About Elton John

                                                              Sir Elton John

 

Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriter partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.

In his four-decade career John has sold more than 250 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. His single "Candle in the Wind 1997" has sold over 33 million copies worldwide, and is the best selling single in Billboard history. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No. 1 US albums, 56 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10, four No. 2 hits, and nine No. 1 hits. He has won six Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him Number 49 on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.
John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Having been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996, John received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services" in 1998.
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 most high-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry. Since its inception, the foundation has raised over $200 million.
John entered into a civil partnership with David Furnish on 21 December 2005 and continues to be a champion for LGBT social movements. In 2008,Billboard magazine ranked him as the most successful male solo artist on "The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists" (third overall, behind only The Beatles and Madonna).

Discography

1970 - Elton John 

1970 - Tumbleweed Connection 

1971 - Madman Across the Water 

1972 - Honky Château 

1973 - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player 

1973 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 

1974 - Caribou 

1975 - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

1975 - Rock of the Westies 

1976 - Blue Moves

1978 - A Single Man 

1979 - Victim of Love 

1980 - 21 at 33 

1981 - The Fox 

1982 - Jump Up! 

1983 - Too Low for Zero 

1984 - Breaking Hearts 

1985 - Ice on Fire

1986 - Leather Jackets

1988 - Reg Strikes Back 

1989 - Sleeping with the Past 

1992 - The One 

1993 - Duets 

1995 - Made in England

1997 - The Big Picture 

2001 - Songs from the West Coast 

2004 - Peachtree Road 

2006 - The Captain & the Kid 

2010 -The Union (with Leon Russell)
2011 - Gnomeo & Juliet

2012 - The Diving Board

DISCOGRAPHY:

1969 Empty Sky

Empty SkyVal-hala

Western Ford Gateway

Hymn 2000

Lady What's Tomorrow

Sails

The Scaffold

Skyline Pigeon

Gulliver Hay-Chewed Reprise

1970 Elton John

Your Song

I Need You To Turn To

Take Me To The Pilot

No Shoestrings On Louise

First Episode At Hienton

Sixty Years On

Border Song

The Greatest Discovery

The Cage

The King Must Die

1970 Tumbleweed Connection

Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun

Come Down In Time

Son Of Your Father

My Father's Gun

Where To Now St. Peter?

Love Song (with Leslie Duncan)

Amoreena

Talking Old Soldiers

Burn Down The Mission

1971 11-17-70

Take Me To The Pilot

Honky Tonk Women

Sixty Years On (live)

Can I Put You On (live)

Bad Side Of The Moon (live)

Burn Down The Mission

1971 Friends Soundtrack

Friends

Honey Roll

Variation On Friends

Theme Seasons

Variation On Michelle's Song

Can I Put You On

Michelle's Song

I Meant To Do My Work Today

Four Moods

Seasons Reprise

1971 Madman Across The Water

Tiny Dancer

Levon

Razor Face

Madman Across The Water

Indian Sunset

Holiday Inn

Rotten Peaches

All The Nasties

Goodbye

1972 Honky Chateau

Honky Cat

Mellow

I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself

Suzie

Rocket Man

Salvation

Slave

Amy

Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters

Hercules

1973 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player

Daniel

Teacher I Need You

Elderberry Wine

Blues For Baby And Me

Midnight Creeper

Have Mercy On The Criminal

I'm Going To Be A Teenage Idol

Texan Love Song

Crocodile Rock

High Flying Bird

1973 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

Candle In The Wind

Bennie And The Jets

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

This Song Has No Title

Grey Seal

Jamaica Jerk Off

I've Seen That Movie Too

Sweet Painted Lady

The Ballad Of Danny Bailey

Dirty Little Girl

All The Girls Love Alice

Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n' Roll)

Saturday Night's Alright

Roy Rogers

Social Disease

Harmony

1974 Caribou

The Bitch Is Back

Pinky

Grimsby

Dixie Lily

Solar Prestige A Gammon

You're So Static

I've Seen The Saucers

Stinker

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Ticking

1974 Greatest Hits

Your Song

Daniel

Honky Cat

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)

Bennie And The Jets

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Border Song

Crocodile Rock

1975 Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

Tower Of Babel

Bitter Fingers

Tell Me When The Whistle Blows

Someone Saved My Life Tonight

Meal Ticket

Better Off Dead

Writing

We All Fall In Love Sometimes

Curtains

1975 Rock Of The Westies

Medley (Yell Help, Wednesday Night, Ugly)

Dan Dare

Island Girl

Grow Some Funk Of Your Own

I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford)

Street Kids

Hard Luck Story

Feed Me

Billy Bones And The White Bird

1976 Here And There

Skyline Pigeon

Border Song

Honky Cat

Love Song (with Leslie Duncan)

Crocodile Rock

Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)

Bennie And The Jets

Take Me To The Pilot

1976 Blue Moves

Your Starter For...

Tonight

One Horse Town

Chameleon

Boogie Pilgrim

Cage The Songbird

Crazy Water

Shoulder Holster

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

Out Of The Blue

Between Seventeen And Twenty

The Wide-Eyed And Laughing

Someone's Final Song

Where's The Shoorah?

If There's A God In Heaven

Idol

Theme From A Non-Existent TV Series

Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance)

1977 Greatest Hits

The Bitch Is Back

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee)

Someone Saved My Life Tonight

Philadelphia Freedom

Island Girl

Grow Some Funk Of Your Own

Levon

Pinball Wizard

1978 A Single Man

Shine On Through

Return To Paradise

I Don't Care

Big Dipper

It Ain't Gonna Be Easy

Part Time Love

Georgia

Shooting Star

Madness

Reverie

Song For Guy

1979 Victim Of Love

Johnny B. Goode

Warm Love In A Cold World

Born Bad

Thunder In The Night

Spotlight

Street Boogie

Victim Of Love

1980 21 At 33

Chasing The Crown

Little Jeannie

Sartorial Eloquence

Two Rooms At The End Of The World

White Lady White Powder

Dear God

Never Gonna Fall In Love Again

Take Me Back

Give Me The Love

1981 The Fox

Breaking Down Barriers

Heart In The Right Place

Just Like Belgium

Nobody Wins

Fascist Faces

Carla-Etude

Fanfare

Chloe

Heels Of The Wind

Elton's Song

The Fox

1982 Jump Up

Dear John

Spiteful Child

Ball And Chain

Legal Boys

I Am Your Robot

Blue Eyes

Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)

Princess

Where Have All The Good Times Gone

All Quiet On The Western Front

1983 Too Low For Zero

Cold As Christmas (In The Middle Of The Year)

I'm Still Standing

Too Low For Zero

Religion

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

Crystal

Kiss The Bride

Whipping Boy

Saint

One More Arrow

1984 Breaking Hearts

Restless

Slow Down Georgie (She's Poison)

Who Wears These Shoes

Breaking Hearts (Ain't What It Used To Be)

Li'l 'Frigerator

Passengers

In Neon

Burning Buildings

Did He Shoot Her

Sad Songs (Say So Much)

1985 Ice On Fire

This Town

Cry To Heaven

Soul Glove

Nikita

Too Young

Wrap Her Up

Satellite

Tell Me What The Papers Say

Candy By The Pound

Shoot Down The Moon

1986 Leather Jackets

Leather Jackets

Hoop Of Fire

Don't Trust That Woman

Go It Alone

Gypsy Heart

Slow Rivers

Heartache All Over The World

Angeline

Memory Of Love

Paris

I Fall Apart

1987 Live In Australia With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Sixty Years On

I Need You To Turn To

The Greatest Discovery

Tonight

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

The King Must Die

Take Me To The Pilot

Tiny Dancer

Have Mercy On The Criminal

Madman Across The Water

Candle In The Wind

Burn Down The Mission

Your Song

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

1988 Reg Strikes Back

Town Of Plenty

A Word In Spanish

Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters Part Two

I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That

Japanese Hands

Goodbye Marlon Brando

The Camera Never Lies

Heavy Traffic

Poor Cow

Since God Invented Girls

1989 Sleeping With The Past

Durban Deep

Healing Hands

Whispers

Club At The End Of The Street

Sleeping With The Past

Stones Throw From Hurtin'

Sacrifice

I Never Knew Her Name

Amazes Me

Blue Avenue

1990 To Be Continued

Come Back Baby (Bluesology)

Lady Samantha

It's Me That You Need

Your Song (demo)

Rock And Roll Madonna

Bad Side Of The Moon

Your Song

Take Me To The Pilot

Border Song

Sixty Years On

Country Comfort

Grey Seal

Friends

Levon

Tiny Dancer

Madman Across The Water

Honky Cat

Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)

Daniel

Crocodile Rock

Bennie And The Jets

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

All The Girls Love Alice

Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)

Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

Jack Rabbit

Harmony

Young Man's Blues

Step Into Christmas

The Bitch Is Back

Pinball Wizard

Someone Saved My Life Tonight

Philadelphia Freedom

One Day At A Time

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

I Saw Her Standing There (live with John Lennon)

Island Girl

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee)

I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford) (live)

Ego

Song For Guy

Mama Can't Buy You Love

Cartier

Little Jeannie

Donner Pour Donner (with France Gall)

Fanfare/Chloe

The Retreat

Blue Eyes

Empty Garden

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

I'm Still Standing

Sad Songs (Say So Much)

Act Of War (With Millie Jackson) (single edit)

Nikita

Candle In The Wind (live)

Carla-Etude (live)

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (live) (Single Edit)

I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That (Shep Pettibone Mix)

Give Peace A Chance

Sacrifice

Made For Me

You Gotta Love Someone

I Swear I Heard The Night Talking

Easier To Walk Away

1992 The One

Simple Life

The One

Sweat It Out

Runaway Train (with Eric Clapton)

Whitewash County

The North

When A Woman Doesn't Want You

Emily

On Dark Street

Understanding Women

The Last Song

1992 Rare Masters

I've Been Loving You

Here's To The Next Time

Lady Samantha

All Across The Havens

It's Me That You Need

Just Like Strange Rain

Bad Side Of The Moon

Rock And Roll Madonna

Grey Seal

Friends

Michelle's Song

Theme (The First Kiss) Seasons

Variation On Michelle's Song (A Day In The Country)

Can I Put You On

Honey Roll

Variation On Friends

I Meant To Do My Work Today (A Day In The Country)

Four Moods

Seasons Reprise

Madman Across The Water (demo)

Into The Old Man's Shoes

Rock Me When He's Gone

Slave

Skyline Pigeon

Jack Rabbit

Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)

Let Me Be Your Car

Screw You

Step Into Christmas

Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who'd Be A Turkey At Christmas)

Sick City

Cold Highway

One Day At A Time

I Saw Her Standing There (live with John Lennon)

House Of Cards

Planes

Sugar On The Floor

1993 Duets

Tear Drops

When I Think About Love  (with P.M. Dawn)

The Power (with Little Richard)

Shakey Ground (with Don Henley)

True Love (with Kiki Dee)

If You Were Me (with Chris Rea)

A Woman's Needs (with Tammy Wynette)

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (live with George Michael)

Old Friend (with Nik Kershaw)

Go On And On (with Gladys Knight)

Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with RuPaul)

Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (with Marcella Detroit)

I'm Your Puppet (with Paul Young)

Love Letters (with Bonnie Raitt)

Born To Lose (with Leonard Cohen)

Duets For One

1994  The Lion King Soundtrack

Circle Of Life (cast version)

I Just Can't Wait To Be King (cast version)

Be Prepared (cast version)

Hakuna Matata (cast version)

Can You Feel The Love Tonight (cast version)

This Land (instrumental cast version)

To Die For (instrumental cast version)

Under The Stars (instrumental cast version)

King Of Pride Rock (instrumental cast version)

Circle Of Life

I Just Can't Wait To Be King

Can You Feel The Love Tonight

1995 Made In England

Believe

Made In England

House

Cold

Pain

Belfast

Latitude

Please

Man

Lies

Blessed

1996 Love Songs

Can You Feel The Love Tonight

The One

Sacrifice

Daniel

Someone Saved My Life Tonight

Your Song

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Believe

Blue Eyes

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

Blessed

Candle In The Wind (live)

You Can Make History (Young Again)

No Valentines

Circle Of Life

1997 The Big Picture

Long Way From Happiness

Live Like Horses

The End Will Come

If The River Can Bend

Love's Got A Lot To Answer For

Something About The Way You Look Tonight

The Big Picture

Recover Your Soul

January

I Can't Steer My Heart Clear Of You

Wicked Dreams

1999 Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida

Аnother Pyramid (Sting)

Written In The Stars (with Leann Rimes)

Easy As Life  (Tina Turner)

My Strongest Suit (The Spice Girls)

I Know The Truth (with Janet Jackson)

Not Me (Boyz II Men)

Amneris' Letter (Shania Twain)

A Step Too Far (with Heather Headley and Sherrie Scott)

Like Father Like Son (Lenny Kravitz)

Elaborate Lives (Heather Headley)

How I Know You (James Taylor)

The Messenger (with Lulu)

The Gods Love Nubia (Kelly Price)

Enchantment Passing Through (Dru Hill)

Orchestral Finale (nstrumental)

1999 The Muse Soundtrack

Driving Home

Driving To Universal

Driving To Jack's

Walk Of Shame

Better Have A Gift

The Wrong Gift

The Aquarium

Are We Laughing

Take A Walk With Me

What Should I Do

Back To The Aquarium

Steven Redecorates

To The Guesthouse

The Cookie Factory

Multiple Personality

Sarah Escapes

Back To Paramount

Meet Christine

The Muse

The Muse (Remix by Jermaine Dupri)

2000 The Road To

 El Dorado Soundtrack

El Dorado

Someday Out Of The Blue

Without Question

Friends Never Say Goodbye

The Trail We Blaze

Sixteenth Century Man

The Panic In Me

It's Tough To Be A God (with Randy Newman)

Trust Me

My Heart Dances

Queen Of Cities

Cheldorado (instrumental by Hans Zimmer)

The Brig (instrumental by Hans Zimmer)

Wonders Of The New World (instrumental by John Powell)

Hey Armadillo

The Perfect Love

2000 One Night Only

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Philadelphia Freedom

Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee)

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)

Daniel

Crocodile Rock

Sacrifice

Can You Feel The Love Tonight

Bennie And The Jets

Your Song (with Ronan Keating)

Sad Songs (with Bryan Adams)

Candle In The Wind

The Bitch Is Back

Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) (with Anastacia)

I'm Still Standing

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues (with Mary J. Blige)

2001 Songs From The West Coast

The Emperor's New Clothes

Dark Diamond

Look Ma No Hands

American Triangle

Original Sin

Birds

I Want Love

The Wasteland

Ballad Of The Boy In The Red Shoes

Love Her Like Me

Mansfield

This Train Don't Stop There Anymore

2002 Greatest Hits 

1970-2002

Your Song

Levon

Tiny Dancer

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)

Honky Cat

Crocodile Rock

Daniel

Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Candle In The Wind

Bennie And The Jets

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

The Bitch Is Back

Philadelphia Freedom

Someone Saved My Life Tonight

Island Girl

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee)

Little Jeannie

I'm Still Standing

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

Sad Songs (Say So Much)

I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That

Nikita

Sacrifice

The One

Can You Feel The Love Tonight

Circle Of Life

Believe

Blessed

Something About The Way You Look Tonight

Written In The Stars (with Leann Rimes)

I Want Love

This Train Don't Stop There Anymore

Candle In The Wind [live]

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (live with George Michael)

Live Like Horses (with Luciano Pavarotti)

Your Song (with Alessandro Safina)

2004 Peachtree Road

Weight Of The World

Porch Swing In Tupelo

Answer In The Sky

Turn The Lights Out When You Leave

My Elusive Drug

They Call Her The Cat

Freaks In Love

All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful)

I Stop And I Breathe

Too Many Tears

It's Getting Dark In Here

I Can't Keep This From You

2006 The Captain And

 The Kid

Postcards From Richard Nixon

Just Like Noah's Ark

Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (NYC)

Tinderbox

And The House Fell Down

Blues Never Fade Away

The Bridge

I Must Have Lost It On The Wind

Old '67

The Captain And The Kid

2010 The Union

If It Wasn't For Bad

Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes

Hey Ahab

Gone To Shiloh

Hearts Have Turned To Stone

Jimmie Rodgers' Dream

There's No Tomorrow

Monkey Suit

The Best Part Of The Day

A Dream Come True

I Should Have Sent Roses

When Love Is Dying

My Kind Of Hell

Mandalay Again

Never Too Old (To Hold Somebody)

In The Hands Of Angels

2011 Gnomeo And Juliet

Hello Hello

Crocodile Rock (with Nelly Furtado)

Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee)

Love Builds A Garden

Your Song

Rocket Man

Tiny Dancer

Bennie And The Jets

Gnomeo And Juliet (score)

Dandelions (score)

Bennie And The Bunnies (score)

Terrafiminator (score)

The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room

Soundtracks, scores & theatre albums:

1971 - Friends 

1994 - The Lion King 

1998 - Aida 

1999 - The Muse 

2000 -The Road to El Dorado 

2005 - Billy Elliot

2005 - Lestat 

2011 - Gnomeo & Juliet

Films:

2007 - Elton John: Me, Myself & I  autobiography as himself

2002 -The Country Bears, US as himself

1997 - Spice World, UK  as himself

1975 -Tommy, UK  as Pinball Wizard

Born to Boogie, US playing as himself with Marc Bolan and Ringo Starr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John