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Dates: during 1970-1970
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The most likely candidate, so far, is a tousle-haired Englishman named Elton John, 23. Because he burst on the U.S. scene only four months ago, it is too early to tell whether John is a superman. But he is certainly a one-man music factory with a rich bag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Handstands and Fluent Fusion | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

Porky Pig. His record albums-Elton John and Tumbleweed Connection, the latter to be released this week by Uni Records-are as different from each other as they are elegantly superior to much of what rock has produced in the past year or two. Part of the credit for that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Handstands and Fluent Fusion | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

John began playing piano at home at age four. Later he studied piano and theory formally for five years at London's Royal Academy of Music. Then he chucked the classics for pop, joined the British group called Bluesology and adopted his current name, figuring he would just never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Handstands and Fluent Fusion | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Handstands and Fluent Fusion | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

Holy Moses. Their current songs defy categorization because of Taupin's almost cinematic imagery and John's fluent, original fusion of recent pop forms. Border Song ("Holy Moses let us live in peace/Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease") is more authentically gospel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Handstands and Fluent Fusion | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

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