Philadelphia Freedom (song) Philadelphia Freedom (song) "Philadelphia Freedom" is a song released by The Elton John Band as a single in 1975. The song was the fourth of Elton John's six number 1 US hits during the early and mid-1970s, which saw his recordings dominating the charts. In Canada it was his eighth single to hit the top of the "RPM" national singles chart. The song was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin as a favour to John's friend, tennis star Billie Jean King. King was part of the Philadelphia Freedoms professional tennis team. The song features an orchestral arrangement by Gene
Blue Eyes (Elton John song) rowspan="2"|1983 || rowspan="2"| "Blue Eyes" || Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male || Blue Eyes (Elton John song) "Blue Eyes" is a song performed by Elton John with music and lyrics written by Elton John and Gary Osborne. It was released in 1982, both as a single and on the album "Jump Up!", which reached No. 8 in the UK. In the US, the song spent three weeks at No. 10 on the "Cash Box" Top 100, It also went to No. 12 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and spent two weeks at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart.