From left: Rufus Wainwright, Elton John and Mika. Photo illustration by Chuck Kerr. Elton John wasn’t the first singer-pianist in rock. But he also wasn’t at all like his contemporaries — not Mr. Meat and Potatoes Billy Joel, not cupid-as-genius Stevie Wonder, not one-man Brecht and Weill Randy Newman. John had more in common with […]