Elton John

With more than 50 years of career, more than 30 albums recorded and more than 300 millions of records sold, Elton John is as much of a British treasure as Shakespeare or the Sunday roast. He started as a singer/songwriter influenced by rock, country and progressive rock, mixing those various colours into pure pop gems, evolving though the eighties and nineties while still retaining bands composed of the finest and most tasteful sidemen.