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ELTON JOHN Released Melancholic Ballad ‘SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD’ Today 50 Years Ago

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22 March 2026

ELTON JOHN (78 now) released one of his best known hits with the melancholic ballad SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD, on 22 March 1976, today 60 years ago.

#11 in the UK, #7 in the US.

It featured on his 11th LP Blue Moves.

Bernie Taupin (John‘s longtime lyricist): “It’s a pretty simple idea, but one that I think everyone can relate to at one point or another in their life. That whole idealistic feeling people get when they want to save something from dying when they basically know deep down inside that it’s already dead. It’s that heartbreaking, sickening part of love that you wouldn’t wish on anyone if you didn’t know that it’s inevitable that they’re going to experience it one day.”

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ELTON JOHN Released One Of His Greatest Hits ‘YOUR SONG’ Today 55 Years Ago

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26 October 2025

On 26 October 1970, that’s 55 years ago today, superstar ELTON JOHN ,
born Reginald Kenneth Dwight 78 years ago, released one of his greatest
hits with YOUR SONG (more than 1,110 billion streams on Sportify).

It was written by John and his longtime lyricist partner Bernie Taupin.
It was his first international hit. #4 in the UK, #6 in Canada and Top-10
in several other countries.

In the US the song was released as the B-side to Take Me To The Pilot.
Radio’s played Your Song way more than the actual A-side and it went to
#8 on the charts. Both tracks featured on his 2nd LP ‘Elton John‘.

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ELTON JOHN Scored No. 1 Hit In The US With ‘LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS’ 50 Years Ago Today

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5 Janaury 2025

Glam superstar ELTON JOHN topped the US Singles Chart on 6 January 1975,
this day 50 years ago with his cover of The Beatles song LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS. John Lennon played guitar on it. It was Elton‘s 3rd number one in the US.
On the single’s sleeve the performance was credited to the Elton John Band.

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JOHN & JOHN 50 Years Ago Today In MSG In NYC

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28 November 2024

JOHN LENNON and his PLASTIC ONO BAND scored a #1 hit in the US
50 years ago, on 16 November 1974. His only Number One in America,
during his lifetime). It peaked at #36 in the UK.

Elton John played piano on it and did some harmony vocals. He made
a deal with the late genial Beatle that if the song reached No.1, Lennon
would have to join him as a guest at one of Elton‘s shows in Madison
Square Garden in NYC.

Lennon kept his promise and played 3 songs
with John a few weeks later on 28 Nov 1974,
today 50 years ago.

See/hear the historic John & John performance
right here. (Yoko Ono obviously not impressed.)

JOHN LENNON And His PLASTIC ONO BAND Hit Top Spot Of The US Singles Chart 50 Years Ago Today With ‘WHATEVER GETS YOU TRU THE NIGHT’

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16 November 2024

JOHN LENNON & PLASTIC ONO BAND (credited here as the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band) scored a #1 hit in the US 50 years ago, on 16 November 1974. His only Number One in
the US (during his lifetime). It peaked at #36 in the UK.

Elton John played piano on it and did some harmony vocals. He made a deal with
the late genial Beatle that if the song reached No.1, Lennon would have to get on
stage with Elton at one of his shows in Madison Square Garden in NYC. Lennon kept
his promise and played three songs with John a few weeks later.

See/hear the historic John/John performance
right here. (Yoko Ono obviously not impressed.)

ELTON JOHN – Watch Trailer For New Documentary ‘NEVER TOO LATE’

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1 October 2024

A new ELTON JOHN (aged 77) documentary, titled NEVER TOO LATE,
a co-production of Disney Branded Television and Rocket Entertainment,
profiles the mage star on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road concert tour, also
integrating historic performance footage, excerpts from his private journals,
and personal footage of his family life behind the scenes.

The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last
month and will have a limited theatrical release in the United States and UK
on November 15 before streaming on Disney+ on December 13.

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