Reginald Kenneth Dwight was a 20-year-old session musician when he applied for a job at a London record label, and was paired ...

"Philadelphia Freedom," written for tennis star Billie Jean King, reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on April 12, 1975.

Dwight adopted the stage name Elton John as a combination of the names of two members of his band Bluesology, and released his first album of songs written with Taupin, Empty Sky, to little ...