The "happiest" 1940s blues musician Elton John ever witnessed

The "happiest" 1940s blues musician Elton John ever witnessed

When people think about Elton John, they think about a larger-than-life character who wrote an astonishing range of great music into existence.  You have ballads, rock songs, heartbreaking slow jams and in recent years, collaborations with huge pop stars like Dua Lipa: it seems that there is no limit on the kind of music to which John can put his name. However, like so many artists who originally started cutting their teeth in rock, he was origi…