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Elton John Birth Date

March 1, 2012 by · Comments Off on Elton John Birth Date 

Elton John Birth Date, 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 HM 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).

Elton John Rocket Man

January 4, 2012 by · Comments Off on Elton John Rocket Man 

Elton John Rocket ManElton John Rocket Man, Elton John says the long-mooted biopic based on his life is still on the boil.  In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, the music icon, 64, says the project is “very much in the works”.  He also says he’s got just the man in mind to tackle the lead role.

“I’ve got a wish list of people,” says John when asked who should play him. “No. 1 on my wish list is Justin Timberlake, because he played me before in a David LaChapelle video of Rocket Man and was superb.”

Timberlake memorably portrayed a Rocket Man-era version of the entertainer in the music video for This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore, a single lifted off his Songs From the West Coast album. (Have a butchers at the video below).

John, who will prep the project (provisionally-titled Rocket Man) with partner, David Furnish, says the movie will be a “jukebox musical” about his life.

The Rocket Man script is being written by Lee Hall, who wrote Billy Elliot.

“It’s going to be a surreal look at my life, and not just a factual look at my life, more in the manner of a Moulin Rouge,” says John.

“I just don’t want it to be a normal biopic because my life hasn’t been like that. And it only goes up to when I go into rehab in 1990. It starts with me going into rehab and ends when I come out.”

The singer also dishes that they’ve found a director – but it won’t be Moulin Rouge helmer Baz Luhrman.

“We tried to get Baz, but Baz is so busy,” he tells the LAT. “We can’t announce it yet, but we have got someone on board that we’re very excited about.”

John will head back into the studio soon to work on a new album.

“Yeah, I’m going in January,” he says. “I have the lyrics from Bernie [longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin], and I’m very excited about them. I haven’t any clue what the songs are going to be like because I haven’t written them yet. I’m going to try to write them in Honolulu in January in my hotel room on an upright piano. If not, I’ll be writing in the studio.”

John also says his days as a Top 40 star are over.

“As Elton John, my days on pop radio are over, and I know that and I accept it and I’m not unhappy about it,” he maintains.

“It’s a different time of my life now, and it gives me the freedom to do whatever kind of music I want to do,” he adds.

“When I say I don’t have to write pop songs anymore, there’s no way I’m going to get on the radio at 60 years of age unless I’m doing a duet with Gaga or I was on All of the Lights, which was a Kanye West record that managed to get on the radio.”

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