Elton John

Elton John

Elton John

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

His collection, put together over the past 11 years since he moved into the west London address, will go on sale at Sotheby’s New Bond Street auctioneers on September 30.

Sars scare for Elton - 29/04/03
Elton John has called off his Toronto concert as the city’s death toll from the Sars virus rose to 19.

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien confirms he has spoken to the head of the World Health Organisation, Gro Harlem Brundtland, who agreed to review the decision to advise travellers not to visit the city.

His comments came as officials announced the deaths of a further three people from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, which has killed at least 281 people and infected more than 4,600 worldwide.

Elton Vs Blue - February Courtesy of Heat Magazine
Elton John might have to appear in court as a witness against his pop pals Blue.

Blue are in a legal battle with a 70s band of the same name who’ve claimed damages against them.

The original Blue were signed to Elton’s Rocket record label and he produced one of their albums.

Where for art thou Gnomeo - 10/01/03
Elton John and his partner David Furnish are to produce a computer-animated Disney version of Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet - starring garden gnomes.

The film unsurprisingly called, Gnomeo And Juliet is due out in 2005 with Elton contributing to the soundtrack.

Fuzzy Elton - 07/01/03
Courtesy of Heat Magazine
Elton John has confessed his body is covered in hair, but he’s too much of a wuss to wax. He said, "I’ve got a hairy back. I don’t like it but I’m too cowardly for waxing..so someone gives me a body shave." What a smoothie!


Elton cleaning out his closet - 05/12/02
Elton John is over the next few days literally clearing out his closet. Out of The Closet IV, is the fourth time that Elton and his partner David Furnish have sold their clothes to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

Some of the singer’s most famous clothes, stage costumes and accessories are on sale at 243 Regent Street.

The sale, which raised ?430,000 last year, will stay open until every last item is sold. And among those items, there are some serious treasures. "There’s the gold and white jacket that I wore to Elton’s 54th birthday," said Furnish at yesterday’s launch.

Me-owwww! - 03/12/02
Courtesy of Heat Magazine
Elton John has branded Madonna’s Die Another Day the worst Bond theme ever. He told Liquid News, "It hasn’t got a tune - Bond themes are usually camp and this one’s different. I don’t think it’s the best Madonna record."

Will & Elton - 19/11/02
Courtesy of Heat Magazine
Elton John has filmed a guest appearance for Will & Grace. Elton is a huge fan of the show - so David Furnish had a chat with mate Eric McCormack, who plays Will, and they cooked up the idea between them.

Rude ring - 12/11/02
Courtesy of Heat Magazine
If Elton John doesn’t like someone, he just shows them his ring(his diamond ring that is). His latest piece of jewellery has the words "Fuck You" encrusted on it, and he enthuses, "It’s very funny and gets people talking."

Sir Elton wins songwriting honour 05/11/02
Sir Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin have been honoured by the British music business as one of the greatest songwriting partnerships of all time.

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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

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