Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight ; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist, and composer. She has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as her songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date. In his five-decade career Elton John has sold over 300 million recordings, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has over fifty Top 40 hits, including seven successive US number 1 albums, 58 Billboard Top 40 singles, 27 Top 10, No. 4. 2 and nine No. 1. For 31 consecutive years (1970-2000) he has at least one song on Billboard Hot 100. The singles honor "Candle in the Wind 1997", rewritten with dedication to Princess Diana, sold more from 33 million copies worldwide and is the highest selling single in UK history and the US singles chart. He also composed music, produced recordings, and sometimes acted in movies. John had Watford Football Club from 1976 to 1987, and 1997 to 2002. He is a lifelong President of Honor of the club, and in 2014 stood a stadium named at the clubhouse stadium.
Raised in the Pinner area of ​​London, John learned to play the piano at an early age, and in 1962 had formed Bluesology. John met his songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, in 1967, after they both answered the ad for the songwriter. For two years they wrote songs for other artists, including Lulu, and John also worked as a session musician for artists like Hollies and Scaffold. In 1969, her debut album, Empty Sky , was released. In 1970, the single, "Your Song", from her second album, Elton John, reached the top ten in the UK and US, her first hit single. After decades of commercial success, John has also achieved success in musical theaters, both in the West End and on Broadway, composing music for The Lion King (film and music), Aida > and Billy Elliot the Musical .
She has received five Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards - won two awards for the Extraordinary Contribution to Music and the first English Icon in 2013 for "lasting impact on British culture", an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award, a Disney Award Legends and Kennedy Center Honors in 2004. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him number 49 on the list of 100 influential musicians from the rock and roll era. In 2013, Billboard rated him the most successful male solo artist on Billboard Top Hot 100 Top-Time Artist (third overall behind The Beatles and Madonna). He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, was a pioneer in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. Having been named Commander of the British Empire in 1996, John was appointed Knight of the Knight by Elizabeth II for "service for music and charity services" in 1998. John has performed in a number of royal events, such as Princess Diana's funeral at Westminster Abbey in 1997, Party at the Palace in 2002 and the Jubilee Queen Diamond Concert outside Buckingham Palace in 2012.
He has been heavily involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s. In 1992, he founded the John Elton AIDS Foundation and a year later began hosting the annual Academy Awards, which has since become one of the highest-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry. Since its foundation, the foundation has collected more than US $ 200 million . John, who announced he was bisexual in 1976 and has been openly gay since 1988, entered into a civil partnership with David Furnish on December 21, 2005, and after same-sex marriage became valid in England and Wales in 2014, married Furnish on December 21, 2014. On January 24, 2018, it was announced that John will retire from the tour and will soon embark on a three-year parting tour, which begins in September 2018.
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Early life
Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947, at Pinner, Middlesex, the eldest son of Stanley Dwight (1925-1991) and the only child of Sheila Eileen (nÃÆ' Â © e Harris; 1925-2017), and was raised in the council house by his grandfather. maternal grandmother, at Pinner. Her parents married in 1945, when her family moved to the nearest semi-detached house. He was educated at Pinner Wood Junior School, Reddiford School and Pinner County Grammar School, until the age of 17, when he left just before the A-Level exam to pursue a career in the music industry.
As he began to seriously consider his musical career, Elton John's father, who served as a flight lieutenant at the Royal Air Force, tried to steer him toward a more conventional career, like banking. John has stated that his wild stage costumes and performances are his way of escaping after such a rigorous childhood. Both John's parents tend to be musically motivated, his father has become a trumpeter with Bob Millar Band, a large semi-professional band playing in military dance. The Dwights were sharp record buyers, exposing John to popular singers and musicians that day, and John recalled immediately glued to rock and roll when his mother brought home records by Elvis Presley and Bill Haley & His comet in 1956.
Elton John started playing piano at the age of three, and within a year, his mother heard him pick Winifred Atwell "The Skater's Waltz" by ear. After performing at parties and family gatherings, at the age of 7 he took formal piano lessons. He showed musical talent at school, including the ability to write melodies, and gained some fame by playing like Jerry Lee Lewis in school. At the age of 11, he won a junior scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. According to one of his instructors, John immediately twisted, like a "record", a four-page sheet by Handel he'd heard for the first time.
For the next five years, he attended Saturday classes at the Academy in central London, and has stated that he enjoys playing Chopin and Bach and singing in chorus during Saturday classes, but that he is not an industrious classical student. "I hate going to the Academy," he said. "I'm one of those kids who can get away without training and still graduate, scratching grades." He has claimed that he will occasionally skip classes and get around on the Tube. Some instructors have testified that he is an "exemplary student," and for the last few years, he took lessons from a private tutor in addition to his class at the Academy.
Elton John's mother, though also strict with her son, is more agile than her husband, and something free of spirit. With Stanley Dwight not interested in his son and often physically absent, John grew up mainly by his mother and maternal grandmother. When his father is home, the Dwights will have terrible arguments that make their child very depressed. When John was 14, they divorced. His mother later married local painter Fred Farebrother, a caring and supportive stepfather whom John affectionately referred to as "Derf", his first name in reverse. They moved to No. flat. 1A in an eight-unit apartment building called Frome Court, not far from the two previous homes. It was there that John wrote songs that launched his career as a rock star; he stayed there until he had four albums simultaneously at American Top 40.
Pub Pianist became a staff of songwriters (1962-1969)
At the age of 15, with the help of her mother and stepfather, Reginald Dwight became a weekend pianist at a nearby pub, Northwood Hills Hotel, playing Thursday through Sunday night. Known only as "Reggie", he played a variety of popular standards, including songs by Jim Reeves and Ray Charles, as well as songs he wrote himself. Tasks with a short-lived group called Corvette complete the time.
In 1962, Dwight and his friends formed a band called Bluesology. During the day, he runs a job for music publishing companies; he split the night between a solo show at a London hotel bar and worked with Bluesology. In the mid-1960s, Bluesology supported soul tourism and R & B American musicians such as Isley Brothers, Major Lance and Patti LaBelle and Bluebelles. In 1966, the band became a band supporting musicians Long John Baldry, and played 16 times at the Marquee Club.
In 1967, Dwight answered an ad in the British New Musical Express magazine, placed by Ray Williams, then manager of A & amp; R for Liberty Records. At their first meeting, Williams gave Dwight an unopened envelope of the lyrics written by Bernie Taupin, who had answered the same ad. Dwight wrote music for the lyrics, and then posted it to Taupin, starting a continuing partnership. When the two met first in 1967, they recorded what would be the first Elton John/Bernie Taupin song: "Scarecrow". Six months later, Dwight used the name "Elton John" in tribute to two Bluesology members: saxophonist Elton Dean and vocalist Long John Baldry. His name was legally changed to Elton Hercules John on January 7, 1972.
Tim Elton John and Bernie Taupin joined DJM Records Dick James as a staff songwriter in 1968, and for the next two years wrote material for various artists, among them Roger Cook and Lulu. Taupin will write a set of lyrics in less than an hour and give it to John, who will write music for them within half an hour, discarding the lyrics if he can not find something quickly. For two years, they wrote easy-listening songs for James to peddle singers. Their initial results included a challenger for the British entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969, for Lulu, called "I Can not Go (Life Without You)". It came sixth out of six songs. In 1969, John gave the piano to Roger Hodgson on his first single released, "Mr. Boyd" by Argosy, a quartet completed by Caleb Quaye and Nigel Olsson. Elton John is also a session musician for other artists including playing piano on Hollies 'He Is not Heavy, She's My Brother' and singing backing vocals for Scaffold.
The debut album for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1969-1973)
At the suggestion of music publisher Steve Brown, John and Taupin began writing more complex songs for John to record DJMs. The first is the single "I've Been Loving You" (1968), produced by Caleb Quaye, former Bluesology guitarist. In 1969, with Quaye, drummer Roger Pope, and bassist Tony Murray, John recorded another single, "Lady Samantha", and an album, Empty Sky . For their follow-up album, Elton John, Elton John and Bernie Taupin listed Gus Dudgeon as producer and Paul Buckmaster as musical regulator. Elton John was released in April 1970 at DJM Records/Pye Records in the UK and Uni Records in the US, and set the formula for the next album - rock-chorded rockers and painful ballads. The first single from the album, "Border Song", went into the Top 100 US, culminating in Number 92. The second single, "Your Song", reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart and number eight in the US, becoming John's first hit single as a singer. The album soon became her first hit album, reaching number four on US Billboard 200 and number five on the UK Albums Charts.
Supported by former drummer Spencer Davis Group's Nigel Olsson and bassist Dee Murray, Elton John's first American concert took place at Troubadour in Los Angeles in August 1970, and was a success. The Tumbleweed Connection concept album was released in October 1970, and reached number two in the UK and number five in the US. The live album 17-11-70 ( 11-17-70 in the US) was recorded on a live show aired from A & amp; R Studios at WABC-FM in New York City. Direct album sales were hard hit in the US when an east-coast hijacker released the show a few weeks before the official album, including all 60 minutes of the broadcast, not just 40 minutes chosen by Dick James Music.
John and Taupin later wrote the soundtrack for the obscure movie Friends and then Madman Across the Water , the latter reached number eight in the US and produced hit songs, "Levon ", and the opening song of the album" Tiny Dancer ". In 1972, Davey Johnstone joined Elton John Band on guitar and backing vocals. Released in 1972, Honky ChÃÆ'Â ¢ teau became John's first US number one album, spending five weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 and starting the successive seven consecutive US numbers, respectively. one album. The album reached number two in the UK, and spawned hit singles "Rocket Man" and "Honky Cat". both recorded at Trident Studios in London.
The pop album Do not Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player came out in early 1973 and reached number one in the UK, USA, Australia amongst others. This album resulted in the hits "Crocodile Rock", US Billboard her first Hot 100 number, and "Daniel"; number two US, number four UK. Both the album and "Crocodile Rock" are the first and single albums, each on the consolidated MCA Records label in the US, replacing other MCA labels including the Union.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road , released in October 1973, gained instant critical recognition and topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, remaining at number one for two months. It also temporarily sets John as a glam rock star. It contained the US number 1 "Bennie and the Jets", along with other hits, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Candle in the Wind", "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" and "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding". Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is included in the VH1 Classic Album series, discussing album creation, recording, and popularity through live video concerts and recordings including interviews.
Company Rocket Recordings to 21 at 33 (1974-1979)
John formed his own label called The Rocket Record Company (distributed in the US by MCA and originally by Island in the UK) and signed the act for it - notably Neil Sedaka ("Bad Blood", where he sings background vocals) and Kiki Dee - with who he is taking personal interest. Instead of releasing his own record at Rocket, he chose the $ 8 million US dollar contract offered by the MCA. When the contract was signed in 1974, the MCA reportedly issued an insurance policy of US $ 25 million on John's life. In 1974, MCA released her Great Britain, British and US number-one diamond-certified Diamonds by RIAA for the sale of 16 million copies in the US.
In 1974, a collaboration with John Lennon took place, resulting in Lennon's appearance on Elton John's single cover of The Beatles "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", B-side which is "One Day at a Time" Lennon. In return, John is featured on "Whatever You Get Through the Night" on the album Lennon Walls and Bridges . Later that year in what will be Lennon's last major performance, the couple made a two-hit number along with The Beatles classic "I Saw Her Standing There" at Madison Square Garden in New York. Lennon made a rare stage appearance with John and his band to keep the promise he made that he would appear onstage with him if "Anything That Makes You Through the Night" became the number one US.
Caribou was released in 1974, becoming John's number one third in the UK, and topping charts in the US, Canada and Australia. Reported to be recorded in two weeks between live performances, it featured "The Bitch Is Back" and which is set to "Do not Let The Sun Come to Me". "Step into Christmas" was released as a stand-alone single in November 1973, and appeared on the 1995 remastered album remastered issue.
Pete Townshend of Who asked John to play a character called "Local Lad" in the rock opera film Tommy , and to perform the song "Pinball Wizard". Drawing on a power chord, John's version was recorded and used for a movie release in 1975 and the single came out in 1976 (1975 in the US). The song is mapped at number 7 in the UK. Bally then released a pinball machine "Captain Fantastic" which features John's illustrations in his movie.
The 1975 autobiography album Captain Fantastic and Brown Dirt Cowboy debuted at number one in the US, the first album to do so, and was in the top spot for seven weeks. Elton John revealed his previous ambiguous personality on the album, with Taupin lyrics depicting their early days as songwriters and musicians struggling in London. The lyrics and accompanying photo books are impregnated with a particular sense of place and time that is rare in his music. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is the hit single from this album and captures an early turning point in Elton John's life. The release of this album marks the end of Elton John Band, as John is unhappy and overworked to ignore Olsson and Murray, the two who have contributed a lot from the band's signature sound and who have helped build their immediate followers from the start.
According to Circus Magazine, spokeswoman John Reid said the decision was reached jointly by phone when John was in Australia promoting Tommy . He said there was no way Reid could fire them "because the band was not employed by John Reid, they were employed by Elton John." He went on to say Nigel would return to his solo work and Dee would do a work session "and maybe cut out a solo album".
Davey Johnstone and Ray Cooper are retained, Quaye and Roger Pope return, and the new bassist is Kenny Passarelli; This part of the rhythm gives the heavier backbeat audible. James Newton Howard joins to organize in studio and play keyboard. In June 1975, John introduced a line-up in front of 75,000 spectators at London's Wembley Stadium.
Rock-oriented Rock of the Westies rocks into the US album charts at number 1 such as Captain Fantastic, a feat previously unachieved. Elton John's wardrobe now includes ostrich feathers, $ 5,000 glasses that spell his name in lights, and dress up like the Statue of Liberty, Donald Duck, or Mozart, among others, at his concert. In 1975, Elton received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
To celebrate the five years since he first appeared in the venue, in 1975 Elton John played two nights, four performances at Troubadour. With seats limited to under 500 per show, the opportunity to purchase tickets is determined by the postcard lottery, with each winner being allowed two tickets. Everyone who attended the show received a harsh "yearbook" from the band's history. That year she also played piano at Kevin Ayers' Sweet Deceiver , and was among the first and fewer white artists to appear on the black Soul Train music series on American television. On August 9, 1975, John was named a remarkable rock figure of the year at the first annual Rock Music Awards at a ceremony held in Santa Monica, California.
In 1976, the live album Here and There was released in May, followed by the album Blue Moves in October, containing the single "Sorry Seems to Be The Hardest Word". His greatest success in 1976 was "Do not Go Breaking My Heart", a duet with Kiki Dee who topped the UK and US charts. Finally, in an interview with Rolling Stone that year, entitled "Elton's Frank Talk", John declared that he was bisexual.
In addition to being the most commercially successful period, 1970-1976 was also considered the most critical. In just three years, between 1972 and 1975 John saw seven consecutive albums reach number one in the US, something that has never been achieved before. From six of Elton John's albums to make Rolling Stone ' list of "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2003, all came from this period, with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was ranked at number 91; Similarly, three Elton John albums were given five stars by Allmusic ( Tumbleweed Connection , Honky ChÃÆ'Â ¢ teau , and Captain Fantastic ) all of this period.
During the same period, he made guest appearances on the popular Morecambe and Wise Show on the BBC. Both comics spend episodes pointing him in any direction except the stage to prevent him from singing.
In November 1977, Elton John announced he was retiring from the show; Taupin started collaborating with others. Now producing only one album per year, John released A Single Man in 1978, hiring a new lyricist, Gary Osborne; the album resulted in no singles making the top 20 in the US but two singles from the album released in the UK, "Part-Time Love" and "Song for Guy", both made the top 20 in the UK with the last reaching 5. In 1979 , accompanied by Ray Cooper, Elton John became one of the first Western artists to tour the Soviet Union, as well as one of the first in Israel. John returned to the top ten US with "Mama Can not Buy You Love" (number 9), a song originally rejected in 1977 by MCA before it was released, recorded in 1977 with Philadelphia Thom Bell soul producer. John reports that Thom Bell was the first person to give him sound lessons; Bell encourages John to sing on the lower list. Albums influenced by discos, Victims of Love , are not well received. In 1979, John and Taupin reunited, though they did not collaborate in the full album until 1983's Too Low For Zero . 21 on 33 , released the following year, was a significant career enhancement, aided by his biggest blow in four years, "Little Jeannie" (number 3 US), with lyrics written by Gary Osborne.
The Fox to Sleep with the Past (1980-1989)
The 1981 album, The Fox , was recorded during the same session with 21 at 33 , and also included collaborations with Tom Robinson and Judie Tzuke. On September 13, 1980, Elton John, with Olsson and Murray returning to Elton John Band, performed a free concert to about 400,000 fans at The Great Lawn in Central Park in New York. In 1982 his hit "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)", derived from his album Jump Up! , the second under a new US recording contract with Geffen Records.
With members of the original band Johnstone, Murray and Olsson together again, he can return to the charts with the 1983 hit album Too Low for Zero, which includes "I'm Still Standing" (No. 4) UK) and "I'm Guessing That's Why They Call It The Blues", the latter featuring Stevie Wonder on the harmonica and reaching No. 1. 4 in the US and No. 5 in the UK. In October 1983, Elton John caused controversy when he destroyed the United Nations cultural boycott of South Africa's apartheid era by performing at Sun City's premises. She married a close friend and sound engineer, Renate Blauel, on Valentine's Day 1984 - the marriage lasted three years.
In 1985, he was one of many players at Live Aid held at Wembley Stadium. John plays "Bennie and the Jets" and "Rocket Man"; then "Do not Go Breaking My Heart" with Kiki Dee for the first time since Hammersmith Odeon on December 24, 1982; and introduced George Michael, still Wham!, to sing "Do not Let the Sun Go Down on Me". In 1984, she released Breaking Hearts featuring the song "Sad Songs (Say So Much)", No. 5 in the US and No. 7 in the UK. Elton John also recorded material with Millie Jackson in 1985. In 1986, he played the piano on two songs on the rock metal band album Saxon Rock the Nations.
The special biography channel specifies John's loss of voice in 1986 while on tour in Australia. Shortly afterwards he underwent a throat surgery; some non-cancer polyps are removed from their vocal cords, resulting in a change in the sound of their singing. In 1987, he won a defamation case against The Sun which published false sex charges with rent boys. In 1988, he performed five sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden in New York, giving him 26 for his career. Capturing more than US $ 20 million , 2,000 Elton John memorabilia items auctioned at Sotheby in London.
He placed other hits throughout the 1980s, including "Nikita" featured in a music video directed by Ken Russell, No. 3 in the UK and No. 7 in the US in 1986, the live orchestra version of "Candle in the Wind", No. 6 in the US, and "I Do not Want to Go on with You Like That", No. 2 in the US in 1988. His highest single was a collaboration with Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder. on "That's What Friends For" reached Number 1 in the US in 1985; credited as Dionne and Friends, the song raised funds for AIDS research. The album went on sale, but from an album released in the second half of the 1980s, only Reg Strikes Back (number 16, 1988) placed in the top 20 in the US.
" Sacrifice "for Aida (1990-1999)
In 1990, he reached his first solo number in the UK in a hit single, with "Sacrifice" (plus "Healing Hands") from previous year's album Sleeping with the Past; it remained at the top position for six weeks. The following year, John "Basque" won the Grammy for Best Instrumental, and the guest concert performance at Wembley Arena he made on the cover of George Michael's "Do not Let the Sun Go Down on Me" was released as a single and topped charts in the UK and US. At the 1991 Brit Awards in London, Elton John won the award for Best British Male.
In 1992, he released the number 8 US album The One , featuring the hit song "The One". He also released "Runaway Train", a duet he recorded with his old friend Eric Clapton, and with whom he played on the Clapton World Tour. John and Taupin then signed a music publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music with an estimated $ 39 million span for 12 years, giving them the biggest cash in music publishing history. In April 1992, John appeared at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium, performing "The Show Must Go On" with the remaining Queen members, and "Bohemian Rhapsody" with Axl Rose of Guns N 'Roses and Queen. In September, John performed "The One" at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, and closed the ceremony with "November Rain" with Guns N 'Roses. The following year, he released the Duets, a collaboration with 15 artists including Tammy Wynette and RuPaul. This included a new collaboration with Kiki Dee, titled "True Love", which reached the top 10 of the UK charts. That same year, The Bunbury Tails (multi-artist charity album) was released, which is the soundtrack for the British animated television series of the same name. Up The Revolution is the path of Elton; along with contributions from George Harrison, Bee Gees and Eric Clapton. Issued briefly in the UK only.
Together with Tim Rice, Elton John wrote the song for the 1994 animated Disney movie The Lion King . At the 67th Academy Awards ceremony, the soundtrack of The Lion King gave three out of five nominations for the Academy Award for Best Song, which he won with "Can You Feel the Love Tonight". Both that and "Circle of Life" became a hit song for John. "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" also won Elton John the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards. After releasing the soundtrack of The Lion King , the album remained at the top of Billboard 200 for nine weeks. On November 10, 1999, RIAA was certified Diamond Lion to sell 15 million copies.
In 1994, Elton John was inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by frontman Guns N 'Roses, Axl Rose. In 1995, he released Made in England (number 3). The title song, "Made in England", is telling the autobiography of his growing time, part of his life and what it is like in England. The album also featured the single "Believe". John performed "Believe" at the 1995 Brit Awards, and took the prize for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
Duet with Luciano Pavarotti, "Live Like Horses", reached number nine in the UK in December 1996. The compilation album called Love Songs was released in 1996. Beginning in 1997, she held a 50th birthday party , costumed Louis XIV, for 500 friends. He performed with the surviving Queen members in Paris on the opening night (January 17,1997) of Le PresbytÃÆ'¨re N'a Rien Perdu De Son Charme Ni Le Jardin De Son ÃÆ'â € clat , a masterpiece by French ballet legend Maurice BÃÆ' Â © jart which refers to AIDS and the death of Freddie Mercury and the main dancer of the company Jorge Donn. Then in 1997, two close friends died: designer Gianni Versace was murdered; Diana, Princess of Wales died in a car crash in Paris on 31 August.
In early September, he contacted his co-author Bernie Taupin, asking him to revise the lyrics of his 1973 song "Candle in the Wind" in honor of Diana, and Taupin rewrote the song. On September 6, 1997, John performed "Candle in the Wind 1997" at Princess Diana's funeral in Westminster Abbey. The song became the best-selling and best-selling single of all time, eventually selling over 33 Ã,/span> million copies worldwide, the best-selling single in the history of the UK Chart, the best-selling single on Billboard history and one Only certified diamond ever in the United States - single sold over 11 Ã, million copies in the US The Guinness World Records 2009 states that the song is "the best selling single since the UK and the US single chart began in the 1950s, after collecting worldwide sales of 33 Ã, million copies ". Song results around Ã, Â £ 55 Ã, million donated to Diana's charity through Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. It won Elton John the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards in 1998. "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" was released as a double A-side. Elton John publicly displayed "Candle in the Wind 1997" only once, at Diana's funeral, vowed never to do it again unless asked by Diana's son.
On September 15, 1997, John appeared at a charity concert for Music in Montserrat at Royal Albert Hall, London, performing "Your Song", "Do not Let The Sun Go Down on Me" and "Live Like Horse "solo before finishing with" Hey Jude "with fellow British artist Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler and Sting. In November 1997, John appeared on BBC Children in Need charity single "Perfect Day", which reached number one in the UK.
In the world of musical theater, The Lion King debuted on Broadway in 1997 and West End in 1999. By 2014, it has grossed $ 6 billion more and became the title with the highest earning at box-office. history for production and a second-stage film, surpassing the record held by Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera . In addition to The Lion King , John also composed music for the production of Disney music Aida in 1999 with lyricist Tim Rice, for whom they received the Tony Award for Best Original Score at the Tony Awards 54th, and Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards. This musical was given its world premiere at the Theater Alliance in Atlanta and went to Chicago and finally Broadway. John released a live compilation album titled Elton John One Night Only - The Greatest Hits of the show he performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City that same year. A musical concept album titled Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida was also released and featured duets, "Written in Stars" with LeAnn Rimes, and "I Know the Truth" with Janet Jackson.
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In 2000, he and Tim Rice worked together again to make a song for the DreamWorks animated film The Road to El Dorado. he released his 27th album, Songs from the West Coast , in October 2001. At this point, John does not like to appear in his own music videos; "This Train Do not Stop There Anymore" featuring Justin Timberlake depicts a young Elton John, and "I Want Love" featuring Robert Downey, Jr. lip-syncing song. At the 2001 Grammy Awards, Elton performed "Stan" with Eminem. One month after the 9/11 attacks, Elton John appeared in concerts for New York City, performing "I Want Love" as well as "Your Song" in a duet with Billy Joel.
In August 2003, he scored England's number one fifth when "Are You Ready for Love" topped the charts. Returning to musical theater, John composed music for West End production from Billy Elliot the Musical in 2005 with playwright Lee Hall. Open to strong reviews, the event won four Laurence Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical. The second longest musical in West End history, London production lasted until April 2016, after 4,566 performances. Billy Elliot has been seen in December 2015 by more than 5.25 million people in London and nearly 11 million people worldwide (on Broadway, Sydney, Melbourne, Chicago, Toronto, Seoul, Netherlands and SÃ < Paulo, Brazil, etc.), has grossed over $ 800 million worldwide and is the winner of over 80 international theater awards. His only theater project with Bernie Taupin is Lestat: The Musical , based on Anne Rice's vampire novel. It received rough reviews from critics and closed in May 2006 after 39 performances. Elton appeared on single rapper Tupac Shakur "Ghetto Gospel", which topped the UK charts in July 2005.
In October 2003, he announced that he had signed an exclusive agreement to perform 75 performances for three years at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip. The event, titled The Red Piano , is a multimedia concert featuring great tools and montage videos created by David LaChapelle. Effectively, he and Celine Dion share performances at Caesars Palace throughout the year - while one does, others rest. The first of these events took place on February 13, 2004. In February 2006, Elton and Dion sang together at the venue to raise money for Harrah's Entertainment Inc. workers. who was hit by a storm in 2005, did "Sorry It Seems To Be The Most Difficult Word" and "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)."
Elton John was named the Disney Legend for his contribution to Disney theatrical movies and work on October 9, 2006, by Walt Disney Company. In 2006, he told Rolling Stone that he was planning for the next recording to be in the R & D genre. B and hip hop. "I want to work with Pharrell Williams, Timbaland, Snoop [Lions], Kanye [West], Eminem and just see what happens."
In March 2007, he performed at Madison Square Garden to break his 60th birthday for his 60th birthday; concerts broadcast live and DVD recording released as Elton 60 - Live at Madison Square Garden ; The greatest-hits compilation CD, Rocket Man - Number Ones , was released in 17 different versions worldwide, including a CD/DVD combo; and back catalog - nearly 500 songs from 32 albums - available for legally paid downloads.
On July 1, 2007, John performed at the Concert for Diana held at Wembley Stadium, London in honor of Diana, Princess of Wales on his 46th birthday, with proceeds from a concert for Diana's charity and also for the charity of Yang's son Prince William and Harry is the protector. John opened the concert with "Your Song", and then closed it with "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting", "Tiny Dancer", and "Are You Ready For Love".
On June 21, 2008, he performed his 200th show at Caesars Palace. The Red Piano DVD/CD package was released via Best Buy in November 2008. The two-year global tour was sandwiched between commitments in Las Vegas, Nevada, some new places for John. The Red Piano Tour closed in Las Vegas in April 2009. In a September 2008 interview with GQ magazine, John said: "I will go again with Billy Joel again next year", referring to "Face to Face ", a series of concerts featuring both musicians. The tour starts in March and will continue for at least another two years.
In 2009, John accepted Jerry Cantrell's invitation to collaborate with his band, Alice in Chains. John plays the piano in the song "Black Gives Way to Blue", a tribute to the band's late singer Layne Staley, which is the title song and cover song on the album Black Gives Way to Blue, released in September 2009 The first concert that Staley attended was Elton John, and his mother revealed that he was fascinated by him, with Cantrell adding: "Elton is a very important musical influence for all of us on many levels, and especially for me, My first album is Elton John's Greatest Hits. "In fact, we were reminded by Layne's stepfather that Elton was his first concert, so it was all right, so I wrote [Elton] an e-mail and explained what it meant to us, and that this song is for Layne.We sent him a demo, and he said it was beautiful and he wanted to play on it.In the studio he was really relaxed and friendly, and he had a good sense of humor. a becomes cool: 'Oh, yes, no big deal.' But we were excited. [Drummer Sean Kinney] and I had to go out several times to smoke, like, 'Holy s -, this is a killer.' This is one of the most important things you can not expect in life, and you're lucky to get it once in a while, and that's one of them. "Elton reveals that he has been a great admirer of Cantrell for some time and can not refuse the offer. He said, "I'm kind of surprised that Alice in Chains will ask me to do anything I never thought I would play on Alice in Chains note When I heard the song that I really wanted to do I love that fact it's so beautiful and very simple.They have a great idea of ​​what they want me to do and it works great. " 2010-present
Elton John did a piano duo with Lady Gaga at the 52nd Grammy Awards. On June 6, 2010, John appeared at the marriage of four conservative commentator, Rush Limbaugh, at a reported $ 1 million US $ 1 million . Eleven days later, and 17 years into the day after his last performance in Israel, he performed at Ramat Gan Stadium; this is significant due to other cancellations made by other players in the fall around the Israeli attack on Gaza Flotilla the previous month. In his introduction to the concert, Elton John noted that he and other musicians should not "choose our conscience", referring to Elvis Costello, who had appeared in Israel two weeks after John did it, but was canceled after the attack, quoting his conscience [Costello].
She released The Union on October 19, 2010. John said her collaboration with American singer, songwriter and sideman Leon Russell marked a new chapter in her recording career, saying: "I do not have to make another pop record." He started his new show The Million Dollar Piano at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas on September 28, 2011. John performs at Caesars for the next three years. She performed her 3000th concert on Saturday October 8, 2011 at Caesars. In 2011, John featured vocals on Snowed in at Wheeler Street with Kate Bush for his album 50 Words for Snow . On February 3, 2012, Elton John visited Costa Rica for the first time when he appeared at the recently constructed National Stadium.
On June 4, 2012, he performed at the Diamond Jubilee Diamond Concert at Buckingham Palace, performing repertoires including "Your Song", "Crocodile Rock" and "I'm Still Standing". On June 30, John appeared in Kiev, Ukraine at a concert combined with Queen Adam Lambert for the Antia Pinchuk Foundation, Elena Pinchuk. An album containing remixes of songs he recorded in the 1970s titled Good Morning to the Night was released in July 2012. The remix was performed by the Australian Pnau group and the album reached Number 1 in the UK. At the Pride of Britain Awards 2012 on October 30, Elton John, along with Michael Caine, Richard Branson, Simon Cowell and Stephen Fry, recite Rudyard Kipling's poetry "If--" as a tribute to the 2012 Olympic and British Paralympic athletes.
In February 2013, John performed a duet with singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. Then in 2013 he collaborated with the Queens of the Stone Age rock band on their sixth studio album Like Clockwork, contributing piano and vocals to the song "Fairweather Friends". He stated that he was a fan of a side project frontman Josh Homme, Them Crooked Vultures, and had contacted Homme by phone, asking if he could perform on the album.
In September 2013, John received the first UK Icon Award for his "lasting impact" on British Culture. Rod Stewart rewarded him onstage at the London Palladium before the duo "Sad Songs (Say So Much)". John's thirtieth album, The Diving Board , produced by T-Bone Burnett was released in September 2013 and reached No. 1. 3 in the UK and No. 4 in the US. In October 2015, Elton John will release his 32nd studio album, Wonderful Crazy Night, on February 5, 2016. Like his last album, the album was produced by T-Bone Burnett. The album's first single, "Looking Up", was released in the same month. This album marks John's first full album recorded with his band tour since 2006 The Captain & amp; That boy. He also has a lead role, playing on his own, in a sequel to Kingsman action: The Golden Circle , released in September 2017.
On January 26, 2017, it was announced that John would be scoring for the Broadway music adaptation of the Devil Wears Prada novel and film along with Kevin McCollum as producer and Paul Rudnick writing lyrics and stories. The timeline for the musical will be announced later. In June 2017, John appeared in the award-winning documentary film The Epic Sessions, directed by Bernard MacMahon. In the film, John was recorded directly on the first recovered electric sound recording system of the 1920s. John composed and composed a lyric, "Two Fingers of Whiskey", written by Bernie Taupin, specifically for the film, live in front of the camera with the help of Jack White and T Bone Burnett. Danny Eccleston at Mojo shows that "in one of the series" the most extraordinary moments, Elton John arrived with a fresh-boxed lyric by Bernie Taupin and overcome it in an instant, the song materialized in front. from the eyes of the viewers before John and Jack White went to retrieve. There is a miracle there. "" Two Fingers of Whiskey "was released on June 9, 2017 at Music from The American Epic Sessions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack .
On January 24, 2018, it was announced that John would retire from the tour and would soon embark on a three-year parting tour. The first concert will take place in Allentown, Pennsylvania on September 8, 2018. John cites spending time with his children as an excuse for his retirement saying, "Ten years ago if you asked me if I would stop doing the tour, I would say no" have children and that changed our lives. I have an amazing life and career but my life has changed. My priorities now are my children and my husband and my family. "
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Musician
Elton John has written with his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin since 1967 when he answered the ad for a talent placed in the popular British music publication, New Musical Express, by Liberty A & amp; R man Ray Williams. The couple has collaborated on over 30 albums to date. The writing style used by Elton John and Bernie Taupin involved Taupin writing his own lyrics, and John later placed them on music, with both never in the same room during the process. Taupin will write a set of lyrics, then post them to John, wherever he is in the world, which will then put the music down, organize it, and record.
In 1992, John was inducted into the songwriter's Hall of Fame. She is a fellow of the English Songwriting Academy, Composer and Author (BASCA). His voice was once classed as a tenor; now baritone. The piano game is influenced by classical and gospel music. He used Paul Buckmaster to organize music on his studio album during the 1970s.
Personal life
Sexuality and family
In the late 1960s, Elton John was engaged to marry his first lover, secretary Linda Woodrow, mentioned in the song "Someone Saved My Life Tonight". He married German recording engineer Renate Blauel on February 14, 1984, at Darling Point, Sydney, with speculation that the wedding was a cover for his homosexuality. John came out as bisexual in a 1976 interview with Rolling Stone, but after his divorce from Blauel in 1988, he told the magazine that he was "gay" to be gay.
In 1993, he started a relationship with David Furnish, a former advertising executive and now a filmmaker from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On December 21, 2005 (the day of the Civil Partnership Act came into force), John and Furnish were among the first couple in the UK to form a civil partnership, held at Windsor Guildhall. After a gay marriage became legal in England in March 2014, John and Furnish married in Windsor, Berkshire, on December 21, 2014, the ninth anniversary of their civil partnership. They have two sons. Their eldest son, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, was born from a surrogate mother on December 25, 2010 in California. He also has ten godfathers, including Sean Lennon, David and Victoria Beckham's son Brooklyn and Romeo, son of Elizabeth Hurley, Damian, and daughter Seymour Stein.
In 2010, John was criticized by several Christian groups in the US after describing Jesus as a "super-intelligent, gay man who understands human problems". William Anthony Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religion and Civil Rights and the opposite of gay marriage, replied: "To call Jesus a homosexual is to label him sexual perversions.But what more do we expect from a man who previously said, My view is that I will forbid religion entirely. '"
In 2008, John stated that he prefers civil partnership rather than marriage to gay people. However, in 2012, John has changed his position and became a loyal supporter of same-sex marriage in the UK. He is quoted as saying: "There is a world of difference between calling someone as your" partner "and calling them your 'husband'. 'Partner' is a word to be maintained for people who play tennis with you, or work together in business" not approaching describing the love I have for David, and him for me. On the contrary, the 'husband' is not. "By 2014, he claims that Jesus will support same-sex marriage.
In 2013, Elton John rejected calls for a boycott of Russia in protest at Russia's LGBT propaganda law, but told fans at a Moscow concert that Russian law was "inhuman and isolating" and he was "deeply saddened and shocked by the law invite now ". In a January 2014 interview, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke of John in an attempt to show that there is no gay discrimination in Russia, which states; "Elton John - he's an amazing person, a famous musician, and millions of our people sincerely love him, regardless of his sexual orientation." John responded by offering to introduce the President to Russia abused under Russian law prohibiting "homosexual propaganda". On September 24, 2015, the Associated Press reported that President Putin called John and invited him to meet in the future on LGBT issues in Russia. Putin's call came just days after two mobile phone calls named Elton John, pretending to be Putin and his spokesperson, and caused John to thank Mrs Putin for the call in the singer's Instagram account.
Wealth
In April 2009, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated John's fortune to be Ã, Â £ 175 Ã, million ( US $ 265 million ), and placed it as 322 richest people in the UK. John is estimated to have a wealth of Ã, Â £ 195 million in the Sunday Times Rich 2011 List, making it one of the 10 richest people in the UK music industry. Apart from Woodside's main house in Old Windsor, Berkshire, John has homes in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Nice, Holland Park in London, and Venice. The John property in Nice is based on Mount Mon Boron. Elton John is an art collector, and is believed to possess one of the largest private photo collections in the world.
In 2000, he claimed to spend Ã, Â £ 30 Ã, million in just two years - averaging Ã, Â £ 1.5 million, a month. Between January 1996 and September 1997, he spent more than Ã, Â £ 9.6 million on property and Ã, £ 293,000 for interest. In June 2001, John sold 20 of his cars at Christie's, saying he did not get a chance to drive them because he was often out of the country. Sales, including the Jaguar XJ220 1993, are the most expensive for £ 234,750, and some Ferraris, Rolls-Royces, and Bentleys, raise nearly Ã, Â £ 2 million. In 2003, John sold the contents of his Holland Park home - estimated to earn Ã, Â £ 800,000 at Sotheby - to modernize the décor and display some of his contemporary art collections. Every year since 2004, John opens a shop called "Elton's Closet" where he sells his used clothes.
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In 1975, star pressure had begun to weigh on him. During "Elton Week" in Los Angeles that year, she had an overdose of cocaine. He also developed a bulimia eating disorder. In a CNN interview with Larry King in 2002, King asked if John knew about eating disorder Diana, the Welsh Princess. John replied, "Yes, I do, we're both bulimics."
Longstanding tennis fans, he wrote the song "Philadelphia Freedom" as a tribute to old friend Billie Jean King and the World Team Tennis franchise of the same name. John and King also hosted an annual pro-am event for charity AIDS, especially the Elton John AIDS Elton John Foundation, for which the King is chairman. John, who retained a part-time residence in Atlanta, Georgia, became a fan of the Atlanta Braves baseball team when he moved there in 1991. By 2015, he was named one of the best 50 GQs English men dressed.
On April 22, 2017, he was discharged from hospital after two nights of intensive care for contracting "dangerous and unusual" bacterial infections during his return flight from a South American tour in Santiago, Chile and was forced to cancel all of his shows scheduled for April and May 2017.
Football
Having supported Watford since growing locally, Elton John became chairman and director of the club in 1976, appointing Graham Taylor as manager and investing huge sums of money as the club climbed three divisions into the English Premier Division. The pinnacle of the club's success was to finish the runner in the First Division to Liverpool in 1983 and reach the FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in 1984. He sold the club to Jack Petchey in 1987 but remained president.
In 1997, he bought the club back from Petchey and once again became chairman. He resigned in 2002 when the club needed a full-time chairman although he continued as club president. Although no longer a majority shareholder, he still holds significant financial interests. In June 2005 he held a concert at Watford House stadium, Vicarage Road, donated funds to the club, and other concerts in May 2010. He remains friends with a number of top players in football, including PelÃÆ'Â © and David Beckham.. For the time being, from late 1975 to 1976, he was the owner of the Los Angeles Aztec section of the North American Football League. On December 13, 2014, he appeared on Watford's Vicarage Road with David Furnish, and his sons Zachary and Elijah for the opening of "Sir Elton John standing". He described the event as "one of the greatest days of my life".
AIDS Foundation
John said that he took a risk with unprotected sex during the 1980s and considered himself lucky to have avoided the AIDS epidemic. In 1986, he joined Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder to record the single "That's What Friends Are For", with all the profits donated to the American Foundation for AIDS Research. This song won John and the other Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by Duo or Group with Vocals. In April 1990, John performed his 1968 ballad song "Skyline Pigeon" at the funeral of Ryan White, a teenage haemophiliac who became his friend.
Elton John became more closely associated with the AIDS charity after the deaths of his friends Ryan White in 1990 and Freddie Mercury in 1991, raised large sums of money and used his public profile to raise awareness of the disease. He founded the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992 as a charity to fund HIV/AIDS prevention programs, for the elimination of prejudice and discrimination against individuals affected by HIV/AIDS, and to provide services for people living with or at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. This cause continues to be one of his personal desires. In 1993, he began hosting his annual Academy Award Party, which has become one of the highest-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry, and has raised more than $ 200 million. In early 2006, John donated two smaller red light Yamaha pianos from Las Vegas, a Nevada event to be auctioned on eBay to raise public awareness and funding for the foundation.
To raise money for his AIDS charity, he annually runs White Tie & amp; Tiara Ball in his yard at Old Windsor in Berkshire where many famous celebrities are invited. On June 28, 2007, White Tie & amp; Tiara Ball takes place. The menu consists of soufflé truffles followed by Surf and Turf (filet mignon with Maine lobster tail) and giant Knickerbocker ice cream. An auction follows a dinner organized by Stephen Fry. Rolls Royce 'Phantom' Drophead coupe and artwork Tracey Emin raise up to £ 800,000 for charity funds, totaling € 3.5 million. Later, John sings "Delilah" with Tom Jones and "Big Spender" with Shirley Bassey. The 2011 guests include Sarah, Duchess of York, Elizabeth Hurley and George Michael (who performed "Do not Let the Sun Go Down on Me" in duets with John), and the auction raised Ã, Â £ 5 Ã, million, adding Ã, Â £ 45 Ã, million that Balls raised to Elton John Aids Foundation.
Awards and awards
She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in her first year of appointment in 1994. She and Bernie Taupin were previously inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992. John was appointed Commander of the British Order (CBE) in 1995. For work his deeds, John was awarded a noble title by Queen Elizabeth II on February 24, 1998. In October 1975, John became 1,662 people to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
She was awarded the Life of a Lifetime Singer Award in 2005. She became the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor in 2004, and the Disney Legends Award in 2006. In 2000, she was named MusiCares Person of the Year for her artistic achievement. music industry and dedication to philanthropy. In 2010, he was awarded the PRS for Music Heritage Award, set up at The Namaste Lounge Pub in Northwood, London, where John performed his first show.
Music awards include the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" from The Lion King (awards shared with Tim Rice); The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1994 for "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" from The Lion King (awards shared with Tim Rice); and Tony Award for Best Original Score in 2000 for Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida (awards shared with Tim Rice). He has also received five Brit Awards, including awards for Best British Male in 1991, and awards for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1986 and 1995. In 2013, John received his first Brits Icon award in recognition of his "lasting impact" at English. culture, presented to him by his close friend Rod Stewart.
Academy Awards
British Awards
Grammy Award
Ivor Novello Awards
Juno Award
MTV Video Music Awards
MVPA Award
NRJ Music Awards
Tony Awards
Elton John Band
Since 1970, John's band, where he is a pianist and lead singer, has been known as Elton John Band. The band has several line-up changes, but Nigel Olsson, Davey Johnstone, and Ray Cooper have been members (though not consecutively) since 1970 (Olsson), 1972 (Johnstone) and 1974 (Cooper). Olsson left the band in 1984 but rejoined in 2000. Ray Cooper has worked on and off with Elton John Band as he defended the obligations to other musicians as a session player and sideman as a tour-travel percussionist.
Discography
Album studio Solo
Collaborative albums
- Live in Australia with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (1986)
- Duet (1993)
- Unity with Leon Russell (2010)
- Good Morning for Night with Pnau (2012)
Soundtrack, score, and theater album
- Friends (1971)
- The Lion King (1994)
- Aida (1998)
- Elton John and Tim Rice Aida (1999)
- The Muse (1999)
- The road to El Dorado (2000)
- Billy Elliot (2005)
- Lestat (2005)
- Gnomeo & amp; Juliet (2011)
Moviesography
- Born to Boogie , AS (1972) as himself with Marc Bolan and Ringo Starr
- Tommy , English (1975) as Pinball Wizard
- Muppet Show Show (1978) (season 2) as herself
- Spice World , UK (1997) as herself
- Elton John: Tantrum & amp; Tiaras (1997) autobiography as himself
- South Park (1998) (season 2) guest appearance as herself
- The Simpsons (1998) (season 10) guest appearance as himself
- Bear Country , AS (2002) as itself
- Elton John: Me, Myself & amp; I (2007) autobiography as herself
- Nashville (2016) (season 4) guest appearance as itself
- The Epic Sessions (2017) as itself
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) as itself
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