Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John

Genre: Rock
Year: 1975

"Philadelphia Freedom" is a song released by Elton John (as "The Elton John Band") as a single in 1975. The song was one of Johns numerous number-one U.S. hit singles 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 Eltons friend, tennis star Billie Jean King. King was part of the Philadelphia Freedoms tennis team. The song features orchestral arrangements by Gene Page. Recorded in the summer of 1974, during breaks between the sessions for "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy," the song was at the time the only song Elton and Bernie ever consciously wrote as a single, as Elton told journalist Paul Read full article at wikipedia.org

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