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Word: elton (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...develop an easy stage rapport. "I consider working with audiences an education," he said. "You have to learn the ability to adapt yourself to different types of people." But the nightclub environment became stifling. "I was becoming Brock Walsh the live jukebox. All people wanted to hear was Elton John. That was the least dangerous stuff to do, if you didn't want to offend anybody...

Author: By Lewis Clayton, | Title: Brock Walsh Goes Pro | 10/13/1973 | See Source »

...occasionally, piano. His lyrics tell of love stories, country scenes and fantasies. When he first tried to do his own songs at the Last Chance, he met with resistance. "We were drawing the wrong type of clientele. People would walk in and say. "What is this? Bring back Elton John!" But slowly, he built an audience, and the club's attendance climbed...

Author: By Lewis Clayton, | Title: Brock Walsh Goes Pro | 10/13/1973 | See Source »

...Elton John is also in Boston for another go-round. His voice isn't much and his music is inoffensive at best, but he jumps around a lot and keeps the kids happy. He's probably not so bad in person if you're in the mood for a cheap imitation of good old rock and roll, especially if you get bombed out of your head by the time EJ hits the stage. Boston Garden, Tuesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: music | 9/21/1973 | See Source »

Schaefer's lawyer. Public Defender Elton Schwarz, says that his client "has a serious mental disorder," but he adds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Bluebeard on the Beach | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

...first two albums. Because I liked them. I still play them, and they're still good. But God, is she sterile. I happened to be in front of the Music Hall a year and a half or so ago when she played Boston last; I'd just seen Elton John and her audience made John's look like the Angels: radiant blondes, whose age gravitated between 18 and 24 or so, men in seersucker pants (it was spring), and madras. It was also the only concert I'd ever seen end before 9:30. Anyway, Carole, whose version of "Natural...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rock | 5/17/1973 | See Source »

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