113    '77 - High Decibels [AC/DC]    4:11    2011
114    Monkees - Porpoise Song [Pink Floyd]    3:59    2012
115    Ben Rector - Beautiful [U2]    3:59    2013
116    Kinks - King Kong (Mono) [Marc Bolan]    3:22    2014
117    Tobias Jesso Jr. - Without You [Harry Nilsson]    5:10    2015
118    Greta Van Fleet - Safari Song [Led Zeppelin]    3:54    2017
119    Dick Campbell - You've Got to Be Kidding [Bob Dylan]    3:11    2017
120    Paul Weller - Wishing Well [Neil Young]    4:36    2018
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10 comments:

  1. So this will be like a magical mystery tour? Thanks BB

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    1. Hi lemonflag.
      Some amazing coincidences here.
      Cheers.

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  2. Some amazing ones in here! Some I never made the connection to. Kudos!

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  3. I thought this would be on the list for sure:
    The Knickerbockers - Lies (The Beatles)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4FsMlzPwT8

    Another good doppelganger is Painted Ladies - Ian Thomas (sounds like Neil Young + America) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRvY-I9pNpI

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    1. Great choices Mike Irelan.
      I have used them in other compilation so left them off in this lot.
      Cheers

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  4. Great work! Respect! I have a lot of fun with it.

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  5. Thanks a lot BB, it's a clever idea. I will propose you soon, on MCS, something like that... but differently presented.

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