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Sir Elton John

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Sir Elton Hercules John was born with name Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947. He is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist .
In his four -decade career , John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s. He has sold over 200 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits including seven consecutive No. 1 U.S. albums, 59 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10, four No. 2 hits, and nine No. 1 hits. He has won five Grammy awards and one Academy Award. His success has had a profound impact on popular music and has contributed to the continued popularity of the piano in rock and roll. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him #49 on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.
Some of the characteristics of John's musical talent include an ability to quickly craft melodies for the lyrics of songwriting partner Bernie Taupin, his former rich tenor (now baritone) voice, his classical and gospel -influenced piano, the aggressive orchestral arrangements of Paul Buckmaster among others and the flamboyant fashions, outlandishly excessive eyeglasses, and on-stage showmanship, especially evident during the 1970s.
John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He has been heavily involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s, and was knighted in 1998. He entered into a civil partnership with David Furnish on 21 December 2005 and continues to be a champion for LGBT social movements. On 9 April 2008, John held a benefit concert for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, raising $2.5 million. In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list on which are present Hot 100's top 100 artists and Elton John reached #3, preceded by Madonna and The Beatles .
John was born and raised in Pinner, Middlesex in a council house of his maternal grandparents, with whom his newlywed parents (Sheila Eileen ( Harris ) and Stanley Dwight) were living . Then they moved to a nearby semi-detached house. He was educated at Pinner Country Grammar School until the age of 15, before pursuing a career in the music industry.
When John began to seriously consider a career in music, his father tried to steer him toward a more conventional career such as banking. He has stated that his wild stage costumes and performances were his way of letting go after such a restrictive childhood. Both of John's parents were musically inclined, his father having been a trumpet player with a semi-professional big band that played military dances. The Dwights were avid record buyers, exposing John to all the popular singers and musicians of the day. John remembers being immediately hooked on rock and roll when his mother brought home records by Elvis Presley and Bill Haley & His Comets in 1956.
The young Reginald Dwight was not merely interested in music — he was extremely talented. He started playing the piano at the age of three, and within a year , his mother heard him picking out Winifred Atwell's "The Skater's Waltz" by ear. It wasn’t long before the boy was being pressed into service as a performer at parties and family gatherings. He began taking piano lessons at the age of seven. He showed great musical attitude at school, including the ability to compose melodies, and gained some notoriety by playing like Jerry Lee Lewis at school functions . At the age of 11, he won a junior scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. One of his instructors reports that, when he entered the Academy, she played a four-page piece by Handel , which he promptly played back like a "gramophone record."
For the next five years , John took the tube (subway) into central London to attend Saturday classes at the Academy, in addition to his regular school duties at Pinner Country Grammar School. John has since stated that he enjoyed playing Chopin and Bach and singing in the choir during Saturday classes, but that he was not otherwise a diligent classical student. "I kind of resented going to the Academy," he says. "I was one of those children who could just about get away without practicing and still pass, scrape through the grades." He even claims that he would sometimes skip classes and just ride around on the Tube. However , several instructors have testified that he was a "model student," and during the last few years he was taking lessons from a private tutor in addition to his classes at the Academy.Therefore, whatever his internal attitude might have been, it seems clear that he was decated to learning his craft.
John's mother Sheila, though also strict with her son, was more vivacious than her husband , and something of a free spirit . With Stanley Dwight uninterested in his son and often physically absent, John was raised primarily by his mother and maternal grandmother. When his father was home, the Dwights would have terrible arguments that greatly distressed their son. John was 15 when they divorced. Sheila was soon remarried to a local painter named Fred Farebrother, who turned out to be a caring and supportive stepfather. John affectionately referred to him as " Derf ", his first name in reverse . They moved into flat No. 1A in an eight- unit apartment building called Frome Court, not far from both previous homes. It was there that John would write the songs that would launch his career as a rock star ; he would live there until he had four albums simultaneously in the American Top 40.

Early career (1962–1969)

Dwight became a weekend pianist at the nearby Northwood Hills pub, playing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. He played everything from Jim Reeves country songs "He'll Have to Go" to Irish tribute numbers "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," old pub favourites such as, "Roll Out The Barrel ," hits of the day, " King of the Road ," and songs he had written himself. He received a modest, steady income and substantial tips. "During that whole period, I don't think I ever missed a gig," he said later. A stint with a short-lived group called the Corvettes rounded out his time. In 1964, Dwight and his friends formed a band called Bluesology. At the age of 15, with the help of mother Sheila and stepfather "Derf", Reginald By day, he ran errands for a music publishing company; he divided his nights between solo gigs at a London hotel bar and working with Bluesology. By the mid- 1960s , Bluesology was backing touring American soul and R&B musicians like The Isley Brothers, Major Lance, Doris Troy and Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles. In 1966, the band became musician Long John Baldry's supporting band and began touring cabarets in England.
After failing lead vocalist auditions for King Crimson and Gentle Giant, Dwight answered an advertisement in the New Musical Express placed by Ray Williams , then the A&R manager for Liberty Records. At their first meeting , Williams gave Dwight a stack of lyrics written by Bernie Taupin, who had answered the same ad. Dwight wrote music for the lyrics, and then mailed it to Taupin, and thus began a partnership that continues to this day. In 1967, what would become the first Elton John/Bernie Taupin song, "Scarecrow", was recorded; when the two first met, six months later, Dwight was going by the name "Elton John", in homage to Bluesology saxophonist Elton Dean and Long John Baldry.
Empty Sky , Elton John's 1969 debut album, went largely unnoticed.
The team of John and Taupin joined Dick James's DJM Records as staff songwriters in 1968, and over the next two years wrote material for various artists, like Roger Cook and Lulu . Taupin would write a batch of lyrics in underr an hour and give it to John, who would write music for them in half an hour, dispoosing of the lyrics if he couldn't come up with anything quickly. For two years, they wrote easy- listening tunes for James to peddle to singers. Their early output included an entry for British song for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969, called "Can't Go On (Living Without You)" It came sixth of six songs.
During this period, John also played on sessions for other artists including playing piano on The Hollies' "He Ain't Heavy , He's My Brother" and singing backing vocals for The Scaffold.

On the advice of music publisher Steve Brown , John and Taupin started writing more complex songs for John to record for DJM. The first was 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. Despite good reviews , none of the records sold well.

Caleb Quaye Roger Pope

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Sir Elton Hercules John was born with name Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947. He is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s. Some of the characteristics of John's musical talent include an ability to quickly craft melodies for the lyrics of songwriting partner Bernie Taupin. John was born and raised in Pinner, Middlesex in a council house of his maternal grandparents, with whom his newlywed parents (Sheila Eileen (Harris) and Stanley Dwight) were living. Then they moved to a nearby semi-detached house. He was educated at Pinner Country Grammar School until the age of 15, before pursuing a career in the music industry. When John began to seriously consider a career in music, his father tried to steer him toward a more conventional career such as banking. The young Reginald Dwight was not merely interested in music — he was extremely talented. He started playing the piano at the age of three, and within a year, his mother heard him picking out Winifred Atwell's "The Skater's Waltz" by ear. It wasn’t long before the boy was being pressed into service as a performer at parties and family gatherings. He began taking piano lessons at the age of seven. He showed great musical attitude at school, including the ability to compose melodies, and gained some notoriety by playing like Jerry Lee Lewis at school functions. At the age of 11, he won a junior scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. John's mother Sheila, though also strict with her son, was more vivacious than her husband, and something of a free spirit. With Stanley Dwight uninterested in his son and often physically absent, John was raised primarily by his mother and maternal grandmother. When his father was home, the Dwights would have terrible arguments that greatly distressed their son. John was 15 when they divorced. Sheila was soon remarried to a local painter named Fred Farebrother, who turned out to be a caring and supportive stepfather. John affectionately referred to him as "Derf", his first name in reverse. Dwight became a weekend pianist at the nearby Northwood Hills pub, playing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. He played everything from Jim Reeves country songs "He'll Have to Go" to Irish tribute numbers "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," old pub favourites such as, "Roll Out The Barrel," hits of the day, "King of the Road," and songs he had written himself. “Empty Sky” , Elton John's 1969 debut album, went largely unnoticed. The team of John and Taupin joined Dick James's DJM Records as staff songwriters in 1968, and over the next two years wrote material for various artists, like Roger Cook and Lulu.
Söör Elton John sündi 25 märtsil 1947 aastal , nimega Reginald Kenneth Dwight.Ta on Inglise pop/rock laulja , helilooja ning pianist .Ta on olnud üks mõjuvõimsamaid inimesi rock muusikas eriti 1970-ndatel aastatel .Elton John sündis ja kasvas üles Pinneris , majas , kus elasid ta ka ta vanavanemad . Hariduse omandas ta Pinneri maakonna grammatika koolis , kuni 15nda eluaastani , mil ta sukeldus muusikamaailma.Ta isa tahtis , et Johnist saaks pankur . Ta esines perekondlikel sündmustel oma talendikate muusikaliste oskustega .Ta hakkas õppima klaverit kolme aastaselt ja ta õppis seda kuni seitsme aastaseni . Johni kasvatasid peamiselt ta ema ja vanaema . Kui pereisa oli kodus , olid vanematel suured vaidlused , mis ei olnud Johnile meelejärgi . John oli 15 aastane , kui ta ema ja isa lahutasid . Ta ema Sheila abiellus peagi uuesti kohaliku maalri Fred Farebrotkeriga , keda john hakkas kutsuma Derfiks . Tema debüütalbumi nimeks oli Empty Sky , mis ei saavutanud väga suurt üldsuse huvi .Elton John töötas peaaegu terve oma elu koos muusiku Bernie Taupiniga. Elton John elab tänapäevalgi .