Elton John

Profession: Musician
Place/Date of Birth: Pinner, England, 25 March 2020
Associated with: David Furnish

Elton and David are planning a star-studded joint hen night - Nov 29, 2020
Elton John and fianc? David Furnish are reportedly planning a star-studded joint hen night before their nuptials. The long-time lovers are set to tie the knot in December - just weeks after same-sex civil partnerships become legal in England.

Their famous friend, singer George Michael, says the couple are planning a spectacular bash before their wedding. He told London’s Capital FM radio: "I think they’re having a hen night before, which is not going to be so low-key (as their wedding)."

Meanwhile, Elton has revealed he is letting his lover do all the organising for their hen night and wedding, which they hope to have at Windsor register office. He is quoted in the Daily Mirror newspaper as saying: "I’m leaving that all up to David, the music and everything - he’s in charge of that. "I’m hoping he’ll choose one of my songs but you never know." Film producer Furnish has reportedly asked former Take That star Gary Barlow to perform for the couple. The 34-year-old, who last week announced his former band are set to tour again next year, revealed: "I don’t know what I’m going to sing yet. I don’t think I’m going to write something, I’ll perform something from the back catalogue."

Elton John instantly fell in love with David Furnish - Nov 29, 2020
Elton John instantly fell in love with David Furnish. The flamboyant singer, who will wed Furnish in a private ceremony next month, said he was everything he ever wanted in a man.

He revealed: "The relationship felt permanent from the word go and it hasn’t changed. "He was the first person I’d dated who had a great job, had his own place,his own career, and I was determined not to wreck it."

Meanwhile, Furnish has admitted he cried when he told his parents he was gay and dating Elton. The 43-year-old decided to tell his mum and dad he was gay and dating one of the most famous singers in the world all at once. He told Attitude magazine: "Oh, they got ’I’m gay and I’m living with Elton John’ in the same sentence. I was bawling my eyes out. And I looked over through the tears and they were sitting with a smile on their faces and my mother said: ’Look, it’s fine; we can be a family again’. "It was only then I realised maybe I was the one putting the barrier between us."

Elton John has turned down ?6million to film his wedding - Nov 25, 2020
Sir Elton John has turned down a ?6million offer by a TV company to film his wedding - because he wants to say his vows in private. The superstar singer and his partner David Furnish were offered the huge sum for exclusive rights to their December 21 nuptials.

American TV bosses had even offered to donate the money to Elton’s Aids Foundation charity, but the star refused. Elton revealed: "Our relationship isn’t up for grabs. Our love is sacred to us. It doesn’t come with a price tag." The notoriously bitchy singer also claimed he wanted his big day to be more like Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s nuptials - which were kept under wraps - than glamour girl Jordon and Peter Andre who published their "awful" wedding photos.

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Biography

When you think of Elton John what comes to mind? Probably his flamboyant personality and dress sense that have made him an icon for three decades, his parties attended by Posh ’n’Becks, documented by OK! and Hello!, and his ever-present ’partner David Furnish’.

Then there is his seemingly endless love affair with shopping, as revealed in that recent court case, where the world found out that Elton spent about ?250,000 a year on flowers, and didn’t even notice that ?10million was missing from his account. He even takes the mickey out of own spending habits in a new advert for the Post Office.

So what if Elton doesn’t believe in saving and hoarding money, he has no children or family, so he spends. Big deal. He spends on himself, yes, but also huge amounts are showered on others and on charities, particularly his AIDS charity. He recently told Heat magazine that he’d leave everything to David, his partner of nine years.

Amongst the tantrums and tiaras it’s too easy to forget that the fact that he’s got so much money to throw around in the first place, is that he’s one of the world’s most commercially successful entertainers of the last 30 years, and writes a cracking good tune to boot.

Elton John was born Reginald Dwight (!) on March 25, 2020 to a middle-class family living in Pinner, England. He won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music but dropped out shortly before graduation, to tour England with Bluesology who were backing bigger-name blues performers.

In 1967 Elton met lyricist Bernard Taupin through a newspaper ad, and the duo became a professional song writing team and went on to have million selling worldwide hits. Working with producer Gus Dudgeon, Elton and Taupin released a new album for MCA Records in 1970, Elton John, with which he first found fame. His 1971 follow-up, the concept album Tumbleweed Connection, was another big hit, reaching the Top 10.

The prolific pair put together several more albums during 1971-72, culminating in 1972’s Honky Chateau, John’s first No.1 album. Its big single, "Rocket Man", inaugurated a string of hits for the singer-pianist, who scored 16 consecutive Top 20 hits between late 1972 and mid-1976, releasing up to three albums a year. Hits like "The Bitch Is Back," "Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting," "Bennie and the Jets," "Yellow Brick Road," "Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me," "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" and "Crocodile Rock" became pop classics, turning Elton John into a bona fide superstar. 1975’s Captain Fantastic became the first album ever to debut at No.1.

In 1977 John announced that he would no longer perform live, due to ’exhaustion’, and would limit his record output. In the light of recent revelations from Elton about this period of his life, it’s probably closer to the truth to say he was close to killing himself, through drugs or other means. Also, he and Bernard Taupin had fallen out and had ceased working together, with Elton bringing in other songwriters and Taupin penning lyrics for other artists.

In the 80’s Elton continued to have hits such as "I Guess That’s Why They Call it the Blues" and 1984’s "Sad Songs (Say So Much)," but moved from rock/pop to a more mellow adult contemporary sound. He also took an interest in AIDS research, forming the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1991; he also announced that he would donate all future royalties from his singles to AIDS charities. John mounted another comeback with 1992’s The One, which went double platinum. That same year he and Taupin signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappel Music for nearly $40 million.

In 1994 Elton John scored his biggest hit in years with "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King soundtrack, winning five Grammy nominations and three Oscar nominations. That same year, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Elton John released the album The Big Picture in September 1997. Earlier that month, he captured the hearts of millions when he sang a re-written version of "Candle in the Wind" at the funeral of Princess Diana. A recording of the song, released as "Candle in the Wind 1997" became the first single to outsell Bing Crosby’s "White Christmas." All proceeds from the sale of the single were donated to the Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.

His latest, Songs From The West Coast, came out in 2001, and has widely been seen as a return to form, back to the Elton of old, an album full with really, really good tunes. He too seems to be happier than ever, touring, performing, collecting art, clothes, cd’s and shoes, buying flowers, appearing in ads for the Post Office, getting teen idols like Justin Timberlake to play him in his videos, and of course spending time with David. Bless.
Biography by Liz McGrath 04/02
October 2007