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AUTUMN
Yellow River (Christie) Australia 1970 #1 Sydney #1 Brisbane
Further reading: Milesago's feature on Autumn.
JIGSAW
Yellow River (Christie) Australia 1970 #1 Sydney #2 Melbourne #1 Brisbane #1 Adelaide #4 Perth From Melbourne: also worked with Johnny Chester. Not the British band Jigsaw (Sky High, 1975) whose releases in Australia were issued under the name British Jigsaw to avoid confusion. See also Shame And Scandal (In The Family) (1972: Johnny Chester & Jigsaw), How Do You Do (1972) and Mademoiselle Ninette (1972). On CD: Bobby & Laurie With Other Fabulous Australian Performers of the Seventies, a Canetoad release [Amazon 
ELTON JOHN*
Yellow River (Christie) UK 1970 *Not an official Elton John release, but an anonymous recording for a budget series of LPs featuring cover versions of current hits. See also In The Summertime. This has been collected on Chartbusters Go Pop! 20 Legendary Covers from 1969/70 as Sung by Elton John. [Amazon
THE COMPTON BROTHERS
Yellow River (Christie) USA 1972 Single on Dot by country music trio from Missouri, Tom, Bill & Harry Compton. Also on their album Yellow River (1972). Reference: Compton Bros discography at Discographies Rock 'N' Country. Further reading: The Singing Compton Brothers Grow Up, from Lead Belt News, Flat River, Missouri, 1965, republished at St Francois County MoGoWeb Project [Home Page]. Thanks to Terry Stacey for version alert.
CHRISTIE
Yellow River (Christie) UK 1970 Original version #1 UK #23 USA #2 Melbourne #1 Adelaide #4 Perth #2 NZ British band led by Jeff Christie. Song also known, for example, as L'Amerique. !! 113 VERSIONS 113 !!
! COUNT THEM ! !!! 113 !!! Unless I lost count, the Christie website lists 113 versions of Yellow River from all over the world, with several alternative titles in other languages. There are versions from USA, Yugoslavia, Finland, Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, Germany, Russia, Norway, Jamaica, Canada, Sweden, France, Poland, Czechoslovakia...
See for yourself: start at Christie cover artists Page 1. Further reading: The Christie website.  Corrections or comments? Contact the writer. |
Sydney pop band often on ABC-TV pop program GTK, most popular in their home city where they had four charting singles, 1970-71. See also 
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