Elton John wrote the music for the majority of his songs but songwriter Bernie Taupin is the force behind the lyrics. Taupin is responsible for many of John's hits, including singles like 1972’s "Rocket Man", 1970’s "Your Song", and 1973’s "Crocodile Rock." “I think of ...
Before you can hear a song, a songwriter must imagine it. Some songwriters work alone, but many songwriting teams combine the talents of a lyricist, who writes the words to songs, and instrumentalist, often a piano player or guitarist, who writes the music. Pop music legend Elton John’s...
For all of Elton John's love songs, his greatest is the one that made him a star. "Your Song" came out on his self-titled second album and became his first Top 10 hit in both the U.K. and the U.S. Bernie Taupin's sweet and unambiguous lyrics tell the story of a poor man w...
Aida, the Broadway Musical by Elton John & Time Rice from Chapter 10 / Lesson 6 14K Explore Aida, the Broadway musical. Learn about Elton John as composer and Tim Rice as lyricist of its songs. See Aida's original cast, characters, plot and songs. Related...
Their first in 1970 came after a small break for leader John Fogerty, who turned in some of his band's greatest songs here. ("Lookin' Out My Back Back Door" and "Who'll Stop the Rain" is just the tip.) Creedence would tap out soon – they released another album five months later...
What are some of the songs you've really enjoyed going back to?I enjoy singing them all. There’s only one song out of all of them that I’m bored with and that’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” That’s more to do with the fact that it’s stuck on rails, because of the track...
For one thing, it's a relatively simple way to avoid contractual or legal conflicts, as well as drama between competing record labels.Elton John, for example, used the pseudonym Rockaday Johnnie for his contributions to one ofJackson Browne's songs, "Redneck Friend," because at that point,...
He simply informed me that John had told him I played guitar pretty well, and if an opportunity came up to join his band, was I interested? I was stunned. Roger’s band, The Detours, was a party band. They played Country & Western songs, ‘Hava Nagila’, the hokey-cokey, the ...
Elton John has a high-rise condo in Atlanta. Andre 3000 and Big Boi – who purchased the Atlanta recording studio “The Dungeon” in 2019 – both have homes in Atlanta. There are alsofamous people from Atlanta, who still live there to this day, like Gucci Mane. ...
In one of the Grammys’ many quirks, Elton John has received five awards, yet only one has been for material created with longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin. John’s first Grammy came in 1987 for his contribution to the all-star cover of “That’s What Friends Are For.”“Can You...