Billie Jean King once that if you want to be the best, you must never let anyone, anyone, know what you really feel. You see, she told me, they can't hurt you if they don't know. Concerning the qualities of a champion tennis player, King said, King's friend Elton John wrote the song “Philadelphia Freedom”, a nod to her World TeamTennis team, for King. Released New Year's Day 1975, became a number 1 hit. Charles M. Schulz, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, was an admirer and close friend. Schulz referred to King several times in "Peanuts" and used the comic strip to
Elton John (album) Hall of Fame as an album cited as exhibiting "qualitative or historical significance". The song "No Shoe Strings on Louise" was intended (as homage or parody) to sound like a Mick Jagger song. All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Disc one – original album Disc two Notes Grammy Awards Elton John (album) Elton John is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John, released on 10 April 1970 by DJM Records. It was released by Uni Records as John's debut album in the United States; many people there assumed it was his first album, as "Empty