He has also performed at the funeral for Princess Diana in 1997, singing a revised rendition of his 1973 hit "Candle in the Wind".
He has performed at Live Aid, Live 8, the Freddie Mercury Concert For Life and the Concert For Diana. A theatrical revue of his songs, featuring Sir Elton in concert amid elaborate staging, films, and props, titled "The Red Piano'', opened in Las Vegas in 2004 and closed in 2009. He received a star on the Hollywood Hall of Fame in 1975, inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, and was knighted in 1998. He later helped score The Lion King (1994) with Tim Rice in 1994 (winning an Oscar), and co-authored several Broadway musicals, including The Lion King, Lestat, Aida, and Billy Elliot. He has had numerous comebacks in The '80s and The '90s, and successfully rehabilitated himself from drugs, alcohol, and bulimia in 1991. In the meantime, he appeared in the film Born to Boogie as himself, and in Tommy singing "Pinball Wizard".
His success tapered by the late- 1970s, especially after outing himself in 1976. He became an unexpected superstar, with a string of highly successful albums such as Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across the Water, Honky Chateau, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (a double), and Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.
By 1972, he had begun to wear increasingly flamboyant costumes, clothes, and eyeglasses, which became a trademark for him until the mid- 1980s. Taupin liked what he heard, and the two formed a platonic and professional bond - they have been a songwriting team (Taupin lyrics, John music) for most of John's career.Ĭhanging his name by deed poll to "Elton Hercules John" in 1970 ( Elton for saxophonist Elton Dean, John for a singer Reg's old band Bluesology backed up, Long John Baldry, and Hercules, well from a racehorse in Brit Com Steptoe and Son), Elton (with Bernie's lyrics in tow) would gain a reputation as a singer-songwriter-pianist par excellence. He was given his first set of lyrics by Bernie Taupin, a struggling lyricist, to set them to music. Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947, in Pinner, England, classically-trained Sir Elton John began his career in various blues bands and as a session musician, before answering a newspaper ad by Liberty Records for aspiring songwriters.
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