AKA: Reginald Kenneth Dwight, Elton Hercules John, Sir Elton John
Nationality: English
Birthdate: 03/25/1947
Birthplace: Pinner, London, England, United Kingdom
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The most flamboyant performer since Liberace, Elton John has fashioned arguably the greatest career in the history of popular music. Since the songwriter first charted with the ballad "Your Song" in 1970, not a year has passed without one of his tunes cracking Bilboard's Top 40. Elvis Presley may have burned brighter faster with 10 Number 1 singles in 1956-57, but John's five Number 1 singles (to go with three at Number 2, two at Number 4 and one Number 6) from 1972-75 made him to the 70s what Presley had been to the 50s, and the Beatles to the 60s. In 1971 he became the first act since the
People have been telling Elvis Costello that he should host his own show for many years now it seems, but it took the last person, Elton John, for it to finally stick. Premiering this Wednesday on Sundance is Spectacle: Elvis…
