Hit Parade: The Imperial Elton and George Edition
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
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The Imperial Year of George Michael
In 1988, George Michael had what pop critics call an Imperial year. The Faith album also topped Billboard's R&B chart and spun off a string of crossover hits. It is difficult to overstate how dominant Elton John was in America in the first half of the 1970s. What made young Reginald Dwight sound so right on the U.S. airwaves? Perhaps it was the almost conversational lyrics.
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