This Elton John Song Almost Didn’t Make the Album and Ended Up Outlasting His Bigger Singles

Bennie and the Jets was almost left off Elton John's album but radio DJs turned it into one of his most unexpected and ...
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54 Years Later, This Elton John Classic Is Still the Most Honest Love Song Ever Written

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...
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The Best of Elton John: A birthday playlist for the Piano Man himself

This empowering number featured on his 1983 album Too Low for Zero. Ironically, given the title of the song, during the course of filming the video for the track, Elton got drunk on martinis with ...
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Elton John Scores A New Hit Song As His Latest Album Blasts In At No. 1

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s Who Believes in Angels? album ...
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On This Day in 1970, Elton John Scored His First Big Hit With a “Virginal” Song (That Almost Went to the Hollies Instead)

Whoever coined the songwriting adage to “write what you know” obviously never considered Bernie Taupin and Elton John when coming up with this admittedly arbitrary standard. In fact, the songwriting ...