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Tiny Dancer: Rolling Stones #47 of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2024)

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Tiny Dancer Single: Elton John Album: Madman Across the Water B-side: Razor Face Recorded: August 9, 1971 Released: 1972 Studio : Trident Studios, London Genre: Soft rock, country rock, pop rock Songwriters: Elton John, Bernie Taupin "Tiny Dancer" was the opening track to John's 1971 album, Madman Across the Water.  The song only reached number 41 on the US pop chart. Eventually, it became one of John's most popular. In 2010, Rolling Stone ranked the song number 397 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was ranked  47 on the 2021 list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Maxine Feibelman I knew [the song] was about me. Maxine Feibelman Bernie Taupin at his wedding to Maxine Feibelman In a 1973 interview in Rolling Stone, Bernie Taupin said that the song is about Maxine Feibelman, his wife at the time. In 2019, Feibelman said,  " I knew [the song] was about me. I had been into ballet as a little girl and sewed patches on Elton...

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Honky Château: Rolling Stones #251 of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

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Honky Château Album: Elton John Released: May 19, 1972 Producer: Gus Dudgeon Elton John's fifth album, Honky Château , titled after the 18th century French Château d'Hérouville ,  where it was recorded, was the first of John's seven consecutive Billboard 200 Number Ones.  Rock of the Westies   in 1975 was the last. It's also the first album to feature what would become his backup band: Dee Murray on bass, Nigel Olsson on drums, and Davey Johnstone on guitar. Two singles, "Rocket Man" and "Honky Cat," were released from the record. The album ranks Number 251 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums .

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Rolling Stones #112 of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)

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Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road Studio album: Elton John Recorded: May 1973 Released: October 5, 1973 Studio: Château d'Hérouville, France Genre: Pop rock Producer: Gus Dudgeon Singles released: Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting  June  29,  1973 Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road  September  7,  1973 Bennie and the Jets  February  4,  1974 (USA) Candle in the Wind  February 22, 1974 (UK) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,  Elton John's   best-selling album, ranks  number 112  on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and  59  on Channel 4's list of 100 Greatest Albums. It was inducted into the   Grammy Hall of Fame  in 2003. The same year, it was included in the book  1001 Albums  You Must Hear Before You Die.

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Tumbleweed Connection: Rolling Stones #458 of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)

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Tumbleweed Connection Studio album: Elton John Released: October 30, 1970 Recorded: March 1970 Genre: Roots rock, country rock Tumbleweed Connection is Elton John 's third studio album. His attempt at American country and western themes reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and 5 on the US Billboard 200 chart.  It was certified platinum in the US in August 1998.  In 2012, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Tumbleweed Connection number 458 among the 500 greatest albums. 

Elton John: Two of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock & Roll

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Elton John Born: Reginald Kenneth Dwight March 25, 1947 Pinner, Middlesex, England Occupation: Singer-songwriter-pianist Years active: 1962–presen t The  Rock and Roll  Hall of Fame  inducted Elton John in 1994. He's listed as number 3 on 'Billboard's 125 Greatest Artists of All Time." In Rolling Stones' "100 Greatest Artists of All Time," he's number 49 . Their 2023 list of The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time count him at number 100 .  He has two songs out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's " 500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll , " "Your Song," and "Bennie and the Jets. "