John Elefante (born March 18, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer. He is known for his tenure as frontman of the rock group Kansas and is currently touring with several SUPER groups that have featured members from classic rock bands: Mike Reno, Alice Cooper, Vince Neil, Kenny Arnoff, Ansley Dunbar, Micky Thomas, Bill Champlin, John Cafferty, Steve Augeri, David Pack, Kelly Keagy, Bobby Kimball, Kevin Chalfant as well as many others.
Lead vocalist, keyboard and songwriter for the music group, Kansas, replacing Steve Walsh, on the albums, "Vinyl Confessions" (1982) and "Drastic Measures" (1983), as well as the new song, "Perfect Lover", from "The Best of Kansas" (1984). Along with his brother and songwriting partner, Dino Elefante, led the studio project "Mastedon", which released the albums, "It's a Jungle Out There" (1989) and "Lofcaudio". Released the solo albums, "Windors of Heaven" (1995), "Corridors" (1997) and "Defying Gravity" (1999).
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Along with his brother, ran Pakaderm Records in the late 1980s and early 1990s, on which they released the two Mastedon albums as well as albums from other Christian rock/metal artists. The Elefante brothers still work heavily with other Christian music artists.
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Wrote his song "We Will Find Our Way" for his wife shortly before their wedding.
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Has performed at a few Christian music festivals but, other than that, has rarely toured since leaving Kansas. Instead, he concentrates mainly on songwriting and studio work.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Comfort Zone
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2013 writer - 1 episode, 2013
Tribulation
2000
performer: "If You Just Believe" / producer: "Hearts Of Passion", "If You Just Believe" / writer: "If You Just Believe"
Worth Winning
1989
performer: "Girls" / producer: "Girls"
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
producer: "YOUNG AND INNOCENT" / writer: "YOUNG AND INNOCENT"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Huckabee
2013
TV Series
Himself - Musical Guest
Kansas: Sail On - The 30th Anniversary Collection
2005
Video
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Comfort Zone
2013
TV Series
Himself
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1986
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Known for movies
St. Elmo's Fire (1985) as Soundtrack
Tribulation (2000) as Soundtrack
Worth Winning (1989) as Soundtrack
Kansas: Sail On - The 30th Anniversary Collection (2005) as Himself
$900,000
