Matt Springer

With so many classic tracks, it's easy to forget many of the band's less-celebrated gems.

For all the great singles, sometimes the best moments on the Rocket Man's records are the deep cuts.

What’s more American than rock ‘n’ roll? Rock ‘n’ roll songs about America, that’s what.

It isn't horrible because it's disco, but because it's a collection of forgettable songs.

Fred "Derf" Farebrother later served as the singer-songwriter's band chauffeur and sometime roadie.

Sardonic, sincere, outlandish and tuneful—that was Elton John in the '70s, and that was “Crocodile Rock.”

Classic 1973 song was inspired by the era and ended up as inspiration for future artists.

Even his weakest albums remind us of what a way he has with a melody.

It was part of an amazing run of 11 albums in seven years, all of which reached the Billboard Top 10.

'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' was the second studio album he released in 1973 and his seventh in five years.