The 50 Craziest Pop Stars Ever! 41 thru 50

50. Sir Elton John Candle in the wind. Supersize portions of cocaine up the nose. Case History: Alcoholism, consumerism, eating disorders and snorting fat piles of womble dust have all contributed to the legend of the piano diva. While touring Germany in the '70s, he phoned his agent and demanded something be done about the wind outside that was keeping him awake. Crazy Moment: In denial, gay Elton married his female sound engineer Renate Blauel in 1984. He's So Crazy: "They can say I'm a fat old cunt, they can say I'm an untalented bastard, they can call me a poof, but they mustn't tell lies about me." 49. Peter Green Voices-hearing Fleetwood Mac guitar virtuoso Case History: Fleetwood Mac's founding member was one of the greatest blues guitarists ever. But after bingeing on acid, he tried to persuade his bandmates to donate their earnings to charity. He quit in 1970. He grew his fingernails extraordinarily long so he wouldn't have to play guitar again. He then spent 25 years being subjected to electroshock therapy and taking heavy psychiatric drugs that made him sleep 20 hours a day. Craziest Moment: Was arrested in 1977 after threatening manager Clifford Davis with a rifle; Davis had been trying to deliver a $50,000 royalty check to his London home. 48. R. Kelly Chart-topping R&B sensation or poster boy for urination? Both! Case History: He sleeps all day and plays basketball every midnight. He has been known not to change his underwear for days at a time and make his wife knock first before entering rooms in her own house. Then, of course, there's his alleged enthusiasm for home-video hobbyism — plus those 21 counts of child pornography he's dealt with. Crazy Moment: Secretly marrying the 15-year-old Aaliyah probably could have been better thought out. He's So Crazy: "Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows what I'm going through." 47. Jim Morrison Lived fast, died young, left a (fairly) good-looking corpse…in the bath Case History: In the '60s, Morrison's method of opening "the doors of perception" was to guzzle booze and vacuum LSD and any other drugs he could get his hands on. Was dead in a bathtub by age 27 in 1971. Crazy Moment: Married a witch in New York City. The happy couple drank each other's blood as part of a pagan ceremony. 46. Sid Vicious Insulted fans. May have killed his girlfriend. What a catch! Case History: On the Sex Pistols' 1978 U.S. tour, he beat fans with his guitar and carved GIMME A FIX into his chest with glass. Vicious met his match in junkie/lover Nancy Spungen; he was charged with her murder after she was found dead under a sink in a hotel room. Craziest Moment: Released from detox in 1979, he overdosed on heroin and died in his sleep. 45. James Taylor Sensitive soul who found comfort in heroin and sanitariums Case History: Taylor committed himself to McLean Hospital in Massachusetts for depression at age 17; he wrote his first songs during his year-long stint in the psych ward. Three years after getting out, he checked himself into a sanitarium in the Berkshires — this time, he was addicted to heroin. Craziest Moment: Never really fully mental. His loopiest act was perhaps leaving McLean — gasp! — without waiting the full three days for his paperwork to go through. 44. Chuck Berry Duck-walked underage prostitute across state line Case History: Berry was sentenced to three years in jail in 1961 for transporting a 14-year-old prostitute across state lines for "immoral purposes," and in 1994 he was sued by 60 women for allegedly video-taping them in the bathroom of his Southern Air restaurant in Wentzville, Missouri. Craziest Moment: Protected himself from allegations of rape by insisting that female fans strip and pose, smiling, for pictures with him before he'd have sex with them. 43. Mariah Carey Countless hits. Five octaves. Very few marbles Case History: Carey's amateur eccentricity — spitting chewed gum into assistants' hands, kicking carsick journalists into the street — eventually blossomed into online breakdown announcements. Her spin doctors were quick to dismiss claims that she had slit her wrists: "Mariah did break some dishes, but she definitely did not hurt herself intentionally." (Mariah Carey? Doing dishes?) She finally went so bonkers that her record company gave her $5 million to go away. Crazy Moment: Having her entourage force MTV Europe staff to play adoring fans when the real ones failed to show. She's So Crazy: After her therapist gave her fruit, Carey insisted on crudités at all times: "I need to make sure this plate of vegetables is here." 42. Little Richard Invent rock & roll? Check. Watch people fondle your girlfriend? Check Case History: By age 14, Richard Penniman had been beaten by his father for effeminacy and sexually abused. On tour, Richard enjoyed watching his girlfriends being serviced by other musicians — including Buddy Holly, who Richard says was hung like a stallion. Cocaine abuse (and arrests in public bathrooms) followed. Richard wasted away to 115 pounds, became nearly schizophrenic and was almost shot over a coke deal. Crazy Moment: Once renounced rock & roll after a sign from God. (It was actually Sputnik flying over Australia.) He's So Crazy: "I had to scream like a white lady!" 41. David Bowie Glam-rock-pioneering, Satan-exorcizing coke loon Case History: Bowie's often erratic behavior reached its nadir during his mid-'70s Thin White Duke period. In the depths of cocaine psychosis, he became convinced Satan was living in his Los Angeles swimming pool, so he performed an exorcism. Crazy Moment: In 1976, he greeted the world's media at London's Victoria Station with a Nazi salute. He's So Crazy: "Everyone says, 'Oh, yes, my family is quite mad.' Mine really is. No fucking about. Most of them are nutty — in, just out of, or going into an institution. Or dead."