Elton John: New Superstar
Jacoba Atlas, Circus, December 1970
ELTON JOHN played the Troubadour in Los Angeles and overnight became an industry superstar. Public relations people, having no personal or professional claim to the man, began hyping each other and writers who usually keep opinions to themselves did the same. Suddenly UNI, the bubblegum record label of America, is the proud possessor of a genuine underground talent.
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