Reginald Kenneth Dwight was a 20-year-old session musician when he applied for a job at a London record label, and was paired up with a lyricist named Bernie Taupin in 1967. Dwight adopted the stage name Elton John as a combination of the names of two members of his band Bluesology,

Van Halen (1978): An album every bit as important, in its own way, as the debut albums by Jimi Hendrix and the Ramones, Van Halen's introductory blast of guitar pyrotechnics and party-boy lyrics changed the way hard rock albums sounded forever.

“Never Too Late” was shortlisted for the 2025 Oscars. It didn’t win, but that’s no matter. Now it is featured on a new, full album’s worth of collaborations between John and Carlile, called “Who Believes In Angels?”