  Elton John was born Reginald
Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947 in England.
Elton John ruled the pop and rock airwaves
throughout the 70s, allowing him to attain
superstar status around the world by the time
he was 30. The consummate piano player
stumbled personally and professionally in the
80s, but always maintained his craft for
creating pop music. As Elton entered the 90s,
he changed his own self-destructive behavior
and focused on a career of music and
humanitarian efforts. Throughout it all,
Elton has maintained a level of respect few
superstar music artists can claim. Elton is
no stranger to the pop charts with 32 Top 10
hits and 60 Top 40 hits. Elton has appeared
on the Top 40 every year since '70, from his
first appearance with "Your Song"
in '70 to "Candle In The Wind
1997." Elton began his mastery of the
piano at the age of four and won a piano
scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music at
the age of 11. Elton joined his first band,
Bluesology, in 1961 and successfully played
local venues and as a supporting band for
five years. In 1962, Elton signed with Dick
James Music (a publisher who had also signed John Lennon and Paul
McCartney). Elton starting collaborating
with songwriter Bernie Taupin by 1968 when
both of them answered an ad in a music trade
paper. The duo combined their talents with
Taupin writing song after song, and Elton
bring musical life to the results. Elton
released his first LP, Empty
Sky, in 1969. The
LP was received well by critics but had
little sales impact.
 August 22: Elton signed with MCA
Records. For the LP release, Elton
John , the collaboration between
Elton and Taupin continued, and additional
work on the musical arrangements was focused
on for the material. The LP helped introduce
Elton to a wider audience with the Top 10
track, "Your Song," the track
"Border Song," and enthusiastic
responses to his concert appearances.
 Elton released Tumbleweed
Connection.
Elton
John was certified gold.
Elton released 11-17-70 - a live broadcast
recording from New York - also called 17-11-70
in the U.K. and the Friends
soundtrack.
The Friends soundtrack
was certified gold.
 Elton released Madman
Across The Water which included the
hits "Levon" and "Tiny
Dancer" and was certified gold by the
end of the month.
Elton achieved star status when
he released Honky
Chateau and hit the radio with
"Honky Cat" and "Rocket
Man." The LP also introduced listeners
to Elton's touring band which included Dee
Murray on bass, Nigel Olsson on drums, and
Davey Johnstone on guitar. The LP hit #1 on
American charts and for the next 4 years,
Elton a string of Top 10 hits and seven #1,
platinum LPs.
Honky
Chateau was certified gold.
 Elton released hit Don't
Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player and Elton hit # 1 on
the pop charts for the first time in the U.S.
with "Crocodile Rock." The LP also
contained Elton's classic, "Daniel"
and sold over 3 million copies in the U.S.
The single "Crocodile
Rock" was certified gold and Don't
Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player was certified
gold.
 October 5: Elton released the
double LP, Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road. The LP contains the
hit title track, "Bennie And The
Jets," "Saturday Night's
Alright," and the eventual classic,
"Candle In The Wind."
Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road was certified gold.
The single "Bennie &
The Jets" was certified gold.
 Elton released Caribou which
contained the classics "The Bitch Is
Back" and "Don't Let The Sun Go
Down On Me."
The single "Don't Let The
Sun Go Down On Me" was certified gold.
 Elton released his first hits
compilation - Greatest
Hits. Elton's first greatest hits
collection has since become his biggest
selling LP with over 15 million copies sold
in the U.S. The same year Elton signed a
multi-million dollar contract with MCA,
founded his own record label, Rocket Records,
and co-wrote a #1 song for John Lennon, "Whatever Gets
You Through The Night."
Greatest
Hits was certified gold by the end
of the month.
 The single "Lucy In The Sky
With Diamonds" was certified gold.
The single "Philadelphia
Freedom" was certified gold.
 May 19: Elton released Captain
Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy and it became
his first LP to debut at #1 on U.S. charts.
The LP sold over 3 million copies in the U.S.
and contained the hit "Someone Saved My
Life Tonight."
Captain
Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy was certified gold by
the end of the month.
The single "Someone Saved
My Life Tonight" was certified gold.
 Rock
Of The Westies was released with a new band
lineup and the hit "Island Girl."
By the mid-70s, Elton's performance costumes
and eyeglasses had become legendary.
Elton also appeared in the film
version of the Who's Tommy and released a book of
his poetry, The
One Who Writes The Words For Elton John.
Rock
Of The Westies was certified gold by the end
of the month.
Elton got his star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The single "Island
Girl" was certified gold.
 After years of selling millions
of LPs worldwide and selling out concert
arenas, Elton's popularity slipped when he
revealed his bisexuality in a Rolling
Stone interview. The sexuality
admission was later said to be a compromise
revelation over his homosexuality.
The release of Here
And There (a live recording of
performances at the Royal Festival Hall and
Madison Square Garden from '74) only achieved
Gold status in the U.S.
Here
And There was certified gold.
The single "Don't Go
Breaking My Heart" was certified gold.
 LP sales with the release of Blue
Moves continued to decline
from Elton's admission.
Blue
Moves was certified platinum.
The single "Sorry Seems To
Be The Hardest Word" was certified gold.
 A second hits compilation, Greatest
Hits Vol. 2, was released and eventually
sold over 5 million copies in the U.S.
Greatest
Hits Vol. 2 was certified platinum.
The heavy toll of live
performances and record making took its toll
on Elton's stamina, and he announced his
retirement from live performances (for 15
months).
 Elton released A
Single Man and returned to
performing live.
A
Single Man was certified platinum.
Elton resumed touring again.
 The next LP, Victim
Of Love produced the Top 10
"Mama Can't Buy You Love" but both
LPs were commercially disappointing. But
Elton persevered and became the first Western
pop star to tour the Soviet Union.
The single "Mama Can't Buy
You Love" was certified gold.
September 27: Elton, suffering from
exhaustion from the flu, collapsed onstage
and returned to performing after 10 minutes.
The
Thom Bell Sessions was also released.
 # 36
Singles Artist of the Year
 Elton was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Mama Can't Buy You Love").
Elton collaborated with Taupin
once again for 21
At 33 at hit the Top 40 with "Little
Jeannie."
Elton performed for free at New
York's Central Park to over 400,000 fans.He
also became the first Western artist to tour
Russia.
 Elton hit the Top 10 with "Little
Jeannie."
The single "Little
Jeannie"
was certified gold.
 21
At 33 was certified gold.
Elton hit the Top 40 with "(Sartorial
Eloquence) Don't You Want To Play This Game
No More?"
 # 71
Singles Artist of the Year
 Elton signed with Geffen Records
and released The
Fox.
Elton hit the Top 40 with "Nobody
Wins."
Elton hit the Top 40 with "Chloe."
 # 33
Singles Artist of the Year
 Elton released Jump
Up.
Elton hit the Top 40 with his
tribute to John Lennon, "Empty Garden (Hey Hey
Johnny)."
Elton hit the Top 10 with "Empty Garden (Hey Hey
Johnny)."
 Elton hit the Top 40 with "Blue Eyes."
Jump
Up
was certified gold.
Elton hit the Top
10
with "Blue Eyes."
 # 24
Singles Artist of the Year
 Elton was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
("Blue Eyes").
Too
Low For Zero gave Elton more pop chart
success with "I'm
Still Standing" (hitting the Top 40 in
May), "Kiss The Bride," and "I Guess That's Why They
Call It The Blues."
 Elton hit the Top 40 with "I'm
Still Standing."
Elton hit the Top 10 with "I'm
Still Standing."
Elton hit the Top 40 with "Kiss The Bride."
 Elton hit the Top 40 with "I Guess That's Why They
Call It The Blues."
Elton hit the Top 10 with "I Guess That's Why They
Call It The Blues."
 # 14
Singles Artist of the Year
 Too
Low For Zero was certified gold.
Elton married Renate Blauel,
even though he knew it contradicted his
sexuality. The marriage lasted for four
years.
A string of LPs in the mid-80s
were marginal hits starting with Breaking
Hearts.
 Breaking
Hearts was certified gold.
The video for "I'm
Still Standing" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Choreography and Best Editing.
Elton hit the Top 40 with "Who Wears These Shoes."
 Elton was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Restless").
The video for "Sad Songs
(Say So Much)" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Choreography (David Atkins).
 Ice
On Fire was released with the
hits "Wrap Her Up" and "Nikita."
 # 41
Singles Artist of the Year
Elton hit the Top 40 with "Nikita."
 Leather
Jackets was released and after losing
his voice while on tour in Australia, Elton
had to undergo throat surgery.
Elton teamed up with Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight with the #1 hit for
AIDS charities, "That's What Friends Are
For."
 Ice
On Fire was certified gold.
 # 105
Singles Artist of the Year
Elton won a Grammy
Award for Best Pop
Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
("That's What Friends Are For" with
Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight) and was also
nominated for Record of the Year ("That's What
Friends Are For").
 Elton released the live LP Elton
John Live In Australia - a concert
performance with the Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra in Australia recorded in 1986,
which gave Elton another Top 10 with the live
version of "Candle In The Wind."
Another greatest hits package, Greatest
Hits Vol. 3 was released.
MTV gave Elton and Bernie Taupin
an award of Special Recognition at the MTV
Video Music Awards.
 Elton decided to abandon his
excessive and flamboyant stage style with an
auction of over 2000 items that brought in
$20 million.
Elton would later admit that the
last 2 years of the 80s were the worst
periods in his life with mental and physical
deterioration.
 # 14
Singles Artist of the Year
Elton
John Live In Australia was certified gold.
Elton was nominated for a Grammy
Award for Best Pop Male Vocal Performance (live version of
"Candle In The Wind").
 Reg
Strikes Back was released with the
hits "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like
That" and "A Word In Spanish."
Reg
Strikes Back was certified gold.
The video for
"Candle In The Wind" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Stage Performance Video.
 # 71
Singles Artist of the Year
Aretha hit the Top 40 dueting
with Aretha Franklin on
"Through The Storm" from Aretha's LP
Through
The Storm.
 Sleeping
With The Past was released with the hits
"Healing Hands" and "Sacrifice."
Elton hit the Top 40
with "Healing Hands."
Throughout the late 70s and 80s,
Elton had bouts with cocaine and alcohol
abuse and addiction. Elton's friendship with
Ryan White contributed to his change of
lifestyle. After Ryan had succumbed to
effects of AIDS, Elton was persuaded to
combat his drug abuse and bulimia.
Sleeping
With The Past was certified gold.
 # 65
Singles Artist of the Year
 Elton hit the Top 40 with "Sacrifice."
Sleeping
With The Past was certified platinum.
Elton hit the Top 40 with "Club At The End Of The
Street."
Elton checked into a Chicago
rehabilitation center for alcohol and
substance abuse and bulimia.
 The box set To
Be Continued... was released.
 # 123
Singles Artist of the Year
Elton hit the Top 40 with "You Gotta Love Someone."
Elton hit the Top 40 "Don't Let The Sun Go
Down On Me" - a live remake with George
Michael.
Elton established the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which would receive
all royalties from singles he released in the
future - 90% of its funds would be for direct
care and 10% would be directed at AIDS
prevention.
 # 21
Singles Artist of the Year
 Elton hit the Top
10
with "Don't Let The Sun Go
Down On Me" - a live remake with George
Michael.
Elton won a Grammy Award for
Best Instrumental Composition
("Basque").
Elton's live remake of "Don't Let The Sun Go
Down On Me" with George
Michael hit #1.
Elton topped the Billboard Hot
100 with George
Michael for a week and
the Adult Contemporary Singles chart for 2
weeks with "Don't Let The Sun Go
Down On Me."
 Elton's commercial and critical
success returned to a level not seen since
the 70s when he released The
One. The LP went Top 10 and double
platinum and contained the hits "The One" and "Simple Life" as well as
Elton's song about AIDS, "The Last Song."
Elton hit the Top 40 with "The One."
Elton topped the Billboard Adult
Contemporary chart for 6 weeks with The One."
 The
One was certified gold.
Elton hit the Top 10 with "The One."
The
One was certified platinum.
Elton released a box set of rare
work called Rare
Masters.
 Another hits collection was
released - Decade
- Greatest Hits 1976 - 1986.
Elton hit the Top 40 with "The Last Song."
 # 59
Singles Artist of the Year
Elton hit the Top 10 with "The Last Song."
Elton was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("The One") and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Don't Let The Sun Go
Down On Me" with George
Michael).
Captain
Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy was certified 3x
platinum, Don't
Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player was certified
2x platinum, Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road was certified
5x platinum, Caribou was certified 2x
platinum, Rock
Of The Westies was certified
platinum, Madman
Across The Water was certified
platinum, Greatest
Hits Vol. 2 was certified 3x platinum, and Greatest
Hits was certified 10x
platinum.
Elton hit the Top 40 with "Simple Life."
Elton topped the Billboard Top
Adult Contemporary Single chart for 3 weeks
with "Simple Life."
 The
One was certified 2x platinum.
Elton performed at a benefit
concert in Boston for Walden Woods.
 Elton's Duets gave fans an
LP of collaborations of new and old songs
with artists like k.d.
lang, RuPaul, and Bonnie Raitt.
Elton hit the Top 40 with Kiki
Dee with "True Love."
 # 10
Singles Artist of the Year
Decade
- Greatest Hits 1976 - 1986 was certified gold and
Duets was certified
platinum.
 Elton teamed up with Tim Rice on
songs for Disney's The
Lion King soundtrack.
Elton hit the Top 40 with "Can
You Feel The Love Tonight."
Elton hit the Top 10 with "Can
You Feel The Love Tonight."
Elton topped the Billboard Adult
Contemporary Singles chart for 8 weeks with
"Can
You Feel The Love Tonight."
Elton was inducted into the Rock
& Roll Hall Of Fame.
 The single "Can
You Feel The Love Tonight" was certified
gold and The
Lion King soundtrack was
certified 5x platinum.
Elton hit the Top 40 with "Circle Of Life."
The
Lion King soundtrack was
certified 6x platinum.
Elton hit the Top 10 with "Circle Of Life."
The
Lion King soundtrack was
certified 7x platinum.
 # 33
Singles Artist of the Year
Greatest
Hits was certified 11x platinum.
 Elton won a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal
Performance ("Can
You Feel The Love Tonight") and was also
nominated for Song of the Year
(songwriter)
and Best Song Written for a Motion Picture,
Television or Other Visual Media (songwriter)
("Can
You Feel The Love Tonight" and "Circle Of Life" with Tim Rice).
"Can
You Feel The Love Tonight" won an Academy
Award for Best Original Song.
After moving to Island Records,
Elton released Made
In England.
Elton hit the Top 40 with "Believe."
The
Lion King soundtrack was
certified 8x platinum.
Elton hit the Top 10 with "Believe."
Made
In England was certified platinum.
Elton topped the Billboard Adult
Contemporary Singles chart for 2 weeks with
"Believe."
Elton hit the Top 40 with "Made In England."
 The singles "Bennie &
The Jets," "Goodbye Yellow Brick
Road," "Island Girl,"
"Philadelphia Freedom," and
"Crocodile Rock" were certified
platinum and the singles "The Bitch Is
Back" and "Daniel" were
certified gold. Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road was certified
6x platinum, Greatest
Hits was certified 12x platinum, Greatest
Hits Vol. 2 was certified 4x platinum, and The
Lion King soundtrack was
certified 10x platinum.
The video for "Believe" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Male Video.
Elton could be found on Tower
Of Song: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen with the track,
"I'm Your Man."
Decade
- Greatest Hits 1976 - 1986 was certified
platinum, Elton
John Live In Australia was certified
platinum, Don't
Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player was certified 3x
platinum, Honky
Chateau was certified platinum, Too
Low For Zero was certified platinum, and Greatest
Hits was certified 13x platinum.
Elton hit the Top 40 with "Blessed."
 # 78
Singles Artist of the Year
John was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male
Artist.
Elton was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal
Performance ("Believe").
 A collection of Elton's more
moving and mellow songs was released with Love
Songs.
Elton hit the Top 40 with"You Can Make History
(Young Again)."
Love
Songs was certified gold.
 # 27
Singles Artist of the Year
 Rock
'N Roll Hall Of Fame's 500
Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll includes "Bennie
& The Jets" and "Your
Song."
Love
Songs was certified platinum.
 Elton contributed the track
"Abide With Me" to the Carnival:
Rainforest Foundation Concert compilation to benefit
the rainforests.
Elton had expected a year marked
with celebration over a new LP in the fall.
Instead, Elton lost 2 friends and achieved a
bitter sweet success of a best-selling
single. Elton's friend Gianni Versace was
murdered. Versace was had helped Elton update
his fashion image for the 90s and also
designed the LP cover for The
One.
 Elton lost another friend,
Princess Diana. Elton performed a version of
"Candle In The Wind" (rewritten by
Taupin) at the memorial service for the
princess. The song was recorded hours after
the service and released worldwide within
weeks. "Candle In The Wind 1997" quickly became
the best-selling single of all-time all over
the world. The single was released as a
b-side to Elton's first single ("Something About The Way
You Look Tonight") from his new LP, The
Big Picture. All proceeds from the single
went to a charity foundation established in
memory of the princess. Elton's tribute to
Princess Diana, "Candle In The Wind 1997" has officially
been declared the biggest-selling single in
the world. Almost 32 million copies of the
single had been distributed around the world
as of October 21st. The previous best-selling
single was Bing Crosby's
"White Christmas" which sold over
30 million copies worldwide. John's single
has hit #1 all around the world.
 Elton hit the Top 40 with his
tribute to Princess Diana - the updated
"Candle In The Wind 1997." The single hit
the Top 10 in its 2nd week on the
chart.
At the end of the month, Elton
hit the Top 40 with "Something About The Way
You Look Tonight."
"Something About The Way
You Look Tonight / Candle In The Wind 1997" topped the UK
Singles chart for 5 weeks.
The single "Candle In The Wind 1997 / Something About The Way
You Look Tonight" was certified 11x
platinum.
Elton hit #1 for a week with "Candle In The Wind 1997."
"Candle In The Wind 1997 / Something About The Way
You Look Tonight" topped the Billboard Hot
100 Singles chart and the Billboard Hot 100
Singles Sales chart for 14 weeks.
Elton was honored for his AIDS
work by the CARE relief agency. Elton donated
10,000 outfits to be auctioned for charity in
November. John, describing himself as a
"shop-aholic" donated the items to
raise funds for his AIDS foundation, the Elton John Aids
Foundation. The event was held at his new
London shop, "Out Of The Closet"
where fans could pick up ties, suits, shirts,
and more for a fraction of what John had paid
for them. Over 4 million dollars worth of
clothing was donated, and John hopes to raise
a fraction of that cost for the charity. John
stated: "I just love buying clothes...
especially knowing that all my purchases will
ultimately be recycled to raise money for
charity."
Elton hit the Top 10 with "Something About The Way
You Look Tonight."
"Something About The Way
You Look Tonight" topped the Billboard
Adult Contemporary chart for 10 weeks.
"Candle In The Wind 1997 / Something About The Way
You Look Tonight" was the top-selling
single of the year with sales of 8.1 million.
Elton topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Hot 100
Single and Top Hot 100 Single Sales ("Candle In The Wind 1997 / Something About The Way
You Look Tonight"), as the Top Hot 100
Singles Artist and Top Hot 100 Singles
Artists - Male.
 # 139
Singles Artist of the Year
 John talked at a news conference
about moving on from a year filled with the
loss of friends and tributes. He said
"I've put that song ("Candle In The
Wind") to rest. I don't even think I'll
sing the Marilyn version of it for a long
time... I'm not going to go around the world
being a professional mourner... I don't want
to become the first spokesman for death. But
when they're friends of yours, you can't help
but do something."
At the American Music
Awards, Elton took home the award for
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.
Elton sang "Don't
Stop" on Legacy:
A Tribute To Rumours - a tribute LP
to Fleetwood
Mac.
Elton received another honor
February 9th at the 1998 Brit Awards when he
received the Freddie Mercury Award - a
special honor for his charitable work. The
ceremony took place at the White House while
Prime Minister Tony Blair was in the U.S. and
Blair said of John: "He is one of the
world's greatest living artists... He has
done an immense amount for charity, for
Britain, an immense amount for music."
Elton won a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Candle In The Wind 1997."
Bernie Taupin's lyrics for the
updated Elton John song "Candle In The Wind 1997" were auctioned
off for $442,500 in Beverly Hills. The money
will go toward a memorial fund set up in
Princess Diana's name.
Elton was officially knighted by
Queen Elizabeth II in honor of his music and
humanitarian work. Elton said of the honor,
"...they don't come much bigger than
this. I am extremely proud... I love my
country and to be recognized in such a way...
I can't think of anything better."
Ranked # 17 on VH1: Greatest
Artists of Rock & Roll (and
# 26 on Rock On The Net's
Poll).
Elton hit the Top 40 with "Recover Your Soul."
Breaking
Hearts was certified platinum, Decade
- Greatest Hits 1976 - 1986 was certified 2x
platinum, Here
And There was certified platinum, Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road was certified
7x platinum, Greatest
Hits Vol. 2 was certified 5x platinum, Tumbleweed
Connection was certified platinum, Greatest
Hits was certified 15x platinum, and
The
Big Picture was certified platinum.
It was announced that Elton has
become the #1 best-selling rock artist in the
U.S. (second only to Garth
Brooks overall). Elton has sold over
60.6 million units in the U.S.
Madman
Across The Water was certified 2x
platinum.
Performance and Pollstar
named Elton as the highest grossing concert
tour in North America with over $46.2 million
in concert grosses.
Love
Songs was certified 2x platinum.
 # 138
Singles Artist of the Year
 Elton's next LP was a collection
of songs from Disney's stage musical Aida:
Elton
John & Tim Rice's Aida and featured
the first single, "Written
In The Stars" with LeAnn
Rimes which hit the Top 40.
Elton helped induct Dusty
Springfield into the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame, stating: "I think she is
the greatest white singer that there ever has
been."
The single "Written
In The Stars" was certified gold and Elton
John & Tim Rice's Aida was certified
gold.
Elton appeared at a benefit
concert in Wyoming in the college town where
Matthew Shepard (a gay student beaten to
death last October) was from.
July 9: Elton said he felt
"very well" after he unexpectedly
had a pacemaker inserted at a London
hospital.
Elton was named the 2000
MusiCares Person of the Year by the MusiCares
Foundation and will be awarded with the honor
in February, 2000.
Elton could be heard on Rosie
O'Donnell's holiday LP, A
Rosie Christmas, on the duet "White
Christmas."
 # 110
Singles Artist of the Year
VH1: 100
Greatest Rock Songs includes "Your
Song" at # 70.
Elton received the Grammy Legend
Award. Backstage at the Grammy Awards, and said: "I
don't want to slag the Grammys, but it's kind
of bullsh_t. Who's to say what the best
record is or whatever?"
 Elton released the soundtrack to
Disney's The
Road To El Dorado.
Elton was one of this year's
honorees at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation (GLAAD) Awards. He
received the Vito Russo Award. Elton was also
honored by the New York Gay Media Group with
a special achievement award.
Elton hit the Top 40 with "Someday
Out Of The Blue."
Elton won a Tony Award for Best
Original Score (with Tim Rice) for Aida.
Elton made the news when he
denounced the leader of Scotland's Roman
Catholics: "Cardinal Winning and his
ignorance (regarding homosexuality) is
totally representative of why people are
turning away from the Church."
Love
Songs was certified 3x platinum.
 Elton performed 2 concerts at
Madison Square Garden in New York. The
concerts were recorded for a TV special and a
live LP, One
Night Only.
Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes "Your
Song" at # 30, "Bennie And The
Jets" at # 64, and "Tiny
Dancer" at # 74.
 Elton wrote a new song in
tribute to Matthew Shepard called
"American Triangle."
Elton released the live LP - One
Night Only.
 # 128
Singles Artist of the Year
At the Grammy Awards, controversy erupted
for Elton when he agreed to sing with Eminem on his song
"Stan." The Gay and Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation and the Vice
President's wife, Lynne Cheny, both spoke out
against Elton's apparent alliance with
someone they view as singing against
homosexuals. Elton did win a Grammy for Best
Musical Show Album (Aida).
One
Night Only was certified gold.
 Elton released Songs
From The West Coast. Elton said of the LP
that he's gone "back to basics" for
the music - "I can truthfully hold my
hand up and say this is the best thing I've
done in 25 years... and that feels
good."
Elton hit the Top 40 with "I Want Love" - the video for
which stars actor Robert Downey, Jr.
Elton topped the Billboard Top
Internet Albums chart for a week with Songs
From The West Coast.
Elton performed at The
Concert For New York City benefit concert in New
York City (later released as an LP) with
proceeds going to 9/11 charities.
Songs
From The West Coast was certified gold.
John said he would quit
recording: "I'm fed up with it. I like
playing to you guys but I hate the record
industry. I've made 40 albums and it's about
time for me to get out."
 # 110
Singles Artist of the Year
Elton was honored with the 'Hero
Award' by the UK Coalition of People Living
with HIV and AIDS for his fundraising work.
Elton was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal
Performance ("I Want Love") and Best Pop
Vocal Album (Songs
From The West Coast).
Elton hit the
Top 40 with "This Train Don't Stop
Here Anymore."
Elton's video
for "This Train Don't Stop
Here Anymore" was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Male Video, Best Direction (David LaChapelle),
and Best Art Direction (Kirsten Vallow).
 Elton released another hits
compilation - Greatest
Hits 1970 - 2002.
Elton topped the UK Singles
chart for a week helping out Blue
with their remake of his classic "Sorry
Seems To Be The Hardest Word."
Greatest
Hits 1970 - 2002 was certified
platinum.
Elton sang
"Tiny Dancer" at the American Music
Awards with Tim McGraw.
Elton was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("Original
Sin").
Elton toured again with Billy Joel.
Elton and Billy Joel cancelled a concert in
Toronto due to concerns over the virus SARS.
Greatest
Hits was certified 16x platinum.
Elton struck a 3 year deal to
perform at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas when
steady headliner Celine
Dion is off. Elton is believed to be
receiving about $54 million for about 300
performances.
Elton topped the UK singles
chart for a week with "Are You Ready For
Love."
 Elton could be heard on the
soundtrack for Mona
Lisa Smile with "The Heart Of Every
Girl."
Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 91:
Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road, # 135:
Greatest
Hits, # 158: Captain
Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy, # 357:
Honky
Chateau, # 463: Tumbleweed
Connection, # 468: Elton
John.
Elton topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Club Play chart for a week with
"Are You Ready For Love."
Elton was nominated for a Golden
Globe Award for Original Song: "The
Heart Of Every Girl" from the film Mona
Lisa Smile.
 Elton appeared on the soundtrack
for Queer
Eye For The Straight Guy with "Are You
Ready For Love."
Rolling Stone:
The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of
All Time included Elton at # 49.
Greatest
Hits 1970 - 2002 was certified 3x
platinum.
Elton released Peachtree
Road.
Peachtree
Road was certified gold.
# 7 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
Elton performed as part of the
benefit show Tsunami Aid: A Concert Of
Hope on NBC.
Elton was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best
Pop Collaboration with Vocals
("Sorry Seems To be The Hardest
Word" with Ray
Charles).
The single "Tiny
Dancer" was certified gold.
 On July 2nd, Elton performed in
London, England, as part of the worldwide Live
8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure
the G8 leaders to take action by doubling
aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade
justice for Africa.
Elton hit the Billboard Hot
Country Songs chart with a duet with Catherine
Britt - "Where We Both Say
Goodbye."
 Elton could be heard on B.B. King's LP 80 with the track
"Rock This House."
Elton performed on ReAct
Now: Music & Relief - a benefit
program shown on music video channels to
raise money for those affected by Hurricane
Katrina.
Elton could be heard on the
compilation LP So
Amazing... An All-Star Tribute To Luther
Vandross with "Anyone Who Had A
Heart."
Elton could be heard on the Hurricane
Relief: Come Together Now compilation
with a live 2001 version of "I'm
Still Standing."
 Elton married his longtime
partner David Furnish in England.
Elton released his next LP The
Captain And The Kid.
To
Be Continued... was certified platinum.
 The collection Rocket
Man: Number Ones (CD/DVD) was
released.
Elton could be heard on Timbaland's LP Timbaland
Presents Shock Value on the track "2
Man Show."
 Elton could be heard on the Fats
Domino tribute
compilation Goin'
Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino with "Blueberry
Hill."
Rolling Stone:
'The Greatest Singers' includes Elton at # 38.
 Elton released The
Union with Leon Russell.
Elton was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("If It Wasn't For Bad" with Leon
Russell).
Greatest
Hits 1970 - 2002 was certified 5x
platinum.
 Elton hosted and performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Elton began a 3 year concert run
at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
 Elton was nominated for a Golden
Globe Award for Best Original Song
("Hello Hello" from the film Gnomeo
& Juliet).
Elton released The
Diving Board.
- January: Elton announced
he would be retiring from touring after
his next tour that will last 3 years.
 June 15: Elton topped the
Billboard Rock Albums chart with Diamonds. Renewed interest
in the compilation LP occurred after the
release of the bio-pic Rocketman.
- July 8: Elton performed
the last show on he is saying is the
final tour of his career in Sweden.
- January 15: Elton won an Emmy
Award for Outstanding Variety Special
(for Elton John Live: Farewell From
Dodger Stadium). With that win,
Elton became the latest EGOT (winner of
an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award).
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Empty Sky
Released: 1969
Billboard
peak:
# 6 (in 1975)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Empty
Sky" - "Val-Hala" -
"Western Ford Gateway" -
"Hymn 2000" - "Lady What's
Tomorrow" - "Sails" -
"Scaffold" - "Skyline
Pigeon" - "Gulliver / It's Hay
Chewed / Reprise" - "Lady
Samantha" - "All Across The
Havens" - "It's Me That You
Need" - "Just Like Strange
Rain" |
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Elton John
 Released: August, 1970
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Tracks: "Your
Song" - "I Need You To Turn
To" - "Take Me To The
Pilot" - "No Shoe Strings On
Louise" - "First Episode Of
Hienton" - "Sixty Years
On" - "Border Song" -
"Greatest Discovery" -
"Cage" - "The King Must
Die" - "Bad Side Of The
Moon" - "Grey Seal" -
"Rock & Roll Madonna" |
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Tumbleweed Connection
Released: January, 1971
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 5
Tracks: "Ballad Of A
Well-Known Gun" - "Come Down In
Time" - "Country Comfort"
- "Son Of Your Father" -
"My Father's Gun" - "Where
To Now St. Peter?" - "Love
Song" - "Amoreena" -
"Talking Old Soldiers" -
"Burn Down The Mission" -
"Into The Old Man's Shoes" -
"Madman Across The Water" |
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11-17-70
Released: March, 1971
Billboard
peak:
# 11
Live Tracks: "Bad Side Of
The Moon" - "Amoreena" -
"Take Me To The Pilot" -
"Sixty Years On" - "Honky
Tonk Women" - "Can I Put You
On" - "Burn Down The Mission /
My Baby Left Me / Get Back" |
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Madman Across The Water
Released: February, 1972
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 8
Tracks: "Tiny
Dancer" - "Levon" -
"Razor Face" - "Madman
Across The Water" - "Indian
Sunset" - "Holiday Inn" -
"Rotten Peaches" - "All
The Nasties" - "Goodbye" |
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Honky Chateau
Released: March, 1972
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 5 weeks)
Tracks: "Honky
Cat" - "Mellow" - "I
Think I'm Going To Kill Myself" -
"Susie (Dramas)" - "Rocket
Man" - "Salvation" -
"Slave" - "Amy" -
"Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters" -
"Hercules" - "Slave"
(Demo) |
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Don't Shoot Me I'm Only
The Piano Player
Released: January, 1973
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 2 weeks)
Tracks:
"Daniel" - "Teacher I Need
You" - "Elderberry Wine" -
"Blues For My Baby And Me" -
"Midnight Creeper" - "Have
Mercy On The Criminal" - "I'm
Gonna Be A Teenage Idol" -
"Texas Love Song" -
"Crocodile Rock" - "High
Flying Bird" - "Screw You
(Young Man's Blues)" - "Jack
Rabbit" - "Whenever You're
Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)" -
"Skyline Pigeon" (Piano
Version) |
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Goodbye Yellow Brick
Road
Released: October 5, 1973
US: 8x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 8 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Funeral For
A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding" -
"Candle In The Wind" -
"Bennie And The Jets" -
"Goodbye Brick Road" -
"This Song Has No Title" -
"Grey Seal" - "Jamaica
Jerk Off" - "I've Seen That
Movie Too" - "Sweet Painted
Lady" - "Ballad Of Danny Bailey
(1909-34)" - "Dirty Little
Girl" - "All The Girls Love
Alice" - "Your Sister Can't
Twist (But She Can Rock & Roll)"
- "Saturday Night's Alright For
Fighting" - "Roy Rogers" -
"Social Disease" -
"Harmony" |
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Caribou
Released: June, 1974
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 4 weeks)
Tracks: "The Bitch
Is Back" - "Pinky" -
"Grimsby" - "Dixie
Lily" - "Solar Prestige a
Gammon" - "You're So
Static" - "I've Seen The
Saucers" - "Stinker" -
"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On
Me" - "Ticking" -
"Pinball Wizard" - "Sick
City" - "Cold Highway" -
"Step Into Christmas" |
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Greatest Hits
Released: November 4, 1974
US: 17x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 10 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Your
Song" - "Daniel" -
"Honky Cat" - "Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road" - "Saturday
Night's Alright For Fighting" -
"Rocket Man" - "Bennie And
The Jets" - "Candle In The
Wind" - "Don't Let The Sun Go
Down On Me" - "Border
Song" - "Crocodile Rock" |
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Captain Fantastic And
The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Released: May 19, 1975
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 7 weeks)
Tracks: "Captain
Fantastic And The Brown Dirty
Cowboy" - "Tower Of Babel"
- "Bitter Fingers" - "Tell
Me When The Whistle Blows" -
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
- "(Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket" -
"Better Off Dead" -
"Writing" - "We All Fall
In Love Sometimes" -
"Curtains" - "Lucy In The
Sky With Diamonds" - "One Day
At A Time" - "Philadelphia
Freedom" |
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Rock Of The Westies
Released: October, 1975
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 3 weeks)
Tracks: "Yell Help /
Wednesday Night / Ugly" - "Dan
Dare (Pilot Of The Future)" -
"Island Girl" - "Grow Some
Funk Of Your Own" - "I Feel
Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert
Ford)" - "Street Kids" -
"Hard Luck Story" - "Feed
Me" - "Billy Bones And The
White Bird" - "Planes" -
"Sugar On The Floor" |
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Here And There
Released: March, 1976
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Rolling Stone
review: 
Live Tracks: "Skyline
Pigeon" - "Border Song" -
"Take Me To The Pilot" -
"Country Comfort" - "Love
Song" - "Bad Side Of The
Moon" - "Burn Down The
Mission" - "Honky Cat" -
"Crocodile Rock" - "Candle
In The Wind" - "Your Song"
- "Saturday Night's Alright For
Fighting" - "Funeral For A
Friend / Love Lies Bleeding" -
"Rocket Man" - "Take Me To
The Pilot" - "Bennie And The
Jets" - "Grey Seal" -
"Daniel" - "You're So
Static" - "Whatever Gets You
Through The Night" - "Lucy In
The Sky With Diamonds" - "I Saw
Her Standing There" - "Don't
Let The Sun Go Down On Me" -
"Your Song" - "The Bitch
Is Back" |
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Blue Moves
Released: October, 1976
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Tracks: "Your
Starter For" - "Tonight" -
"One Horse Town" -
"Chameleon" - "Boogie
Pilgrim" - "Cage The
Songbird" - "Crazy Water"
- "Shoulder Holster" -
"Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest
Word" - "Out Of The Blue"
- "Between Seventeen And
Twenty" - "The Wide-Eyed And
Laughing" - "Someone's Final
Song" - "Where's The
Shoorah?" - "If There's A God
In Heaven (What's He Waiting For?)"
- "Idol" - "Theme From A
Non-Existent TV Series" - "Bite
Your Lip (Get Up And Dance)" |
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Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Released: September, 1977
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 21
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "The Bitch
Is Back" - "Lucy In The Sky
With Diamonds" - "Tiny
Dancer" - "I Feel Like A Bullet
(In The Gun Of Robert Ford)" -
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
- "Philadelphia Freedom" -
"Island Girl' - "Grow Some Funk
Of Your Own" - "Levon" -
"Pinball Wizard" |
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A Single Man
Released: 1978
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 15
Tracks: "Shine
Through" - "Return To
Paradise" - "I Don't Care"
- "Big Dipper" - "It Ain't
Gonna Be Easy" - "Part-Time
Love" - "Georgia" -
"Shooting Star" -
"Madness" - "Reverie"
- "Song For Guy" -
"Ego" - "Flinstone
Boy" - "I Cry At Night" -
"Lovesick" -
"Strangers" |
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The Thom Bell Sessions
Released: 1979
Billboard
peak:
# 51
Tracks: "Nice And
Slow" - "Country Love
Song" - "Shine On Through"
- "Mama Can't Buy You Love" -
"Are You Ready For Love" -
"Three Way Love Affair" |
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Victim Of Love
Released: 1979
Billboard
peak:
# 35
Tracks: "Johnny B
Goode" - "Warm Love In A Cold
World" - "Born Bad" -
"Thunder In The Night" -
"Spotlight" - "Street
Boogie" - "Victim Of Love" |
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21 At 33
Released: May, 1980
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 13
Tracks: "Chasing The
Crown" - "Little Jeannie" - "(Sartorial Eloquence) Don't
You Want To Play This Game No More?" - "Two
Rooms At The End Of The World" -
"White Lady White Powder" -
"Dear God" - "Never Gonna
Fall In Love Again" - "Take Me
Back" - "Give Me The Love"
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The Fox
Released: 1981
Billboard
peak:
# 21
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Breaking
Down Barriers" - "Heart In The
Right Place" - "Just Like
Belgium" - "Nobody Wins" -
"Fascist Faces" - "Carla
Etude / Fanfare" - "Chloe" -
"Heels Of The Wind" -
"Elton's Song" - "The
Fox" |
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Jump Up
Released: April, 1982
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 17
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Dear
John" - "Spiteful Child" -
"Ball & Chain" -
"Legal Boys" - "I Am Your
Robot" - "Blue Eyes" - "Empty Garden (Hey
Hey Johnny)" -
"Princess" - "Where Have
All The Good Times Gone?" -
"All Quiet On The Western
Front" |
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Too Low For Zero
Released: May, 1983
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 25
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Cold As
Christmas (In The Middle Of The
Year)" - "I'm Still Standing" - "Too
Low For Zero" - "Religion"
- "I Guess That's Why
They Call It The Blues" -
"Crystal" - "Kiss The Bride" -
"Whipping Boy" -
"Saint" - "One More
Arrow" - "Earn While You
Learn" - "Dreamboat" -
"The Retreat" |
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Breaking Hearts
Released: July, 1984
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 20
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks:
"Restless" - "Slow Down
Georgia (She's Poison)" - "Who
Wears These Shoes?" - "Breaking
Hearts (Ain't What It Used To Be)" -
"Lil 'Frigerator" -
"Passengers" - "In
Neon" - "Burning
Buildings" - "Did He Shoot
Her?" - "Sad Songs (Say So
Much)" |
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Ice On Fire
Released: November, 1985
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 48
Tracks: "This
Town" - "Cry To Heaven" -
"Soul Glove" - "Nikita" - "Too
Young" - "Wrap Her Up" -
"Satellite" - "Tell Me
What The Papers Say" - "Candy
By The Pound" - "Shoot Down The
Moon" - "The Man Who Never
Died" - "Restless" (live)
- "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest
Word" (live) - "I'm Still Standing" (live) |
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Leather Jackets
Released: 1986
Billboard
peak:
# 91
Tracks: "Leather
Jackets" - "Hoop On Fire"
- "Don't Trust That Woman" -
"Go It Alone" - "Gypsy
Heart" - "Slow Rivers" -
Heartache All Over The World" -
"Angeline" - "Memory Of
Love" - "Paris" - "I
Fall Apart" |
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Elton John Live In
Australia
Released: June, 1987
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 24
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Sixty Years
On" - "I Need You To Turn
To" - "Greatest Discovery"
- "Tonight" - "Sorry Seems
To Be The Hardest Word" - "King
Must Die" - "Take Me To The
Pilot" - "Tiny Dancer" -
"Have Mercy On The Criminal" -
"Madman Across The Water" -
"Candle In The Wind" -
"Burn Down The Mission" -
"Your Song" - "Don't Let
The Sun Go Down On Me" |
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Greatest Hits Vol. 3
Released: September, 1987
Billboard
peak:
# 84
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "I Guess That's Why
They Call It The Blues" - "Mama
Can't Buy You Love" - "Little Jeannie" - "Sad
Songs (Say So Much)" - "I'm Still Standing" - "Empty Garden (Hey
Hey Johnny)" - "Heartache All
Over The World" - "Too Low For
Zero" - "Kiss The Bride" -
"Blues Eyes" - "Nikita" - "Wrap
Her Up" |
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Reg Strikes Back
Released: June, 1988
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 16
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Town Of
Plenty" - "A Word In
Spanish" - "Mona Lisas Mad
Hatters (Part Two)" - "I Don't
Wanna Go On With You Like That" -
"Japanese Hands" -
"Goodbye Marlon Brando" -
"The Camera Never Lies" -
"Heavy Traffic" - "Poor
Cow" - "Since God Invented
Girls" - "Rope Around A
Fool" - "I Don't Wanna Go On
With You Like That" (Shep Pettibone
Mix) - "Mona Lisas Mad Hatters (Part
Two)" (The Renaissance Mix) |
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Sleeping With The Past
Released: August, 1989
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 23
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Durban
Deep" - "Healing Hands" -
"Whispers" - "Club At The End Of
The Street" - "Sleeping With
The Past" - "Stone's Throw From
Hurtin'" - "Sacrifice" - "I
Never Knew Her Name" - "Amazes
Me" - "Blue Avenue" -
"Dancing In The End Zone" -
"Love Is A Cannibal" |
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To Be Continued... (box set)
Released: 1990
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 82
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Come Back
Baby" - "Lady Samantha" -
"It's Me That You Need" -
"Your Song" (Demo Version) -
"Rock & Roll Madonna" -
"Bad Side Of The Moon" -
"Your Song" - "Take Me To
The Pilot" - "Border Song"
- "Sixty Years On" -
"Country Comfort" - "Grey
Seal" - "Friends" -
"Levon" - "Tiny
Dancer" - "Madman Across The
Water" - "Honky Cat" -
"Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters" -
"Rocket Man" -
"Daniel" - "Crocodile
Rock" - "Bennie And The
Jets" - "Goodbye Yellow Brick
Road" - "All The Girls Love
Alice" - "Funeral For A Friend
/ Love Lies Bleeding" -
"Whenever You're Ready (We'll Got
Steady Again)" - "Saturday
Night's Alright For Fighting" -
"Jack Rabbit" -
"Harmony" - "Young Man's
Blues" - "Step Into
Christmas" - "The Bitch Is
Back" - "Pinball Wizard" -
"Someone Save My Life Tonight"
- "Philadelphia Freedom" -
"One Day At A Time" -
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
- "I Saw Her Standing There" -
"Island Girl" - "Sorry
Seems To Be The Hardest Word" -
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" -
"I Feel Like A Bullet" -
"Ego" - "Song For
Guy" - "Mama Can't Buy You
Love" - "Cartier" - "Little Jeannie" -
"Donner Pour Donner" -
"Fanfare" - "Chloe" -
"Restreat" - "Blue Eyes" - "Empty Garden (Hey
Hey Johnny)" - "I Guess That's Why
They Call It The Blues" - "I'm Still Standing" - "Sad
Songs (Say So Much)" - "Act Of
War" - "Nikita" -
"Candle In The Wind" (live) -
"Carla Etude" (live) - "Don't Let The Sun
Go Down On Me" (live) - "I
Don't Want To Go On With You Like
That" (12" Shep Pettibone Mix)
- "Give Peace A Chance" -
"Sacrifice" - "Made
For Me" - "You Gotta Love
Someone" - "I Swear I
Heard The Night Talkin'" -
"Easier To Walk Away" |
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The One
Released: June, 1992
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 8
Tracks: "Simple Life" - "The One" -
"Sweat It Out" - "Runaway
Train" - "Whitewash
Country" - "North" -
"When A Woman Doesn't Want You"
- "Emily" - "On Dark
Street" - "Understanding
Women" - "The Last Song" - "Suit
Of Wolves" - "Fat Boys And Ugly
Girls" |
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Rare Masters
Released: October, 1992
Tracks: "I've Been
Loving You" - "Here's To The
Next Time" - "Lady
Samantha" - "All Across The
Havens" - "It's Me That You
Need" - "Just Like Strange
Rain" - "Bad Side Of The
Moon" - "Rock And Roll
Madonna" - "Grey Seal" -
"Friends" - "Michelle's
Song" - "Seasons" -
"Variation On Michelle's Song (A Day
In The Country)" - "Can I Put
You On" - "Honey Roll" -
"Variation On Friends" -
"I Meant To Do My Work Today (A Day
In The Country)" - "Four
Moods" - "Seasons Reprise"
- "Madman Across The Water" -
"Into The Old Man's Shoes" -
"Rock Me When He's Gone" -
"Slave" - "Skyline
Pigeon" - "Jack Rabbit" -
"Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go
Steady Again)" - "Let Me Be
Your Car" - "Screw You (Young
Man's Blues)" - "Step Into
Christmas" - "Ho! Ho! Ho! Who'd
Be A Turkey At Christmas" -
"Sick City" - "Cold
Highway" - "One Day At A
Time" - "I Saw Her Standing
There" - "House Of Cards"
- "Planes" - "Sugar On The
Floor" |
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Decade - Greatest Hits
1976 - 1986
Released: November, 1992
Tracks: "I'm Still Standing" - "Mama
Can't Buy You Love" - "Sorry
Seems To Be The Hardest Word" -
"Little Jeannie" - "Blue Eyes" -
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" -
"Empty Garden (Hey
Hey Johnny)" - "Kiss The Bride" - "I Guess That's Why
They Call It The Blues" - "Who
Wears These Shoes?" - "Sad
Songs (Say So Much)" - "Wrap
Her Up" - "Nikita" |
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Duets
Released: November, 1993
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 25
Tracks:
"Teardrops" (with k.d. lang) -
"When I Think About Love (I Think
About You)" (with PM Dawn) -
"The Power" (with Little
Richard) - "Shakey Ground"
(with Don Henley) - "True Love" (with Kiki
Dee) - "If You Were Me" (with
Chris Rea) - "Woman's Needs"
(with Tammy Wynette) - "Old
Friend" (with Nik Kershaw) -
"Go On And On" (with Gladys
Knight) - "Don't Go Breaking My
Heart" (with RuPaul) - "Ain't
Nothing Like The Real Thing" (with
Marcella Detroit) - "I'm Your
Puppet" (with Paul Young) -
"Love Letters" (with Bonnie
Raitt) - "Born To Lose" (with
Leonard Cohen) - "Don't Let The Sun
Go Down On Me" - "Duets For
One" |
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Made In England
Released: March, 1995
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 13
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Believe" - "Made In England" -
"House" - "Cold" -
"Pain" - "Belfast" -
"Latitude" - "Please"
- "Man" - "Lies" -
"Blessed" |
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Love Songs
Released: September, 1996
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 24
Tracks: "Can You Feel The Love
Tonight" - "The One" - "Sacrifice" -
"Daniel" - "Someone Saved
My Life Tonight" - "Your
Song" - "Don't Let The Sun Go
Down On Me" - "Believe" - "Blue Eyes" -
"Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest
Word" - "Blessed" -
"Candle In The Wind" (live) -
"You Can Make
History (Young Again)" - "No
Valentines" - "Circle Of Life" |
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The Big Picture
Released: September, 1997
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 9
Tracks: "Long Way
From Happiness" - "Live Like
Horses" - "End Will Come"
- "If The River Can Bend" -
"Love's Got A Lot To Answer
For" - "Something About The
Way You Look Tonight" - "Big
Picture" - "Recover Your Soul" -
"January" - "I Can't Steer
My Heart Clear Of You" -
"Wicked Dreams" |
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The Road To El Dorado
Released: March, 2000
Billboard
peak:
# 63
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks:
"Dorado" - "Someday Out Of
The Blue" - "Without
Question" - "Friends Never Say
Goodbye" - "Trail We
Blaze" - "16th Century
Man" - "Panic In Me" -
"It's Tough To Be A God" -
"Trust Me" - "My Heart
Dances" - "Queen Of
Cities" - "Cheldorado" -
"Brig" - "Wonders Of The
New World" |
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One Night Only
Released: December, 2000
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 65
Live Tracks: "Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road" -
"Philadelphia Freedom" -
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" -
"Rocket Man" -
"Daniel" - "Crocodile
Rock" - "Sacrifice" - "Can You Feel The Love
Tonight" - "Bennie And
The Jets" - "Your Song" -
"Sad Songs (Say So Much)" -
"Candle In The Wind" -
"The Bitch Is Back" -
"Saturday Night's Alright For
Fighting" - "I'm Still Standing" -
"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On
Me" - "I Guess That's Why
They Call It The Blues" |
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Songs From The West
Coast
Released: October, 2001
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 15
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "The
Emperor's New Clothes" - "Dark
Diamond" - "Look Ma No
Hands" - "American
Triangle" - "Original Sin"
- "Birds" - "I Want Love" - "The
Wasteland" - "Ballad Of The Boy
In The Red Shoes" - Love Her Like
Me" - "Mansfield" - "This Train Don't
Stop Here Anymore" |
iTunes
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Greatest Hits 1970 -
2002
Released: November 12, 2002
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 12
Tracks: "Your
Song" - "Levon" -
"Tiny Dancer" - "Rocket
Man" - "Honky Cat" -
"Crocodile Rock" -
"Daniel" - "Saturday
Night's Alright (For Fighting)" -
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" -
"Candle In The Wind" -
"Bennie & The Jets" -
"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On
Me" - "The Bitch Is Back"
- "Philadelphia Freedom" -
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
- "Island Girl" - "Sorry
Seems To Be The Hardest Word" -
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" -
"Little Jeannie" - "I'm Still Standing" - "I Guess That's Why
They Call It The Blues" - "Sad
Songs (Say So Much)" - "I Don't
Wanna Go On With You Like That" -
"Nikita" - "Sacrifice" - "The One" - "Can You Feel The Love
Tonight" - "Circle Of Life" - "Believe" - "Blessed" -
"Somethiing About The Way You Look
Tonight" - "I Want Love" -
"Written In The Stars" (with
LeAnn Rimes) - "This Train Don't
Stop There Anymore" |
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Peachtree Road
Released: November, 2004
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 17
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Weight Of
The World" - 'Porch Swing In
Tupelo" - "Answer In The
Sky" - "Turn The Lights Out
When You Leave" - "My Elusive
Drug" - "They Call Her The
Cat" - "Freaks In Love" -
"All That I'm Allowed (I'm
Thankful)" - "I Stop And I
Breathe" - "Too Many
Tears" - It's Getting Dark In
Here" - "I Can't Keep This From
You" |
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The Captain And The Kid
Released: September, 2006
Billboard
peak:
# 18
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Tracks: "Postcards
From Richard Nixon" - "Just
Like Noah's Ark" - "Would Have
You Any Other Way (NYC)" -
"Tinderbox" - "And The
House Fell Down" - "Blues Never
Fade Away" - "The Bridge"
- "I Must Have Lost It On The
Wind" - "Old '67" -
"The Captain And The Kid" |
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Rocket Man: Number Ones (CD/DVD)
Released: March 27, 2007
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 9
Tracks: "Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road" - "Bennie
And The Jets" - "Daniel" -
"Crocodile Rock" - "Lucy
In The Sky With Diamonds" -
"Philadelphia Freedom" -
"Island Girl" - Don't Go
Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki
Dee)" - "Sorry Seems To Be The
Hardest Word" -
"Sacrifice" - "Don't Let
The Sun Go Down On Me" - "Can
You Feel The Love Tonight?" -
"Your Song" - "Tiny
Dancer" - "Rocket Man" -
"Candle In The Wind" -
"Saturday Night's Alright (For
Fighting)" - Tracks: "Bennie And
The Jets" - "Rocket Man" -
"Candle In The Wind 1997" -
"Saturday Night's Alright (For
Fighting)" - "Your Song" |
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The Union (with Leon
Russell)
Released: October, 2010
Tracks: "If It
Wasn't For Bad" - "Eight
Hundred Dollar Shoes" - "Hey
Ahab" - "Gone To Shiloh" -
"Jimmie Rodgers' Dream' -
"There's No Tomorrow" -
"Monkey Suit" - "The Best
Part Of The Day" - "A Dream
Come True" - "When Love Is
Dying" - "I Should Have Sent
Roses" - "Hearts Have Turned To
Stone" - "Never Too Old (To
Hold Somebody)" - "In The Hands
Of Angels" |
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The Diving Board
Released: September 24,
2013
Tracks: "Oceans
Away" - "Oscar Wilde Gets
Out" - "A Town Called
Jubilee" - "The Ballad Of Blind
Tom" - "Dream #1" -
"My Quicksand" - "Can't
Stay Alone Tonight" -
"Voyeur" - "Home
Again" - "Take This Dirty
Water" - "Dream #2" -
"The New Fever Waltz" -
"Mexican Vacation (Kids In the
Candlelight)" - 'Dream #3" -
"The Diving Board" -
"Candlelit Bedroom" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Wonderful Crazy Night
Released: February 5, 2016
Tracks: "Wonderful
Crazy Night" - "In The Name Of
You" - "Claw Hammer" -
"Blue Wonderful" - "I've
Got 2 Wings" - "A Good
Heart" - "Looking Up" -
"Guilty Pleasure" -
"Tambourine" - "The Open
Chord" - "Free And Easy" -
"England And America" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Diamonds
Released: November 10, 2017
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Tracks: "Your
Song" - "Tiny Dancer" -
"Rocket Man" - "Honky
Cat" - "Crocodile Rock" -
"Daniel" - "Saturday
Night's Alright (For Fighting)" -
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" -
"Candle In The Wind" -
"Bennie And The Jets" -
"The Bitch Is Back" -
"Philadelphia Freedom" -
"Island Girl" - "Someone
Saved My Life Tonight" - "Don't
Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki
Dee) - "Sorry Seems To Be The
Hardest Word" - "Little
Jeannie" - "Song For Guy"
- "Blue Eyes" - "I'm Still
Standing" - "I Guess That's Why
They Call It The Blues" - "Sad
Songs (Say So Much)" -
"Nikita" - "I Don't Wanna
Go On With You Like That" -
"Sacrifice" - "Don't Let
The Sun Go Down On Me" (with George
Michael) - "Something About The Way
You Look Tonight" - "I Want
Love" - "Can You Feel The Love
Tonight" - "Are You Ready For
Love?" - "Electricity" -
"Home Again" - "Looking
Up" - "Circle Of Life" -
"Skyline Pigeon" (Piano
Version) - "Lucy In The Sky With
Diamonds" - "Pinball
Wizard" - "Mama Can't Buy You
Love" - "Part-Time Love" -
"Victim Of Love" - "Emoty
Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" -
"Kiss The Bride" - "That's
What Friends Are For" (with Dionne
Warwik, Gladys Knight & Steviie
Wonder) - "The One" -
"True Love" (with Kiki Dee) -
"Believe" - "Live Like
Horses" - "Written In The
Stars" (with KeAnn Rimes) -
"This Train Don't Stop There
Anymore" - "Good Morning To The
Night" - "Step Into
Christmas" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Live From Moscow (1979) (with Roy
Cooper)
Released: January 24, 2020
Live Tracks:
"Daniel" - "Skyline
Pigeon" - "Take Me To The
Pilot" - "Rocket Man" -
"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On
Me" - "Goodbye Yellow Brick
Road" - 'Candle In The Wind" -
"I Heard It Through The
Grapevine" - "Funeral For A
Friend" - "Tonight" -
"Better Off Dead" -
"Bennie And The Jets" -
"Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest
Word" - "Crazy Water" -
"Saturay Night's Alright (For
Fighting) / Pinball Wizard" -
"Crocodile Rock / Get Back / Back In
The U.S.S.R." |
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Jewel Box (8 CD)
Released: November 13, 2020
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Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
The Lockdown Sessions
Released: October 22, 2021
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 10
Tracks: "Cold Heart (Pnau
Remix)" (with Dua Lipa) -
"Always Love You" (with Young
Thug & Nicki Minaj) - "Learn To
Fly" (with Surfaces) - "After
All" (with Charlie Puth) - "The
Pink Phantom" (with Gorillaz &
6lack) - "It's A Sin (Global Reach
Mix)" (with Years & Years) -
"Nothing Else Matters" (with
Miley Cyrus, Watt, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert
Trujillo & Chad Smith) -
"Orbit" (with SG Lewis) -
"Simple Things" (with Brandi
Carlile) - "Beauty In The
Bones" (with Jimmie Allen) -
"One Of Me" (with Lil Nas X) -
"E-Ticket" (with Eddie Vedder)
- "Finish Line" (with Stevie
Wonder) - "Stolen Car" (with
Stevie Nicks) - "I'm Not Gonna Miss
You" (with Glen Campbell) |
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