Sat Eye Candy: Rocket Man

HIGH AS A KITE ON A TIMELESS FLIGHT On this day in 1970, Apollo 13, the third manned lunar landing mission, launched. Thanks to Ron Howard and Tom Hanks we all know how things turned out. Just two years after this snafu plagued flight, Elton John and his lyricist chum Bernie Taupin released one of the ubiquitous singles in modern music, "Rocket Man." (Very) loosely based on Ray Bradbury's tale from The Illustrated Man, the Honky Chateau standout has evolved into one of those songs it seem...

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