In late October 1975, Elton John had the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Island Girl.” The hit, Caribbean-inspired song about a Jamaican prostitute in New York City was followed by Neil ...

In a 2025 interview, Neil Sedaka recalled how Elton John helped spark his 1970s comeback, and the recording of their ...

In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter we’ll be doing 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, and 2015, and I’ll be ranking every ...

There were cheers aplenty at Elton John’s “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” concert at Gillette Stadium Wednesday night, but none louder than when, nine tracks into his 23-song set, he sang the refrain ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...