Love of the Common People
It had been covered by The Everly Brothers , country singers Waylon Jennings and Lynn Anderson , Pennsylvania Sixpence and also Wayne Newton , all in 1967 , The Simple Image , Leonard Nimoy , reggae singer Eric Donaldson and the Gosdin Brothers in 1968 , Elton John and also soul group The Winstons , both in 1969 , John Denver on his 1969 album "Rhymes & Reasons , " Sandy Posey in 1970 , the same year that reggae singer Nicky Thomas had a big hit in Europe with the song , and pedal steel guitarist Sneaky Pete Kleinow in 1979 . 
<triplet> Rhymes & Reasons <subj> John Denver <obj> performer