Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John born Reginald Kenneth Dwight
( March 25, 1947, Pinner, Middlesex, England)
Nationality: United Kingdom
Category: Celebrities
Occupation: Singers, pianists, composers
Unique distinction: The biggest pop superstar of the early ’70s.
Genres: Rock, pop, glam rock, soft rock.
( March 25, 1947, Pinner, Middlesex, England)
Nationality: United Kingdom
Category: Celebrities
Occupation: Singers, pianists, composers
Unique distinction: The biggest pop superstar of the early ’70s.
Genres: Rock, pop, glam rock, soft rock.
Quotes:
1. Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.
2. If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything. Songs will outlast the artist and they will go on for ever if they are good.
3. I don’t have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love.
4. I’ve only been interested in the artistic side of life.
5 I do work a lot. I mean, most of my income, I would say, comes from live performances. And then you’ve got publishing, you’ve got record royalties.
6. Don’t be afraid to let her into your heart and when you are down, don’t try to carry the whole world on your shoulders.
7. You should never take more than you give.
1. Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.
2. If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything. Songs will outlast the artist and they will go on for ever if they are good.
3. I don’t have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love.
4. I’ve only been interested in the artistic side of life.
5 I do work a lot. I mean, most of my income, I would say, comes from live performances. And then you’ve got publishing, you’ve got record royalties.
6. Don’t be afraid to let her into your heart and when you are down, don’t try to carry the whole world on your shoulders.
7. You should never take more than you give.
Video: Believe
Website: eltonjohn
Achievements and contributions:
Social and professional position: British pop and rock singer, pianist, composer, actor and producer.
The main contribution to (best known for): Elton is one of the most successful British pop singers, composers and the biggest pop superstar of the early ’70s. He is known worldwide as a legendary singer and humanitarian.
The main contribution to (best known for): Elton is one of the most successful British pop singers, composers and the biggest pop superstar of the early ’70s. He is known worldwide as a legendary singer and humanitarian.
Contributions to culture:
Elton John is a British pop and rock singer, pianist, composer and producer. He is known worldwide as a popular fighter against AIDS and humanitarianism.
In his career, Elton John has sold over 300 million records and has 54 Top 40 hits, making him one of the most successful musicians of all time.
His success has had a profound impact on popular music and has contributed to the continued popularity of the piano in rock and roll.
Significantly all his hits were written with his longtime lyricist, Bernie Taupin.
Elton John’s fortune has been estimated at £250 million, making him one of the entertainment industry’s wealthiest figures, despite his excessive spending habits.
Achievements include being the first popular Western singer to perform in USSR, in 1979; playing to over 2 million people across 4 continents, 1984-86.
In 1971, he wrote the musical track for the movie Friends and in 1994, he wrote and performed the songs for the Disney animated film The Lion King.
His single “Candle in the Wind 1997” devoted to his close friend Princess Diana has sold over 37 million copies, becoming the best-selling single of all time.
A prolific songwriter, he remains one of Britain’s most accomplished and acclaimed musicians and continues to be a major public figure.
Representative Albums: “Honky Chateau”, “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy”, “Greatest Hits, Vol. 2”.
First Major Screen Credit: Friends” (1971).
In 1992, he established the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Honours and Awards:
In October 1975, John received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He has won five Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award, He Best British Male Artist Brit Award in 1991, inducted into Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame, 1994, the Polar Music Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Award in 1995.
CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1996,
Knighthood of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II, February 24, 1998, Grammy Award 1986-2000, Grammy Legend Award, 2001,
Kennedy Center Honor, 2004, 11 Ivor Novello Awards, 1973 – 2000, the first Brits Icon in 2013 for his “lasting impact on British culture”.
The Legion d’honneur, France’s highest civilian award (2019)
Creative style: The main components of his incredible popularity and success included blending diverse pop, progressive rock, soul, disco, country and classical styles, generating energetic and impersonal melodies, homogenization of electric guitar, and classical piano with sensitive orchestral and arrangements.
His creative style is based on natural talent and versatility, combined with his effortless melodic skills, dynamic charisma, rich tenor with its Southern accent and gospel inflexions. All this is well complemented by his fashion sense, flamboyant outfits, elaborate costumes, and his trademark outrageous eyeglasses.
Major works: “Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road,” “Your Song,” “Bennie and the Jets,” and “Rocket Man.” “Crocodile Rock,” “Daniel,” “Benny and the Jets,” “Candle in the Wind”,” Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.”
In October 2019, John released his “first and only autobiography”, “Me”.
In his career, Elton John has sold over 300 million records and has 54 Top 40 hits, making him one of the most successful musicians of all time.
His success has had a profound impact on popular music and has contributed to the continued popularity of the piano in rock and roll.
Significantly all his hits were written with his longtime lyricist, Bernie Taupin.
Elton John’s fortune has been estimated at £250 million, making him one of the entertainment industry’s wealthiest figures, despite his excessive spending habits.
Achievements include being the first popular Western singer to perform in USSR, in 1979; playing to over 2 million people across 4 continents, 1984-86.
In 1971, he wrote the musical track for the movie Friends and in 1994, he wrote and performed the songs for the Disney animated film The Lion King.
His single “Candle in the Wind 1997” devoted to his close friend Princess Diana has sold over 37 million copies, becoming the best-selling single of all time.
A prolific songwriter, he remains one of Britain’s most accomplished and acclaimed musicians and continues to be a major public figure.
Representative Albums: “Honky Chateau”, “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy”, “Greatest Hits, Vol. 2”.
First Major Screen Credit: Friends” (1971).
In 1992, he established the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Honours and Awards:
In October 1975, John received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He has won five Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award, He Best British Male Artist Brit Award in 1991, inducted into Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame, 1994, the Polar Music Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Award in 1995.
CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1996,
Knighthood of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II, February 24, 1998, Grammy Award 1986-2000, Grammy Legend Award, 2001,
Kennedy Center Honor, 2004, 11 Ivor Novello Awards, 1973 – 2000, the first Brits Icon in 2013 for his “lasting impact on British culture”.
The Legion d’honneur, France’s highest civilian award (2019)
Creative style: The main components of his incredible popularity and success included blending diverse pop, progressive rock, soul, disco, country and classical styles, generating energetic and impersonal melodies, homogenization of electric guitar, and classical piano with sensitive orchestral and arrangements.
His creative style is based on natural talent and versatility, combined with his effortless melodic skills, dynamic charisma, rich tenor with its Southern accent and gospel inflexions. All this is well complemented by his fashion sense, flamboyant outfits, elaborate costumes, and his trademark outrageous eyeglasses.
Major works: “Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road,” “Your Song,” “Bennie and the Jets,” and “Rocket Man.” “Crocodile Rock,” “Daniel,” “Benny and the Jets,” “Candle in the Wind”,” Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.”
In October 2019, John released his “first and only autobiography”, “Me”.
Career and personal life:
Origin: Sir Elton John, originally named Reginald Kenneth Dwight, was born in 1947 in Middlesex, England, in a house belonging to his mother’s parents. His father Stanley Dwight served as a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force and his Mother Sheila (Harris) Dwight was musically inclined.
They were keen followers of popular music and were responsible for introducing him to the likes of Elvis Presley and Bill Haley in the 1950s. They divorced in 1961, and Sheila later married Fred Farebrother.
Education: He was educated at Pinner Wood Junior School, Reddiford School and Pinner County Grammar School. He also studied for six years. in Royal Academy of Music.
They were keen followers of popular music and were responsible for introducing him to the likes of Elvis Presley and Bill Haley in the 1950s. They divorced in 1961, and Sheila later married Fred Farebrother.
Education: He was educated at Pinner Wood Junior School, Reddiford School and Pinner County Grammar School. He also studied for six years. in Royal Academy of Music.
Career highlights:
In 1962, at the age of 15, with the help of his mother and stepfather, Reginald Dwight became a weekend pianist at a nearby pub, the Northwood Hills Hotel.
In 1962, Elton (Dwight ) and his friends formed a band called Bluesology. They were also a session musician for other artists.
In 1967 Elton’s relationship with Bernie Taupin (b. May 22, 1950, Sleaford, Lincolnshire), began. They have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.
Elton wrote the music to a number of Bernie’s lyrics and posted them to him, and their long-lived partnership began there and then. He changed his name to Elton Hercules John and released his first album in 1969, “Empty Sky”.
In terms of sales and lasting popularity, Elton John was the biggest pop superstar of the early ’70s.
His thirty-first album, The Diving Board and 32nd studio album, Wonderful Crazy Night (2016) were produced by T-Bone Burnett.
On 24 January 2018, it was announced that John was retiring from touring and would soon embark on a three-year farewell tour.
The first concert took place in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on 8 September 2018, the second in Paris in June 2019, and on 16 February 2020 in Auckland, New Zealand.
In 2019 Elton John and Taron Egerton performed a new song written for the biopic film Rocketman, “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”. The song would see John win the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the second time.
On 1 September 2021, John announced his new collaboration album The Lockdown Sessions. The first single was “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)”, a collaboration with Dua Lipa. On 15 October 2021, the single peaked at number one in the UK, becoming John’s first UK chart-topper in 16 years since 2005’s “Ghetto Gospel”.
In December 2021, “Merry Christmas”, John’s festive duet with Ed Sheeran, was released.
In 1962, Elton (Dwight ) and his friends formed a band called Bluesology. They were also a session musician for other artists.
In 1967 Elton’s relationship with Bernie Taupin (b. May 22, 1950, Sleaford, Lincolnshire), began. They have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.
Elton wrote the music to a number of Bernie’s lyrics and posted them to him, and their long-lived partnership began there and then. He changed his name to Elton Hercules John and released his first album in 1969, “Empty Sky”.
In terms of sales and lasting popularity, Elton John was the biggest pop superstar of the early ’70s.
His thirty-first album, The Diving Board and 32nd studio album, Wonderful Crazy Night (2016) were produced by T-Bone Burnett.
On 24 January 2018, it was announced that John was retiring from touring and would soon embark on a three-year farewell tour.
The first concert took place in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on 8 September 2018, the second in Paris in June 2019, and on 16 February 2020 in Auckland, New Zealand.
In 2019 Elton John and Taron Egerton performed a new song written for the biopic film Rocketman, “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”. The song would see John win the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the second time.
On 1 September 2021, John announced his new collaboration album The Lockdown Sessions. The first single was “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)”, a collaboration with Dua Lipa. On 15 October 2021, the single peaked at number one in the UK, becoming John’s first UK chart-topper in 16 years since 2005’s “Ghetto Gospel”.
In December 2021, “Merry Christmas”, John’s festive duet with Ed Sheeran, was released.
Personal life:
Encouraged by his mother and grandmother, Elton started to play the piano when he was four. He began taking formal piano lessons at the age of 7. He showed great musical aptitude at school, including the ability to compose melodies.
At the age of 11, he won a junior scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. where he studied for six years.
Elton was 14 when he and his friends formed a band, the Corvettes, which evolved into Bluesology. With the money he made from this work, Elton bought himself his first electric piano.
A great humanitarian, John’s commitment to the fight against AIDS led to the inception of the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992 (U.S. and London). It has raised over $90 million to date making this Foundation one of the largest public non-profit organizations in the AIDS arena.
Coming out first as bisexual in 1976, he married (14-Feb-1984) and divorced (18-Nov-1988) Renate Blauel (sound engineer).
He subsequently stated that he was gay and had lived with his partner David Furnish (b. 25.10.1962) (filmmaker) for a number of years. On 21-Dec-2005, the couple had a civil ceremony to legally bind their partnership. In March 2014, John and Furnish married in Windsor, Berkshire.
They have two sons: Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John (b. 25-Dec-2010 by surrogate) and Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John, who was born on 11 January 2013 via the same surrogate.
Zest: Changed his name legally to Elton Hercules John. (merging the names of saxophonist Elton Dean and Long John Baldry). “Hercules” – not after the hero of mythology, but after the horse named Hercules on the British sitcom.
In the 1970s and 1980s, he suffered from drug and alcohol addiction and bulimia but successfully came through it.
In 1997, he updated the lyrics of ‘Candle in the Wind’ for a special version mourning the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and this became the fastest-selling single of all time. In 1992 he performed ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ with Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.
In 1997, he held a 50th birthday party, costumed as Louis XIV, for 500 friends. He is a keen football fan and became chairman and owner of the Watford Football Club in 1976. Owned from 1976 to 1987, and 1997 to 2002.
At the age of 11, he won a junior scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. where he studied for six years.
Elton was 14 when he and his friends formed a band, the Corvettes, which evolved into Bluesology. With the money he made from this work, Elton bought himself his first electric piano.
A great humanitarian, John’s commitment to the fight against AIDS led to the inception of the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992 (U.S. and London). It has raised over $90 million to date making this Foundation one of the largest public non-profit organizations in the AIDS arena.
Coming out first as bisexual in 1976, he married (14-Feb-1984) and divorced (18-Nov-1988) Renate Blauel (sound engineer).
He subsequently stated that he was gay and had lived with his partner David Furnish (b. 25.10.1962) (filmmaker) for a number of years. On 21-Dec-2005, the couple had a civil ceremony to legally bind their partnership. In March 2014, John and Furnish married in Windsor, Berkshire.
They have two sons: Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John (b. 25-Dec-2010 by surrogate) and Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John, who was born on 11 January 2013 via the same surrogate.
Zest: Changed his name legally to Elton Hercules John. (merging the names of saxophonist Elton Dean and Long John Baldry). “Hercules” – not after the hero of mythology, but after the horse named Hercules on the British sitcom.
In the 1970s and 1980s, he suffered from drug and alcohol addiction and bulimia but successfully came through it.
In 1997, he updated the lyrics of ‘Candle in the Wind’ for a special version mourning the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and this became the fastest-selling single of all time. In 1992 he performed ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ with Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.
In 1997, he held a 50th birthday party, costumed as Louis XIV, for 500 friends. He is a keen football fan and became chairman and owner of the Watford Football Club in 1976. Owned from 1976 to 1987, and 1997 to 2002.