100 Best Albums Having rocketed from the lavish orchestrations of “Your Song” and “Levon” to “Crocodile Rock” in less than three years, Elton John saw fit to make a Big Statement tying together all his musical impulses. The 1973 double LP Goodbye Yellow Brick Road cemented not only ...
Taupin, who's lived in California since the 70s, has been back in England after being invited to speak at The Other Songs Live, an evening celebrating songwriters old and new. More on Elton John Elton John unable to watch premiere of his new musical 'I can't see anything': E...
His versatility, combined with his effortless melodic skills, dynamic charisma, and flamboyant stage shows made him the most popular recording artist of the '70s. Unlike many pop stars, John was able to sustain his popularity, charting a Top 40 single every single year from 1970 to 1996. ...
Elton John(piano/vocals) retained his 'classic quartet' for the follow-up Breaking Hearts (1984). After an eight year ('75 -- '83) hiatusDee Murray(bass/backing vocals),Davey Johnstone(guitar/backing vocals) andNigel Olsson(drums/backing vocals) briefly reunited withJohnandBernie Taupin(lyrics...
The immense creativity that had spurred Elton John to realize no less than 11 studio albums in under seven years was beginning to show signs of inevitable fatigue. The same can be said as well of the artist's unfathomable physical stamina, which had included practically nonstop touring around ...
‘70s), the duo have worked together numerous times throughout the years: That’s Wonder playing harmonica on John’s 1983 hit, “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues” (“That was the run-through, by the way,” John says) and on ...
Speaking at the launch of the album at the Electric Cinema in West London last night (July 5), John said: “I thought, ‘The world isn’t screaming for another Elton John record and I’m not screaming for it either unless it’s going to be different. In the ’70s, ’80s and ’90...
THE TOP FIVE Week of November 10, 1973 1.Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John 2.Goats Head Soup, Rolling Stones 3.Brothers and Sisters, Allman Brothers Band 4.Los Cochinos, Cheech & Chong 5.Angel Care, Art Garfunkel
Famed studio in which Elton recorded his breakthrough albums with producer Gus Dudgeon, Elton John (1970), Tumbleweed Connection (1970), and Madman Across The Water (1971), as well as his first film soundtrack Friends (1971). The studio was frequented by David Bowie, the Beatles, Genesis,...
When his debut album, “Elton John,” entered the Top 10 that fall, it was the beginning of an extraordinary streak that would establish John as the most popular artist of the decade. The ‘70s chart statistics remain phenomenal: 13 Top 10 albums, including seven that reached No. 1, plus...