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Elton John was born on March 25, 1947 in North London in the town of Pinner. This event was as ordinary in scale as the birth of a child in the most ordinary family can be. And only many years later we can talk about the significance of this event not only for the parents of their miracle, but for the whole world …

Musical prodigy

Reginald Kenneth Dwight, that is how Stanley and Sheila Dwight christened their child when he was born. From early childhood, Reggie showed an interest in music. This was facilitated by the mother, who often studied the piano with the child. My father was a military musician, playing trumpet in the Royal Air Force Band. But he did not want Reggie to follow in his footsteps, so his son’s hobbies did not make dad happy.

However, Reginald’s interest in music only grew. Already at the age of four he could play by ear; singer Elton Jonchem was promoted by frequent listening to records with popular performers at that time.

When the talented Reginald was 12 years old, the Royal Academy of Music offered free tuition. He regularly attended classes on Saturdays. And a year later, the parents divorced, because of which the young man was very worried. At the same age, Reggie began to wear glasses, copying the famous artist Buddy Holly. As expected, Reggie became short-sighted and could no longer do without glasses.

Elton John chose music

Reginald’s stepfather supported the child’s beginnings in music. He first appeared in public at the age of 16. He sang and played the piano every weekend. And his mother always sat in the corner. Reg received a pound a night for his performance and was able to save up for an electric piano.

At that time, the young man was engaged in three jobs at once. In the morning he served as a courier for a music publishing house. During the day I played the piano in a restaurant. Finally, in the evening, singer Elton Joni performed with the Bluesology group, which he organized with his schoolmates. They managed to release two singles, but both were unsuccessful.

Reggie never finished school. He ditched her because of his job at the Mills music publishing house. However, the work had to be abandoned when the group went on a tour of Britain with the accompaniment of one singer.

In 1967 he toured again. At this time, Reggie fell in love with a girl named Linda and long sought her attention. But she made him make a choice: “Either me or music.” Desperate guy wanted to commit suicide. But, fortunately, he changed his mind and chose music.

Unsuccessful first step

Upon learning of the Liberty Music Young Talent Contest, Reggie hurried to audition. He sang a couple of other people’s songs … and failed. But fate turned out to be favorable to him: the organizer of the competition, Ray Williams, gave the “unfortunate musician” the poems of one poet. Without knowing it, singer Elton JohnRay formed the creative union of Elton John and Bernie Taupin for more than three decades.

All the same Ray Williams introduced Reginald to Dick James. He used to publish The Beatles songs. Now, at Ray’s request, he must record Reggie’s first song. Dick James signed a publishing contract with Reginald. Bernie Taupin moved to London.

At first, Reggie and Bernie had to work on social orders. But later, Dick James agreed to record and release his own disc of Reginald. Now it’s time to change his name. And he became Reginald Dwight Elton John.

Failure, success and tour of Elton in the USA

Elton’s first plastic “I’ve Been Loving You” was released in March 1968, but had no success. And it is no coincidence. The fact is that Elton wrote the song in the then popular style only to become famous. Moreover, he wrote the words himself, and gave Topin the right to be considered the author of these poems. As a result, I had to return to my previous job.

The head of one of the departments of the publishing house began to persuade the director to give free rein to the singer Elton Johnson to the authors in their work. Dick James agreed. This allowed Elton to punch his name into the world of music.

And here’s real luck. The aspiring English musician was noticed in America and invited to tour. In September 1970, Elton went to the United States. He was well received. At the same time Elton and his team, which included drummer Nigel Olson and bassist Dee Murray (a little later they were joined by guitarist Davey Johnston), recorded the music for the film “Friends”. By the end of 1971, Reginald Kenneth Dwight officially changed his name and became Elton Hercules John.

About myself

Davey Johnston once said that he would like to release his solo album. Elton and his manager John Reed took on helping a friend. But all negotiations with the studios were in vain. Then it was decided to open his own company, which would help young talents to fight their way to fame.

In 1974, Elton’s career failed. His next album was badly received. Moving away from this blow, Elton John, singer Elton John switched to other areas of activity. He bought out the Watford football team and later became president of that club.

Elton John managed to be an actor on stage. In 1975, Ken Russell prepared the rock opera “Tommy”. The director wanted musicians to play the main roles. So Elton got a role, albeit quite small, only 4 minutes of being on stage. In the same year, Elton was invited to record his disc by John Lennon. Elton, in turn, invited Lennon to play in his disc. He agreed. When the song took first place, Lennon performed with Elton at Maddison Square Garden.

Elton John’s family life

By 1976, turbulent times had begun in the world, such as the punk revolution in England. Elton’s music turned out to be alien and unnecessary. Soon his union with singer Elton John Bernie broke up. During an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the singer declared his bisexuality. Elton’s fame, due to his long absence from music, floated away from the musician, so he decided to go on tour in countries where he had never performed: France, Spain, Israel, the USSR.

In 1980, Elton, appreciating the old friendship and affection, returned Dee Murray and Nigel Olson to his team. And with his songwriter Elton resumed a permanent collaboration in 1984. At the same time Elton started a family: he married Renate Blauer. She was a sound engineer and collaborated with him in Germany. Elton John really wanted to have children, but time passed, and his marriage with Renata remained fruitless and broke up four years later.

A little later, Elton John’s statement appeared that he was more homosexual than bisexual. He was tormented by constant depression. Elton John began to abuse alcohol and drugs and was repeatedly treated for drug addiction.

In 1993, he met David Furnish, who helped get rid of bad habits, and on December 21, 2005, John and Furnish entered into a marriage contract. Only closest friends and relatives were invited to the wedding ceremony.

December 25, 2010 Elton and David became fathers: their son was born from a surrogate mother from California, and on January 11, 2013 the second was born. Exactly nine years after entering into a civil partnership, on December 21, 2014, Elton John and David Furnish officially married. The wedding ceremony took place at the Windsor estate near London. According to the already established tradition, only the closest people were invited to the wedding. There were 50 of them. Among the guests were also the sons of John and Furnish – three-year-old Zachary and two-year-old Elijah.

Charity

After the death of Freddie Mercury, vocalist of the most popular band Queen, Elton created his own fund to fight AIDS. Since then, he has often given charity concerts for the benefit of the foundation.

In 1995, Elton John received an Oscar for his performance of the song “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” – the soundtrack to the animated film The Lion King. And two years later, during the funeral of Princess Diana, he performed his old song “Candle in the Wind”, which he and Bernie rewrote. After this event, Queen Elizabeth knighted Elton John.

Elton John is now one of the most popular and wealthy performers in the world. He has over 30 albums and 500 songs. He can boast that for 30 years there has not been a case when his songs were not present in the charts. And not surprising, because he is Elton John.

Biography of the Beatles – young years

The legendary group “The Beatles” was born in 1959 in the UK, in the city of Liverpool. The very first line-up of the band included Paul McCartney (bass, guitar, vocals), John Lennon (guitar, vocals), George Harrison (guitar, vocals), Stuart Sutcliffe (bass), Pete Best (drums).

At first, the group was known only in Liverpool, then when the musicians left for Germany in 1960, they were noticed by Tony Sheridan, who was at that time a very famous rock and roll performer. Together with the Beatles, Sheridan recorded the studio album Tony Sheridan and the Beatles. It was then that the first serious debut at the international level took place in the creative biography of the Beatles.

After a joint project with Sheridan, the group became interested in Brian Epstein, the owner of a record store. In the fall of 1961, he became their manager. When Stuart Sutcliffe left the band in December 1961, the Beatles became a quartet. Then the band’s line-up underwent another change: the recording company, with which Epstein was negotiating, demanded to change drummer Pete Best for its agreement to cooperate with the Beatles.

The Beatles’ first author’s single, “Love me do”, was recorded in December 1962 at the then little-known recording studio “Parlophone”. Brian Epstein, seeking to arouse public interest in the band’s new hit, took a rather risky step – he bought the first ten thousand copies himself. This commercial trick succeeded – interest in the instantly scattered disc attracted a lot of buyers. The first independent album in the Beatles’ biography was released in early 1963. By 1964, the whole world was crazy about the Beatles.

The official “birthday” of the phenomenon of “Beatlemania” is considered the day of the Beatles’ performance at the London Palladium Hall on October 13, 1963. Their concert was broadcast on television and attracted about fifteen million viewers. At the same time, thousands of fans of the group, instead of watching the TV show, preferred to gather at the building of the concert hall, hoping to see their idols in life.

On November 4 of the same year, the Beatles performed at the Prince of Wales Theater. Their performance became the highlight of the Royal Variety Show. The Queen Mother herself expressed her admiration for the song “Till There Was You” performed by the Beatles.
Soon after, the Beatles’ second album, With The Beatles, was released, breaking all existing records for the number of preliminary purchase requests. By 1965, the album had sold over one million copies.

In 1963-1964, the Beatles conquered America. They became the first English band to have such a resounding success overseas. Moreover, the Parlophone company did not dare to release the singles of the group in the USA, precisely because of the short-term popularity in the States of almost all musicians from Great Britain. Brian Epstein tried to get the attention of the American public with the singles “Please Please Me” and “From Me To You” and the album “Introducing The Beatles”, but they were not successful.

Popularity came after the release in the United States at the end of 1963 of the single “I Want To Hold Your Hand”. After this song, one of the famous music critics called Lennon and McCartney “the greatest composers since Beethoven.” In January 1964, the album “Meet the Beatles!” Was released in the USA, which received the “gold” status in February.

The quartet went on tour in the United States, where they gave three concerts, and also twice participated in the popular television program The Ed Sullivan Show. The Beatles have collected forty percent of the US population on television screens – that’s about seventy-three million people. This fact of the Beatles’ biography is one of the most significant: such a number of TV audience was recorded for the first time in the history of television.

It was at the height of Beatlemania, with their next work, the music film A Hard Day’s Night and the album of the same name, received three million preliminary applications, and overseas tours were a triumphant success. The Beatles were named “Best Songwriters Since Schubert. “.

However, soon the quartet had to end their concert performances: the audience was ready to tear their idols to pieces, the fans did not give the musicians a pass, so the Beatles were practically isolated from the whole world. In 1965, world popularity showed its opposite side: protests began against the Beatles, their records, portraits, clothes were burned. Careless statements by members of the group led to scandals on a national scale. In addition, the stage limited their creative development – from day to day they performed the same songs, under the terms of the contract they had no right to deviate from the program. The stage biography of the Beatles ended, and the musicians decided to devote themselves entirely to studio work. On August 5, 1966, one of The Beatles’ best albums, Revolver, was released. The album was distinguished primarily by the fact that most of its songs did not involve stage performance – the studio effects used here are so complex.

In 1967, the Beatles’ monumental and groundbreaking album, Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club, was recorded. It was a real revolution in the world of rock music: the album was the first impetus to the new musical directions that appeared later, such as apt-pok, hard rock and psychedelia.

Biography of the Beatles – mature years.

In June 1967, the Beatles’ concert was broadcast around the world. In this they also became the first – about four hundred million people saw their performance, no other musical ensemble has ever achieved such a tremendous success. During the performance, a video version of the song “All You Need Is Love” was recorded. Shortly after this triumphant success, the tragic death of the “fifth Beatle” of the band’s manager Brian Epstein occurred. The group’s affairs began to decline.

In 1968, the band released a double album, which later became known to fans of the group as the “White Album” due to the design of the cover. The album was very popular, but it was during the work on it in the group that the first signs of the subsequent breakup appeared. The atmosphere began to heat up, scandals occurred between the musicians from time to time. helped to improve the condition of the group.

In 1969 the band released one of their best songs, “Hey Jude”. The single peaked at the top of the charts around the world and sold six million copies.

In February 1969, relations in the group finally fell apart due to disagreements over the new manager. McCartney is suing his own group. However, the band subsequently released another masterpiece of their creativity – the album “Abbey Road”, which is considered their last joint work (the album “Let It Be”, released in 1970, included old recordings of the group).

In April 1970, simultaneously with the release of his solo disc, Paul McCartney officially announced that the Beatles were no more. The world’s greatest rock band has disbanded. In 1979, McCartney attempted to reunite the group with the previous lineup. But this was never destined to happen – a year later, John Lennon was killed.

Queen (founded in 1970) is a cult British rock band, one of the most successful and influential in the history of music.

Brian May and Roger Taylor, joined by Farrukh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury), stood at the origins of the Queen group. Before John Deacon took the bass role in 1971, Mike Grose, Barry Mitchell, Doug Bogey played bass in the band. The group’s name and logo were invented by Freddie Mercury.

The first album in Queen’s biography was recorded within two years and was released in 1973 under the same name. Before starting independent performances, the group performed “as an opening act.”

The following year, two albums were released: “Queen II”, “Sheer Heart Attack” (took second place in the British hit parade), the first video was made.

In 1975, Queen’s biography released the album A Night at the Opera (four times platinum), which became one of the greatest for the group. The song “Bohemian Rhapsody” is one of the most famous pieces in the history of “Queen”. A video was shot for the song with unique special effects for those times. The group’s concerts are held not only in the UK, but also in the USA, Japan, Canada.

The album “A Day at the Races” (1976) by the group “Queen” did not meet with critical acclaim, although it brought several hits. The band’s tour even reaches Australia.

Queen’s undoubted hits: “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions” were released on the 1977 album News of the World. The next year saw the light of the scandalous album “Jazz”. Having engaged in concert activities, the group released the compilation “Live Killers” in 1978.

Queen’s album The Game in 1980 marks a new era for the band. Now the musicians began to actively use the synthesizer. Freddie Mercury changed his stage image.

The albums “Greatest Hits” (compilation of 1981), “Hot Space” (1982, in the album – a joint hit with David Bowie “Under Pressure”) are released.

The next hits were the songs “Radio Ga Ga” and “I Want to Break Free” from the album “The Works” (1984). After the release of the album “A Kind Of Magic” in 1986, the band embarked on one of the greatest European tours in the history of rock music, bringing together about a million people.

In the songs of the album “The Miracle” (1989), you can hear the change in Mercury’s voice. The rumors spread about the singer’s illness became more and more obvious.

In 1990, no new songs were released by the Queen group. The group won the Brit Awards. And in 1991 the album “Innuendo” was released with the greatest hit “The Show Must Go On”. On November 23, 1991, Mercury publicly confirmed that he was sick with AIDS, and on November 24, he died.

In April 1992, a huge concert dedicated to Freddie Mercury was held, with the participation of many stars and friends of the singer. And in 1992 the musicians released their last album “Made in Heaven”, which consisted of unreleased compositions and session recordings.

After the death of Mercury, the musicians gave concerts with Robbie Williams, George Michael, Zemfira as soloists. The best was the union with Paul Rogers, with whom the group recorded a new song “Say it’s Not True”. In September 2008, the group gave a huge charity concert in Kharkov, bringing together about 350 thousand listeners.

In total, 16 studio albums and 6 live albums have been published for the biography of the Queen group.