Elton John
- Birthplace: Pinner, London, England, United Kingdom
- Birthday: March 25, 1947
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…more