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Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early years Born in, his family soon moved to. Growing up, he sang and performed drums for his family band, the Brotherhood.

As an artist, his credits include writing and singing lead vocals on three multi-platinum albums; as producer, his albums have earned numerous, 4 (most recently in 2000) and 10 Grammy nominations. He has maintained a close working relationship with his brother, Dino, throughout his career. 1981-1985 His career began in earnest when a young John Elefante auditioned as the new lead singer and keyboardist for super-group,, in 1981. That year, the band was the top-grossing concert act in the world and John had never been in a band apart from his family. Although several of the top vocalists of the day applied for the job (e.g. Air Statistikprogramm. , ), John received the part. John sang the lead vocals and performed keyboards on three (multi) with Kansas.

He was also a major songwriting contributor (along with lead guitarist/keyboardist/songwriter ). On 1982's, he co-wrote and sang the #4 hit, 'Play the Game Tonight'. He also wrote the acoustic-based classic 'Chasing Shadows', along with the Top 40 single, 'Right Away'. Taman Desa Vista Sepang. The next year, on the following album,, he wrote the early favorite, 'Fight Fire with Fire', which remains the band's highest charting single at #3 (Mainstream Rock) as well as a staple of Kansas' live shows to this day. John was also responsible for 'Everybody's My Friend,' which was released as the second single from the album and reached #34 on the chart. Around this time the band began to buckle under the increasing strain of maintaining the consistent radio hits and record company commercial expectations.

In addition, contemporary pop music was quickly becoming antithetical to the band’s organic, sophisticated aesthetic. A new age of sequenced synthesizers and drum machines confronted Kansas with the near-impossible challenge of maintaining their musical essence and commercial integrity. In 1984, on the retrospective collection, John wrote the album's one new track, 'Perfect Lover'. That same year John, Kerry Livgren, and Dave Hope left Kansas. 1985-1989 John discovered another calling while still with Kansas-producer.

In 1984, he produced Perfect Timing for ground-breaking Southern California group,. While not a major commercial success, his next album told a different story, with a Christian-oriented band that got its start in 1972.

’s was a Grammy-nominated, breakthrough commercial success for both John and the band. He also contributed songwriting, keyboards, background vocals and engineering to the effort. With John and Dino as the band’s primary producers, Petra went on to become one of the most popular bands in the genre. Their accolades include multiple gold and platinum albums, 10 consecutive Reader’s Choice Awards, induction into the and, and the only artist to ever have 4 albums in the top-100 Christian chart.