Dwight adopted the stage name Elton John ... albums and topping the charts with singles like “Rocket Man” and “Bennie and the Jets.” London, November 1973. (Credit: Michael Putland/Getty ...

Elton John's landmark album 'Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy' is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Things were running so hot for Elton John that year that his latest album, Caribou ... devoid of his trademark cluttering of metaphors and images. These were “songs about trying to write ...