ELTON: The album came together with a song that Bernie Taupin wrote calledThe Rose Of Laura Nyro, who I loved very much as an artist. And so has Bernie. She influenced our early songwriting so much because she wrote songs that weren’t just first chorus, middle eight… She slowed down,...
Roberta Flack’spensive version of Bridge Over Troubled Water, from her 1971 album Quiet Fire, so impressed another rising star that he sent her a fan letter. “Dear Roberta,” wroteElton John, “I have never heard anything this beautiful in years ... ” ...
The news of the new album comes just hours afterSir Elton began teasing new material via personalised letters to fans. “When we met, I fell in love with her, and we connected straight away,” he wrote, recalling his time working with Carlile. “It was a connection, a true...
“I didn’t know her then, but when we met, I fell in love with her, and we connected straight away. It was connection, a true connection, emotionally, musically, and it’s been one of the greatest friendships of my life.” John further wrote that the making of the a...
Original song Will win:“El Mal,”“Emilia Perez” Should win:“Like a Bird,”“Sing Sing” Elton John has a chance to win his third Oscar, for “Never Too Late.” Conversely, Diane Warren couldloseher 16th Oscar, for “The Journey.” The chaos Muppet in me is rooting for Warren, ...
Gascón apologised and deleted her X account before returning, on Instagram, to argue that “they” had positioned “things that I wrote to glorify as if they were criticisms, jokes as if they were reality”. Netflix ceased to cover her expenses. She stopped attending precu...
A songwriter could tell me how good a song they wrote is, but if I don't like it, I don't like it. I'm sorry!. I'm sure I've thrown away some good ones before." Read more: 1968: A Year Of Change For The World, Memphis & Stax Records A yo...
counting — opened up about the track, which translates to "Songbook" in English, on social media ahead of its release. "Sometimes I don't know where I'm going. No destination yet, I choose to keep flying," she wrote in her native Spanish. "I still choose myself. Let the singing ...
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Best Original Song for “I Just Called to Say I Love You” fromThe Woman in Red(1984) Gene Wilder wrote, directed and starred in this funny sex farce. It was quite a competition that year for best original song – Phil Collins with “Against All Odds”, Kenny Loggins with “Footloose”...