Sir Elton John
CBE
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Zakladne informacie
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Rodne meno
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Reginald Kenneth Dwight
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Narodenie
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25.3.1947
25. marec
1947
(77 rokov)
Pinner
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Middlesex
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Anglicko
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Posobenie
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Hudobnik, spevak-skladate?, hudobny producent, textar, klavirista, herec
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?aner
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Rock
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Pop rock
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Glam rock
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Soft rock
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R&B
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Hra na
nastrojoch
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Spev,
klavir
,
klavesove nastroje
,
organ
,
gitara
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Roky posob.
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1964 ? su?asnos?
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Vydavate?stva
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Philips
,
Congress
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DJM
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Uni
,
Paramount
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MCA
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Geffen
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The Rocket Record Company
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Island
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Universal
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Interscope
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Mercury
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UMG
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Virgin EMI
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Suvisiace
?lanky
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Bernie Taupin
,
Tim Rice
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John Lennon
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Yoko Ono
,
Kiki Dee
,
Billy Joel
,
George Michael
,
Eminem
,
Gladys Knight
,
Stevie Wonder
,
Anastacia
,
Dionne Warwick
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Neil Sedaka
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Gary Barlow
,
Fall Out Boy
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Webstranka
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eltonjohn.com
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Sir
Elton Hercules John
,
CH
CBE
(rod.
Reginald Kenneth Dwight
; *
25. marec
1947
,
Pinner
,
Middlesex
,
Anglicko
)
[1]
je anglicky spevak, skladate? a klavirista. Od roku 1967 spolupracuje so svojim skladate?skym partnerom
Berniem Taupinom
, s ktorym dodnes nahral viac ako 30 albumov.
Po?as jeho 50-ro?nej kariery predal Elton John viac ako 300 milionov nahravok, v?aka ?omu sa stal jednym z
najpredavanej?ich hudobnych umelcov na svete
.
[2]
[3]
Ma viac ako 50 hitov v
prvej 40
, vratane siedmych po sebe iducich albumov na 1. mieste v USA a 58 singlov v prvej 40 rebri?ka
Billboard Hot 100
. Jeho najuspe?nej?im singlom je ?
Something About the Way You Look Tonight
“/?
Candle in the Wind 1997
“, ktoreho sa predalo viac ako 33 milionov kopii po celom svete a stal sa ?najpredavanej?im singlom v?etkych ?ias“.
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
Elton John ziskal po?as svojej kariery ?es?
Cien Grammy
, pa? cien
Brit Award
, dve ceny
Academy Award
, jednu cenu
Zlaty globus
, jednu cenu
Tony Award
, jednu cenu
Disney Legends
a ocenenie
Kennedy Center Honors
v roku 2004. V roku 2004 ho ?asopis
Rolling Stone
zaradil na 49. miesto vo svojom zozname 100 vplyvnych hudobnikov rock and rollovej ery.
[8]
V roku 1994 bol Elton John uvedeny do
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
, v roku 2013 do
Songwriters Hall of Fame
spolu s Berniem Taupinom.
[9]
[10]
V roku 1996 bol menovany za
komandera Radu britskeho imperia
a v roku 1998 ziskal
rytierstvo
od
Al?bety II.
za ?hudobne a charitativne slu?by“.
[11]
Elton John je od konca 80. rokov tie? bojovnikom proti
AIDS
.
[12]
V roku 1992 zalo?il nadaciu
Elton John AIDS Foundation
. Tato nadacia ziskala viac ako 200 milionov
dolarov
.
[13]
Od roku 1976 Elton John sa verejne hlasil k
bisexualite
a v roku 1988 otvorene uviedol, ?e je
gay
, pri?om d?a 21. decembra 2005 uzavrel
registrovane partnerstvo
s
Davidom Furnishom
.
Elton John rod. Reginald Kenneth Dwight je najstar?im die?a?om Stanleyho Dwighta (1925 ? 1991) a jedinym die?a?om Sheily Eileenovej (rod. Harrisovej; 1925 ? 2017).
[14]
[15]
[16]
Vyrastal v ?tvrti Pinner spolu so starymi rodi?mi z matkinej strany. Jeho rodi?ia sa zosoba?ili v roku 1945,
[17]
ke? sa rodina pres?ahovala do ne?alekeho dvojdomu.
[18]
[19]
[20]
John nav?tevoval Pinner Wood Junior School, Reddiford School a
Pinner County Grammar School
; vo svojich 17. rokoch nasledne odi?iel do ?koly tesne pred vykonanim sku?ok, aby sa venoval hudobnej kariere.
[21]
[22]
[23]
Ke? John za?al pova?ova? svoju hudobnu karieru seriozne, jeho otec, ktory pracoval ako letovy poru?ik v
Royal Air Force
, sa ho poku?al nasmerova? k tradi?nej?ej kariere, napriklad k bankovnictvu.
[21]
John priznal, ?e jeho divoke divadelne kostymy a predstavenia boli sposobom, ako sa odputa? od ve?mi obmedzujuceho detstva.
[23]
Obaja jeho rodi?ia inklinovali k hudbe; otec hraval na trubku s Bob Millar Band, ?o bola poloprofesionalna kapela, ktora hravala pri vojenskych tancoch.
[23]
Dwightovci boli nad?enci platni, ?im vystavovali svojho syna popularnym spevakom a hudobnikom u? odmali?ka. John povedal, ?e ho okam?ite chytil
rock and roll
, ke? matka v roku 1956 kupila nahravky
Elvisa Presleyho
a
Bill Haley & His Comets
.
[21]
[22]
- Solove ?tudiove albumy
- Albumy spoluprac
- Soundtracky, filmova hudba a divadelne albumy
- Filmy
- ↑
ERLEWINE, Stephen Thomas.
Artist Biography [Elton John]
[online].
AllMusic.com
.
Dostupne online.
- ↑
GUNDERSEN, Edna. Elton still standing for gay rights, home, Tammy Faye.
USA Today
, 23. september 2013.
Dostupne online
.
- ↑
GUNDERSEN, Edna. Russian Imam against Elton John Concert.
Hollywood Reporter
, 3. oktober 2013.
Dostupne online
.
- ↑
RIAA News Room ? The American Recording Industry Announces its Artists of the Century ? Nov 10, 1999
[online].
RIAA
, 10. november 1999. Candle in the Wind 1997 soon surpassed Bing Crosby's White Christmas to become the best-selling single of all time..
Dostupne online.
(certified sales)
- ↑
Elton John: Biography | Rolling Stone Music
Rolling Stone
"Candle in the Wind 1997 easily became the all-time highest-certified single".
- ↑
Guinness Book of Records, 2007 Edition, page 187
[online]. [Cit. 2014-07-12].
Dostupne online.
Archivovane 2010-12-15 z
originalu.
- ↑
Guinness Book of Records
2009 states that "Candle in the Wind 1997" is the "best-selling single since charts began". John's 1997 song has sold the most copies when looking at copies sold since charts began, as verified in Guinness World Records
. [s.l.] : [s.n.].
ISBN
1-904994-37-7
.
See also: Guinness Book of Records, 2009 Edition, pages 14, 15 & 169
[1]
Archivovane
2011-11-25 na
Wayback Machine
- ↑
The Immortals: The First Fifty
[online]. Rolling Stone Issue 946.
Dostupne online.
- ↑
"Fellows ? The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors"
Archivovane
2013-10-30 na
Wayback Machine
. BASCA. Retrieved 9 January 2014
- ↑
Elton John: inducted in 1994 | The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
[online]. Rockhall.com, 25. marec 1947.
Dostupne online.
- ↑
About: All About Elton: Bio
[online]. Elton John, [cit. 2014-07-12].
Dostupne online.
Archivovane 2010-07-15 z
originalu.
- ↑
Elton John AIDS Foundation
[online]. Ejaf.org.
Dostupne online.
- ↑
"Elton John on his idol, Leon Russell"
. Reuters. Retrieved 30 May 2012
- ↑
BARRATT, Nick. Family Detective: Elton John.
The Daily Telegraph
(London), 22 November 2006.
Dostupne online
[cit. 2015-03-26].
- ↑
Sir Elton John 'in shock' after his mother dies aged 92.
BBC News
, 4 December 2017.
Dostupne online
[cit. 2018-11-12].
- ↑
Sir Elton John's father didn't approve of his career path.
NZ Herald
.
Dostupne online
[cit. 2018-11-12].
- ↑
GRO Register of Marriages: MAR 1945 3a 1257 Dwight Stanley = Harris Sheila E
- ↑
55 Pinner Hill Road
[online]. On This Very Spot, 25 March 1947, [cit. 2009-02-25].
Dostupne online.
- ↑
BARRATT, Nick. Family detective: Elton John.
The Daily Telegraph
(London), 24 November 2006.
Dostupne online
[cit. 2009-02-25].
- ↑
111 Potter Street
[online]. On This Very Spot, 15 July 2007, [cit. 2009-02-25].
Dostupne online.
- ↑
a
b
c
NORMAN, Philip
.
Elton John
. [s.l.] : Fireside, 1991.
ISBN
0671797298
.
- ↑
a
b
Elizabeth Rosenthal,
His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John
, Billboard Books, 2001.
- ↑
a
b
c
GOODALL, Nigel.
Elton John: The Visual Documentary
. [s.l.] :
Omnibus Press
, 1993.
ISBN
0-7119-3078-3
.
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