Playboy Interview: Elton John

January, 1976

Playboy Interview: Elton JohnFive years ago, Elton John was just another schlub like the rest of us. He was broke half the time, he was shorter even than Robert Redford, his hair was already beginning to thin, he was usually more plump than he liked and he wore glasses as thick as Coke-bottle bottoms. Hardly what you'd call a head start in the Rock Star Derby; he would have stumped any "To Tell the Truth" panel asked to make the real next Mick Jagger please stand up.Last year he made $...