“Bennie and the Jets” was the third single released in the U.S. from John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album, which spent eight straight weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 chart at the end of 1973.

Jacob Lusk of the band Gabriels performs "Bennie and the Jets" at the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song concert honoring Elton John and Bernie Taupin at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., ...

This easy listening classic dropped back in March 1974 and became a fast hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “One Hell Of A Woman” by Mac Davis peaked at No. 11 on that chart. It did similarly well on ...