Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Sir Elton John - iconic British musician, Knight of the British Empire, Knight Bachelor. His albums are sold in millions of copies, clips daily collect tens of thousands of views on the Internet, and the fortune is estimated at $270 million. He won the title of the most commercially successful singer of the 70s.

The best-selling British pop singer, whose seven discs started from the top of the Billboard 200. According to the musician, he began his creative career as a pianist who sings, and eventually turned into a singer playing the piano.

Elton John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight) was born on March 25, 1947, in the north London district of Pinner. Since childhood, Reginald began to be fond of music thanks to his creative parents - Sheila's mother played the piano with her son, and Stanley's father served as a military musician in the Air Force.

At the age of four, the future musician could already choose melodies on the piano and listened to the records of the best musicians of the twentieth century. Stanley Dwight wasn't impressed. His father was not pleased with Reginald's hobbies - he considered his music to be stupid. Even after his son became a recognized celebrity, Stanley did not attend any of his concerts.

Reginald's parents divorced when he was 13 years old. At the same time, he began to wear glasses, trying to look like his idol Buddy Holly. Subsequently, because of this, the boy's eyesight deteriorated - developed a palpable myopia, and glasses from a stylish accessory turned into a mandatory necessity.

At the age of eleven, Reginald won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied for six years for free. He went to classes there on Saturdays, combining them with high school. Four years after that, his mother remarried, chosen by the designer Fred Fairbraser, who supported the teenager's fascination with music.

Reginald made his first appearance to the public when he was 16. Since then he has played piano at a local club and sang every week. My mother tried not to miss any of his performances. For one evening of work the novice musician received about a pound - good money for a schoolboy. Soon he had enough money to buy an electric piano.

In 1960, Reginald and his school friends formed The Corvettes, the first time that jim Reeves and Ray Charles performed (at that time, the most popular trend in music was rhythm and blues). The guys released two one-way records, both of which were not popular. A year later, they changed their name to The Bluesology.

In 1964, Reginald Dwight dropped out of school to work in the trade department of the music company Mills Music. After a while, he also decided to leave the work for the tour of the group "The Blusology" in the UK, which was engaged in accompaniment for popular bands ("The Isley Brothers," "The Bluebelles" and others).

In 1967, Reginald fell in love with Linda Woodrow and for a long time sought her location. As a result, the couple even got engaged, but after a while the girl put him before the choice: "Either me or music." Reginald was desperate to commit suicide, but he thought again in time. At this time he takes the pseudonym Elton John - in honor of musicians Elton Dean and Long John. Thus began the creative biography of the British pop scene star.

In the late sixties, Liberty Music held a talent contest, and Elton John decided to test his strength. He sang a number of songs from someone else's repertoire, but the audience did not appreciate it. However, the organizer of the contest Ray Williams gave him a collection of poems by Bernie Topin. Thus he initiated their creative union, which will last more than thirty years.

Ray Williams introduced Elton John to Dick James, who allowed his recording studio DJM Records to use. At one time, the legendary Beatles' hits were released here. At Williams' request, Dick allowed Elton to record the first album. Here for the first time the poet Bernie Topin and will meet with a rising rock star.

Elton's debut album "I've Been Loving You" went on sale in the spring of 1968 and even received positive reviews, but did not bring any money. The new head of one of the main departments of "DJM Records" Steve Brown began to persuade Dick James himself once again to give young collaborators freedom in their creative expression, to which he agreed.

The album Elton John was released in 1970. Some time after that, Steve Brown resigns, realizing that he could not cope with his position at the required level. He returned to his former position - in the advertising department of EMI on the radio, where he continued to promote the work of Elton John.

In the wake of the success of British music, the budding English musician was noticed in the United States and invited Elton on a trial tour. In the fall of 1970, he flew to the United States, where he received a warm welcome. The singer's main concert was held inside the Troubadour Club. After three weeks of living in America, Elton and Bernie went back to the United States just a month later.

In the early seventies, Elton John and his team, which included drummer Nigel Olson, bassist Dee Murray, and guitarist Davey Johnston, recorded the soundtrack for the film "Friends". This music was loved by most American audiences. At the same time, the singer bought himself a small bungalow.

One day, Elton's friend Davey Johnston talked about his dream of releasing a solo album. Upon learning of this, Elton John together with the manager John Reed tried to help him, but absolutely all negotiations with the studios were in vain. Then they decided to open their own company, the main purpose of which was then - to help a mutual friend.

In the spring of 1973, Elton John, in the company of all his friends and acquaintances, celebrated the creation of his own record company ("Rocket Record Company"). In its first year, the label released Elton's "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player" album, which reached the top of the UK charts.

Another success was the next album - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", which contained songs of different genres. In the texts Bernie Topin expressed his most daring literary ambitions. World critics call this collection the most important in Elton's career. At the same time, the performer finds himself in the heart of the glam movement, and the personality of the singer is becoming more and more popular.

In 1974, Elton John released the album "Caribou", which was able to rise to the top in the United States, but collected extremely negative criticism. Trying to recover a little after the devastating reviews, the musician decided to take a break and take up other areas of activity. As a long-time football fan, he acquired Watford and became its president.

In 1974, Pete Townshend invited him to play a role in Ken Russell's rock opera Tommy. The director wanted the musicians to play as many roles as possible. Elton gladly accepted the offer and appeared on stage in the form of "Local Guy", however, the role was quite small, in total he spent about four minutes on stage.

At the same time, he was invited to record the solo album "Walls and Bridges" by ex-Beatle John Lennon. Their joint single reached number one on the charts, and Lennon agreed to perform with Elton on stage, performing the song as well as some Beatles hits.

After another tour in the U.S., the musician developed health problems, and, according to the recommendations of doctors, he was treated on the island of Barbados for almost four months. Upon his return, he developed the Rocket Record Company and his personal football club. In the late seventies, the punk revolution began in England, and Elton John's music became irrelevant. He and Bernie stopped cooperating for a while.

During these years, Elton sat almost round the clock at home, leaving only on special occasions. For example, he visited a dying friend of Elvis Presley. The death of the star had a strong impression on the musician. Since then, he has been careful to monitor his health, fearing to end up like the glorified "king."

In 1980, the musician gave a free concert in New York's Central Park in front of an audience of about 400,000 people near the home of John Lennon, to whom he dedicated a rendition of the song "Imagine". Three months later, the ex-Beatle was killed near the scene.

Six years later, the musician lost his voice during a tour of Australia. After a concert with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, he was forced to have throat surgery. Elton's ligaments removed the polyps, and his voice changed. Twenty years later, he admitted that the problem was the result of frequent marijuana use.

In 1991, Elton launched a fundraising organization to fight AIDS. This was prompted by the death of Freddie Mercury, frontman of the rock band "The queen". At the same time, George Michael and Elton released a new joint single.

In 1995, Elton won an Academy Award for the soundtrack to the animated film "The Lion King". The song was titled "Can You Feel the Love Tonight". In the same year, the queen of Great Britain gave him the title of Knight-Bachelor - since then he has the right to use the name of the prefix "Sir". Two years later, during a farewell ceremony with Princess Diana, the musician performed the song "Candle in the Wind", specially rewritten the day before.

In 2002, Elton performed as the fifth member of the blue band, rehashing his hit "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word". The song was at the top of the UK charts. At the same time, a music video for the song "Original Sin" was released. He also performed with rapper Eminem during the Grammy Awards.

In 2015, the musician was played by a Russian prankster, who, posing as the President of Russia, appointed him a face-to-face meeting. Vladimir Putin later apologized for the incident. A year later the singer visited Moscow with a concert. Elton John always spoke warmly about Russia, and the public reciprocated with him. At the performance, the artist presented the new album "Wonderful Crazy Night". In the discography of the singer it is already 32 studio album.

In 2016, Lady Gaga and Elton John performed as a duet at a benefit concert in Los Angeles, and also announced the release of a collection of clothes under their own fashion brand "Love Bravery". Proceeds from the sale of items from the collection they also plan to send to charitable foundations.

In 1976, the musician described himself as bisexual in an interview with Rolling Stone. This statement of orientation can be considered a compromise, because Elton did not dare to immediately reveal his homosexuality, for fear of upsetting or even upset fans.

In 1984, the artist decided to establish a personal life. Elton had a lavish wedding - he married Renata Bloel, but their marriage fell apart four years later. After the divorce, the musician admitted that he was actually a homosexual. He and his partner David Furnish legalized the relationship in 2005.

His husband - a film director and public figure, younger than his husband 15 years, but the numerous joint photos show that age for them did not become a hindrance. In 2009, the couple appealed to Ukrainian officials to adopt an orphaned child suffering from HIV infection. But under existing legislation in Ukraine, Elton John and his husband were denied adoption.

The family has two children with surrogate mothers. Children love music and often listen to Elton's songs. The singer is offended by statements about his children when they are called artificial (kids appeared with the help of IVF).

Elton John still has a particular weakness for glasses. A collection of accessories, which has 4,000. copies, he takes with him every time on tour. Together with the artist travels and a large wardrobe of concert costumes.

The artist is 172 cm tall and weighs 87 kg. According to the King of the pop scene, he never liked his appearance, and this attitude has not changed over the years.

In 2017, in addition to participating in the concert activities, Sir Elton John participated in the filming of the film "Kingsman 2: The Golden Ring", and began work on music for the musical based on the famous film "The Devil Wears Prada". In the same year, the artist once again visited Russia, but now combined a creative meeting with a business trip. Elton John heads the AIDS Foundation, and in Moscow the singer met with Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova on the issue of mutual cooperation. Elton posted a joint photo with a Russian official on his Instagram account.

In January 2018, Elton John informed fans that he was leaving the stage. The news for fans of the musician was shocking. The artist commented on this decision by wanting to delve fully into the process of raising children. Elton also promised to continue to write songs and release them as they were created. The artist published the news on his official website.

However, the singer continued to give single concerts in the U.S. and Great Britain. In May, at the invitation of the royal family, Elton spoke at the wedding of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle. For the sake of participation in the celebration Elton John refused to tour in Las Vegas.

At the end of May, the pop star visited Armenia, where he visited a clinic for children with disabilities as part of the charity program "Yerevan is my love." The company was made up of the British president armen Sarkissian.

Now the artist is preparing for the next trips, the first of which will be a concert in Georgia. The performance will take place on the black sea arena in the village of Shekvetili. The artist's rider is modest enough to provide the artist with water, juice, wine and a spacious room for a collection of glasses. Together with Elton John on tour go musicians and 27 people of service personnel.

1969 – Empty Sky 1970 – Elton John 1971 – Madman Across the Water 1974 – Caribou 1975 – Rock of the Westies 1976 – Blue Moves 1978 – A Single Man 1979 – Victim of Love 1985 – Ice on Fire 1986 – Leather Jackets 1988 – Reg Strikes Back 1995 – Made in England 2013 – The Diving Board 2016 – Wonderful Crazy Night

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