(film premiere of ‘the union’)
(‘tribeca film festival’)
(’20 april 2011′)
(‘age 64’)
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*born ’25 march 1947’*
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*SONGS* –>
“I’VE BEEN LOVING YOU”
(1968)
(you have?)
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“YOUR SONG”
(1971)
(into jim croce’s “i have to say ‘i love you’ in a song”)
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“LEVON”
“TINY DANCER”
“ROCKET MAN”
“CROCODILE ROCK”
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*GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD*
(THE 1973 DOUBLE ALBUM))
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*CARIBOU*
(1974 ALBUM)
“THE BITCH IS BACK”
“DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME”
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*CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY*
(1975 ALBUM)
“SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT”
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“PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM”
(1975 SINGLE)
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*WONDERFUL CRAZY NIGHT*
(2016 ALBUM)
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CBE
(born reginald kenneth dwight)
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(“sir elton hercules john”, is an english pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer)
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(he has worked with lyricist ‘Bernie Taupin’ as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date)
(in his five-decade career ‘Elton John’ has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world)
(he has more than 50 Top 40 hits, including 7 consecutive No. 1 US albums, 58 Billboard Top 40 singles, 27 Top 10, four No. 2 and nine #1s)
(for 31 consecutive years (1970–2000) he had at least one song in the Billboard Hot 100)
(his single “Candle in the Wind 1997” sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the UK and US singles charts)
(he has also composed music, produced records, and has occasionally acted in films)
(‘John’ owned Watford Football Club from 1976 to 1987, and 1997 to 2002)
(he is an honorary Life President of the club, and in 2014 had a stand named after him at the club’s home stadium)
(‘Elton John’ was born Reginald Dwight in 1947, and raised in the Pinner area of London’)
(he learned to play piano at an early age, and by 1962 had formed ‘Bluesology’)
(‘John’ met his songwriting partner, ‘Bernie Taupin’, in 1967, after they had both answered an advert for songwriters)
(for 2 years they wrote songs for other artists, including ‘Roger Cook’ and ‘Lulu’, and ‘John’ also worked as a session musician for artists such as the ‘Hollies’ and the ‘Scaffold’)
(in 1969 his debut album, Empty Sky, was released)
(in 1970 a single, “Your Song”, from his second album, Elton John, reached the top ten in the UK and the US, his first hit single)
(he has received 5 Grammy Awards, 5 Brit Awards – winning 2 awards for “Outstanding Contribution to Music” and the first “Brits Icon” in 2013 for his “lasting impact on British culture”, an ‘Academy Award’, a ‘Golden Globe Award’, a ‘Tony Award’, a ‘Disney Legends’ award, and the ‘Kennedy Center Honors’ in 2004)
(in 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him #49 on its list of 100 influential musicians of the rock and roll era)
(in 2013, Billboard ranked him the most successful male solo artist on the Billboard “Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists” (third overall behind the ‘Beatles’ and ‘Madonna’))
(he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” in 1994, is an inductee into the “Songwriters Hall of Fame”, and is a fellow of the “British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors”)
(having been named a “Order of the British Empire” in 1996, John was made a “Knight Bachelor” by ‘Elizabeth II’ for “services to music and charitable services” in 1998)
(‘John’ has performed at a number of royal events, such as the funeral of ‘Princess Diana’ at ‘Westminster Abbey’ in 1997, the ‘Party at the Palace’ in 2002 and the ‘Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert’ outside ‘Buckingham Palace’ in 2012)
(he has been heavily involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s)
(in 1992, he established the “Elton John AIDS Foundation” and a year later began hosting the annual “Academy Award Party”, which has since become one of the highest-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry)
(since its inception, the foundation has raised over US$200 million)
(‘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′, and after same-sex marriage became legal in ‘england’ and ‘wales’ in 2014, wed ‘furnish’ on ’21 December 2014′)
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(he continues to be a champion for LGBT social movements worldwide)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈☜*“BRITISH SOLO ACTS”* ☞ 👉👉👉
*MODERN MARVELS*
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥