1976 outete er sich in der Musikzeitschrift Rolling Stone als bisexuell; 1984 heiratete er in Australien die deutsche Tontechnikerin Renate Blauel und ließ sich 1988 von ihr scheiden. John has received five Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards; including for Outstanding Contribution to Music; two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Tony Award, a Disney Legends Award, and the Kennedy Center Honor. The first was the single "I've Been Loving You" (1968), produced by Caleb Quaye, Bluesology's former guitarist. [242], In October 2020, John called attention to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. 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[12], John has been involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s. When the two first met in 1967, they recorded the first Elton John/Bernie Taupin song, "Scarecrow". I still write the song when he's not there and then I go and play it to him. [196], John married German recording engineer Renate Blauel on 14 February 1984, in an extravagant wedding ceremony at Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia. [225] Every year since 2004, John has opened a shop called "Elton's Closet", in which he sells his secondhand clothes. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" was the hit single from this album and captured an early turning point in John's life. Elton has won five Grammy awards in his career, while Lady Gaga won her first two last night - Dance Recording for Poker Face and Dance Album for her debut The Fame. Elton John … [8][99][110] The 2009 Guinness World Records states that the song is "the biggest-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s, having accumulated worldwide sales of 33 million copies". [187] Their method involves Taupin writing the lyrics on his own, and John then putting them to music, with the two never in the same room during the process. [103] Early in 1997, John held a 50th birthday party, costumed as Louis XIV of France, with 500 friends. Das Album erhielt positive Kritik, verkaufte sich jedoch schlecht. Der Abspann des Films wird durch Fotos aus der privaten Sammlung der Familie und einigen zugehörigen Textzeilen ergänzt. "605 Icons of 20th Century Music Autograph Auction Catalog". Nach einigen Jahren Klavierunterricht gewann er mit elf Jahren ein Nachwuchsstipendium an der Londoner Royal Academy of Music, wo er fünf Jahre lang Klavier lernte. [141] On 17 June, and 17 years to the day after his previous performance in Israel, he performed at the Ramat Gan Stadium; this was significant because of other then-recent cancellations by other performers in the fallout surrounding an Israeli raid on Gaza Flotilla the month before. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is included in the VH1 Classic Albums series, in which the making, recording, and popularity of the album are discussed, with concert and home video footage, including interviews. John appointed Graham Taylor as manager and invested large sums of money as the club rose three divisions into the English First Division. "The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002". Now the Rocket Man has his very own coin. '"[210] John stated, in his 2019 Me: Elton John Official Autobiography, that he had received many death threats as a result of his statements. Macron called John a "melodic genius" and one of the first gay artists to give a voice to the LGBT community. [259][260] The band has had multiple line-up changes, but Nigel Olsson, Davey Johnstone, and Ray Cooper have been members (albeit not continuously) since 1969, 1971 and 1974 respectively. John released a live compilation album, Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits, featuring songs from the show he did at Madison Square Garden in New York City that same year. Beide verbindet seitdem eine Freundschaft. Their early output included a contender for the UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, for Lulu, called "I Can't Go On (Living Without You)". On 13 September 1980, with Olsson and Murray back in the Elton John Band, John performed a free concert to an estimated 400,000 fans on The Great Lawn in Central Park in New York. [47] The album reached number two in the UK, and spawned the hit singles "Rocket Man" and "Honky Cat". Raised in the Pinner area of Greater London, John learned to play piano at an early age, and by 1962 had formed Bluesology, an R&B band with whom he played until 1967. [190] His voice was once classed as a tenor; it is now a baritone. Mit über 900[2] Millionen verkauften Tonträgern[3][4][5] zählt er zu den fünf Interpreten mit den meisten verkauften Tonträgern weltweit[6][7] (neben den Beatles, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson und Madonna). Presenting John with France's highest civilian award, the Legion d'honneur, in 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron called him a "melodic genius" and praised his work on behalf of the LGBT community. [177][178] The audiobook of Me was narrated by Egerton, with John reading the Prologue and Epilogue. Now Armenia and Artsakh are under attack from unprovoked Azeri/Turkish aggression. John said, "There is a world of difference between calling someone your 'partner' and calling them your 'husband'. John, who announced he was bisexual in 1976 and has been openly gay since 1988, entered into a civil partnership with David Furnish on 21 December 2005; they married after same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales in 2014. [43] The 1975 autobiographical album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy debuted at number one in the US, the first album ever to do so, and stayed there for seven weeks. Ebenfalls in diesem Jahr entschloss sich Elton John, die Einnahmen seiner in Amerika verkauften Singles der von ihm gegründeten AIDS Foundation zukommen zu lassen. [61] Davey Johnstone and Ray Cooper were retained, Quaye and Roger Pope returned, and the new bassist was Kenny Passarelli; this rhythm section provided a heavier backbeat. Elton John and his family got into the Halloween spirit with a special rendition of his hit Crocodile Rock.. When the contract was signed in 1974, MCA reportedly took out a $25 million insurance policy on John's life. [132], On 1 July 2007, John appeared at the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales on what would have been her 46th birthday, with the concert's proceeds going to Diana's charities as well as to charities of which her sons Prince William and Prince Harry are patrons. By the mid-1960s, Bluesology was backing touring American soul and R&B musicians like the Isley Brothers, Major Lance and Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. 1973 gründete Elton John das Label Rocket Records. [125] John featured on rapper Tupac Shakur's posthumous single "Ghetto Gospel", which topped the UK charts in July 2005. [79] In 1984, he released Breaking Hearts, which featured the song "Sad Songs (Say So Much)", number five in the US and number seven in the UK. [119] At the 2001 Grammy Awards, John performed "Stan" with Eminem. Seit 1970 ist Elton Johns Band, deren Leadsänger und Pianist er selbst ist, als Elton-John-Band bekannt. Effectively, he and Celine Dion shared performances at Caesars Palace throughout the year; while one performed, the other rested. 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John sold the club to Jack Petchey in 1987, but remained president. [180], Music awards include the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King, the 1994 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King, and the 2000 Tony Award for Best Original Score for Aida, all of which he shared with Tim Rice. [208] John also has 10 godchildren, including Sean Lennon, David and Victoria Beckham's sons Brooklyn and Romeo, Elizabeth Hurley's son Damian Hurley, and Seymour Stein's daughter. Aufgrund seines Drogenkonsums musste sich John im Jahr 1987 einer Kehlkopfoperation unterziehen, durch die er sein Falsett verlor und das Singen neu erlernen musste. "[216] John responded by offering to introduce Putin to Russians abused under Russian legislation banning "homosexual propaganda". His mother then married a local painter, Fred Farebrother, a caring and supportive stepfather whom John affectionately called "Derf" ("Fred" backwards). In his introduction to that concert, John said that he and other musicians should not "cherry-pick our conscience", in reference to Elvis Costello, who was to have performed in Israel two weeks after John did but cancelled in the wake of the aforementioned raid, citing his conscience. [32] He legally changed his name to Elton Hercules John on 7 January 1972. Das Album war weltweit sehr erfolgreich und verkaufte sich mehr als 16 Millionen Mal. I was living a lie. The first of these shows took place on 13 February 2004. The tour began in March.[135]. [147] On 3 February 2012, he visited Costa Rica for the first time, performing at the recently built National Stadium. [30][31] Known simply as "Reggie", he played a range of popular standards, including songs by Jim Reeves and Ray Charles, as well as his own songs. "[144] He began his new show The Million Dollar Piano at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, on 28 September 2011,[145] and performed it there for the next three years. "[138], John said he had long admired Cantrell and couldn't resist the offer. [217] Putin's call came just a few days after two pranksters phoned John, pretending to be Putin and his spokesman, and causing John to erroneously thank Putin for the call on John's Instagram account. Jeff Woolf, Scott Jennings and James L. Halperin (2004). [62] In June 1975 John introduced the line-up before a crowd of 75,000 at London's Wembley Stadium. "[166] "Two Fingers of Whiskey" was released on 9 June 2017 on Music from The American Epic Sessions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. September 2007 gastierte John bei Prince’ Tournee mit Namen „21 Nights in London: The Earth Tour“ in der The-O2-Arena live auf der Bühne und sang den Song The Long and Winding Road von The Beatles. September 1997 spielte und sang er es live. John has also had success in musical films and theatre, composing for The Lion King and its stage adaptation, Aida and Billy Elliot the Musical. John owned Watford F.C. For their follow-up album, Elton John, John and Taupin enlisted Gus Dudgeon as producer and Paul Buckmaster as musical arranger. In der Verfilmung der Rockoper Tommy von den Who spielte er den Pinball Wizard sowie den gleichnamigen Titel der Who, der Platz 7 in England erreichte. I didn't ever want to be anything else. [214], In 2013, John resisted calls to boycott Russia in protest at the Russian gay propaganda law, but told fans at a Moscow concert that the laws were "inhumane and isolating", and he was "deeply saddened and shocked over the current legislation". [101] John performed "Believe" at the 1995 Brit Awards and won the Outstanding Contribution to Music prize. For the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?". At age 11, he won a junior scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. He founded the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992 as a charity to fund programmes for HIV/AIDS prevention, for the elimination of prejudice and discrimination against HIV/AIDS-affected individuals, and to provide services to people living with or at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. But we had children and that changed our lives. Oktober 2020 veröffentlichte die Band Gorillaz das Musikvideo The Pink Phantom, in dem Elton John neben dem R&B-Sänger 6lack auftritt; in dem Video wird Elton John als Gorillaz-typisch gezeichnete Figur dargestellt. Im Dezember 2014 heirateten John und Furnish. Billy Porter is known for his over-the-top, high fashion red carpet looks and his look for tonight’s Grammy Awards was no different. [248] Later John sang "Delilah" with Tom Jones and "Big Spender" with Shirley Bassey. [123] As of December 2015, Billy Elliot has been seen by over 5.25 million people in London and nearly 11 million people worldwide (on Broadway, in Sydney, Melbourne, Chicago, Toronto, Seoul, the Netherlands and São Paulo, Brazil etc. Mini Bio (1) Sir Elton John is one of pop music's great survivors. Jeff Woolf, Scott Jennings and James L. Halperin (Editor). als Commander (CBE) in den Order of the British Empire aufgenommen. [25] Both his parents were musically inclined, his father having been a trumpet player with the Bob Millar Band, a semi-professional big band that played at military dances. For the song "Circle of Life". p. 260. [61] She said there was no way Reid could have fired them "because the band are not employed by John Reid, they're employed by Elton John". We were both bulimic. It received negative reviews from critics and closed in May 2006 after 39 performances. [122] Returning to musical theatre, John composed music for a West End production of Billy Elliot the Musical in 2005 with playwright Lee Hall. His biggest success in 1976 was "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", a duet with Kiki Dee that topped a number of charts, including the UK, the US, Australia, France and Canada. Everyone who attended the performances received a hardbound "yearbook" of the band's history. I liked the fact that it was so beautiful and very simple. [173][174] John and Egerton performed a new song written for Rocketman, "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again", which premiered on BBC Radio 2 in 2019. In a September 2008 GQ interview John said, "I'm going on the road again with Billy Joel again next year", referring to "Face to Face", a series of concerts featuring the two. Printed on high quality 280 gsm smooth white card Available in 2 sizes: • A4 (297mm x 210mm) (11.7inch x 8.3inch) • A3 (420mm x 297mm) (16.5inch x 11.7inch) (Frame and mount not included) • A truly unique minimal print from Posteritty, designers of the largest range of minimal posters on the inter. Johnstone und Olsson sind noch heute Mitglieder in Elton Johns Band; Murray verstarb 1992 an einem Schlaganfall. [149] On 30 June, he performed in Kyiv, Ukraine, at a joint concert with Queen + Adam Lambert for the Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation. Im Winter 2009 und Frühjahr 2010 waren Elton John und Leon Russell im Studio, um mit dem bekannten Produzenten T-Bone Burnett ein neues Album einzuspielen. In the three-year span from 1972 to 1975, John saw seven consecutive albums reach number one in the US, something that had not been accomplished before. [223] The sale, which included a 1993 Jaguar XJ220, the most expensive at £234,750, and several Ferraris, Rolls-Royces, and Bentleys, raised nearly £2 million. Sir Elton Hercules John, CH, CBE (* 25. [72] In May 1979, John played eight concerts in the Soviet Union; four dates in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) and four in Moscow. [35] Im Jahre 2002 erhielt Sir Elton John die Ehrendoktorwürde der Royal Academy of Music in London, 2006 wurde er zur Disney-Legende (Disney Legend) erklärt. Februar 1998 wurde er zudem als Knight Bachelor in den persönlichen britischen Adelsstand erhoben und führt seither das Prädikat „Sir“. [246], John became more closely associated with AIDS charities following the deaths of his friends Ryan White in 1990 and Freddie Mercury in 1991, raising large amounts of money and using his public profile to raise awareness of the disease. p. 88. [249] The 2011 guests included Sarah, Duchess of York, Elizabeth Hurley and George Michael (who performed "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" with John), and the auction raised £5 million, adding to the £45 million the balls have raised for John's foundation. It's one of those highlights you can't expect in life, and you're lucky to get them once in a while. [93] [43][56] Reportedly recorded in two weeks between live appearances, it featured "The Bitch Is Back" and the orchestrated "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me". [235], Elton John became the chairman and director of Watford F.C. [29], At age 15, with his mother's and stepfather's help, John was hired as a pianist at a nearby pub, the Northwood Hills Hotel, playing Thursday to Sunday nights. Sein großer Durchbruch gelang ihm 1970 mit dem Album Elton John und der daraus entkoppelten Single Your Song, welche zum Welthit wurde. Im gleichen Jahr schrieb er außerdem Musikgeschichte, als er als erster westlicher Popmusiker in der damaligen Sowjetunion auf Konzerttournee gehen durfte.[12]. In the film, he recorded live on the restored first electrical sound recording system from the 1920s. Konzert in dieser Arena – ein Rekord. [60], According to Circus, a spokesman for John Reid said the decision was reached mutually via phone while John was in Australia promoting Tommy. p. 8. John won the award for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight". [25] Seit damals gab es in der Band eine Reihe von Besetzungsänderungen, aber Nigel Olsson, Davey Johnstone und Ray Cooper sind, wenn auch mit Unterbrechungen, seit 1969 (Olsson) und 1972 (Johnstone und Cooper) dabei. [51] It also temporarily established John as a glam rock star. [5][6] His tribute single "Candle in the Wind 1997", rewritten in dedication to Diana, Princess of Wales, sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the UK and US singles charts. He is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA). Let's get on and legalise same-sex marriage", "Elton John says Jesus would've backed gay marriage. 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 over US$200 million. [222] In June 2001, John sold 20 of his cars at Christie's, saying he never had the chance to drive them because he was out of the country so often. First endorsing Diet Coke in 1990, authors Roger Blackwell and Tina Stephan wrote "the relationship of Elton John and Diet Coke is one of the classic success stories in the role of sponsorship in brand building. [13] In 1992, he established the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and a year later he began hosting his annual Academy Awards Party, which has since become one of the biggest high-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry. [51] All six of his albums to make Rolling Stone's 2003 list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" are from this period, with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ranked highest at number 91. [146] Also in 2011, John performed vocals on "Snowed in at Wheeler Street" with Kate Bush for her album 50 Words for Snow. [169] In September 2018, John reportedly signed an agreement with Universal Music Group (UMG) to represent his new music "for the rest of his career" in addition to his work from the last 50 years. Born 25 March, 1947, as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, he started to play the piano at the early age of four. Die Single Something About the Way You Look Tonight, auf deren B-Seite Candle in the Wind ’97 zu finden war, wurde mit 45 Millionen verkauften Exemplaren zur bisher erfolgreichsten Single. Im selben Jahr trat er auch beim Live-Aid-Konzert in London auf. Das dabei aufgenommene Duett mit George Michael Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me wurde noch erfolgreicher als die Erstveröffentlichung 1974. Sein Repertoire reicht von Balladen über Rock- und Rock-’n’-Roll-Titel bis hin zu gospelartigen Blues- und Boogie-Nummern. [247], John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1994. [43] The live album 17-11-70 (titled 11–17–70 in the US) was recorded at a live show aired from A&R Studios on WABC-FM in New York City. Lulu. "[197] In 2020, Blauel sued John for writing about their relationship in his 2019 Me: Elton John Official Autobiography, which she claimed broke the terms of their divorce agreement. März 2007 mit einem Konzert im New Yorker Madison Square Garden. [10] In 2013, Billboard ranked him the most successful male solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists, and third overall, behind the Beatles and Madonna. [33] Er hat väterlicherseits vier jüngere Halbbrüder. [20] Die Tour trägt den Namen „Farewell – Yellow Brick Road“. Mit 300 Millionen verkauften Tonträgern[2][3][4] zählt er zu den fünf Interpreten mit den meisten verkauften Tonträgern weltweit[5][6] (neben den Beatles, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson und Madonna). "[168] Consisting of more than 300 concerts worldwide, the tour is expected to end in New Zealand in January 2023. He met his longtime musical partner Taupin in 1967, after they both answered an advert for songwriters. Ebenfalls zu hören ist John im Refrain des postum erschienenen 2Pac-Hits Ghetto Gospel mit einem Sample seines Stückes Indian Sunset (zu hören auf dem Album Madman Across the Water), das ebenfalls in Großbritannien, aber auch in Australien die Spitze der Charts erreichte. Die erste Single Border Song erreichte 1970 lediglich Platz 92 in den USA, doch bereits mit der zweiten Auskoppelung Your Song landete Elton John seinen ersten Top-Ten-Hit in England und den USA. Mit dem Beatles-Cover Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, auf dem John Lennon die Reggae-Gitarre spielte, sowie dem Titel Philadelphia Freedom hatte Elton John nach Bennie And The Jets zwei weitere Nummer-eins-Hits in den USA. [43][66] In October 1983, John caused controversy when he broke the United Nations' cultural boycott on apartheid-era South Africa by performing at Sun City. Zudem ist er Ehrenmitglied des englischen Fußballvereins FC Watford. 'Partner' is a word that should be preserved for people you play tennis with, or work alongside in business. "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" – Music & Lyrics: Erik Frandsen, Michael Garin, Paul Lockheart and Robert Hipkins (1992), "I Feel Love" Lyrics by Betty Box, Music by, This page was last edited on 3 April 2021, at 09:53. [62], The rock-oriented Rock of the Westies entered the US albums chart at number 1, as had Captain Fantastic, a previously unattained feat. [43] The album produced the hits "Crocodile Rock", his first US Billboard Hot 100 number one, and "Daniel", which reached number two in the US and number four in the UK. This continues to be one of his passions. Sales of the live album took a blow in the US when an east-coast bootlegger released the performance several weeks before the official album, including all 60 minutes of the aircast, not just the 40 minutes selected by Dick James Music. Danach zog sich Elton John für fast zwei Jahre komplett aus der Öffentlichkeit zurück und absolvierte bis auf einen einzigen Auftritt mit George Michael im Jahr 1991 keine weiteren Bühnenauftritte. Als er davon erfuhr, gab er dem talentierten Elton John am 7. In 1969, John provided piano for Roger Hodgson on his first released single, "Mr. Boyd" by Argosy, a quartet that was completed by Caleb Quaye and Nigel Olsson. Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 5. Nach 1976 verblasste Elton Johns Erfolg mit dem Aufkommen des Punk und der Discomusik insbesondere in den USA. Februar 2018 waren Konzertkarten für die ersten 60 Shows bereits innerhalb weniger Stunden ausverkauft. When we talk of great rock duos like, 1962–1969: Pub pianist to staff songwriter, GRO Register of Marriages: MAR 1945 3a 1257 Dwight Stanley = Harris Sheila E, sfn error: multiple targets (3×): CITEREFBernardinStanton1996 (. Die Gruppe begleitete US-Soul-Künstler und wurde später die Begleitband von Long John Baldry. His most commercially successful period, 1970–1976, included Honky Château (1972), Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) and his first Greatest Hits compilation — the latter two listed among the best-selling albums worldwide. [85] At the 1991 Brit Awards in London, John won Best British Male. [172] It was directed by Dexter Fletcher, who had also directed Bohemian Rhapsody (a biopic about John's close friend Freddie Mercury), and stars Taron Egerton as John. Während dieser Pause gründete Elton John seine AIDS Foundation. 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[251] For his charitable work, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on 24 February 1998. In April 1990, John performed his 1968 ballad "Skyline Pigeon" at the funeral of Ryan White, a teenage haemophiliac he had befriended. Im September 2006 erschien das Album The Captain and the Kid, welches erneut in Zusammenarbeit mit Bernie Taupin entstand. [205] The elder, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, was born via surrogacy on 25 December 2010 in California. [120] One month after the 11 September attacks, John appeared at the Concert for New York City, performing "I Want Love" as well as "Your Song" as a duet with Billy Joel. "[26], John started playing his grandmother's piano as a young boy,[27] and within a year his mother heard him picking out Waldteufel's "The Skater's Waltz" by ear. Since its inception, the foundation has raised over £300 million. United Press International, "Elton John Named Rock Personality". [158] The album's first single, "Looking Up", was released in the same month.

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