Elton John's 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' at 50: “It's a terrific record,” says Bernie Taupin
Mercury/UMe On October 5, 1973 — 50 years ago — Elton John released Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Featuring future classics “Candle in the Wind,” “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting,” “Bennie and the Jets” and the title track, it would become Elton’s