Elton John "Bennie and the Jets" White Matte RIAA Gold 45 Award - RARE John Lilley Purportedly Public Enemy planned to

Purportedly Public Enemy planned to make the hip hop social commentary equivalent of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On with this

Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA combo 4x Multi-Platinum and 1000

The award is presented to Mike Smith

By 2019 the album had gone 6x Multi-Platinum

Elton John "Bennie and the Jets" White Matte RIAA Gold 45 Award - RARE John Lilley Purportedly Public Enemy planned toRIAA Gold Single "white matte" award for Elton John hit "Bennie and the Jets", which was released on Feb. 4, 1974. The track was certified Gold by the RIAA on April 8, 1974 for one million copies sold. This track first appeared on the 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and became another of John's early U. S. #1 hits. It charted highly in many other countries as well. While most listeners have always assumed it is a live recording, it actually was