Elton John: The Great White Hope
Penny Valentine, Sounds, 17 October 1970
CALL ELTON John what you will. The most brilliant singer/pianist we have ever produced, one of the best artists on record or on stage you have witnessed for a good five years, Britain's Great White Hope. What you will.
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