Cold as christmas
1998 Too Low For Zero: The Classic Years
Crystal
1983 Disconet Vol. 6 Program 10
1996 Flip it over 2
1998 Too Low For Zero: The Classic Years
Dreamboat
1996 Flip it over 2
1998 Too Low For Zero: The Classic Years
Earn While You Learn
1998 Too Low For Zero: The Classic Years
I guess that’s why they call it the blues
1984 Sasson presents ...
1985 Elton John 16 Grandes Éxitos (Venezuela)
1987 Greatest hits Vol. III
1989 The world
1990 The very best of ... Elton John
1990 To be continued ...
1991 Peter's friends Soundtrack
1992 Greatest hits (1976-1986)
1992 Polygram USA 7'' singles
1992 Stardust: Greatest Love
1994 Your Song Double CD (Japan)
1994 The songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1974-1993
1995 VISA GOLD cd
1996 Coca-Cola Planet Live (Europe)
1996 Love songs U.K.
1998 Pure Rock Ballads
1998 Too Low For Zero: The Classic Years
2000 Forever Gold (Russia)
2000 The best of ... Elton John (Russia)
2001 Live: Volume 2 - eltonjohn.com cd
2002 Elton John Greatest hits (1970-2002)
2002 Elton John Greatest hits (1970-2002) Spanish promo
2007 Rocket Man (Digital DeLuxe Album) UK
2007 Rocket Man. 18 Nörske Hits Norway
2007 Rocket Man. The Definitive Hits Australia
I'm Still Standing
19?? Kick up the eighties. Vol. 2
1983 Now (that's what I call music): 1983
1987 Greatest hits III
1987 Prince's Trust
1989 The royal concert
1989 The world
1990 The very best of ... Elton John
1990 To be continued ...
1990 To be continued promo box
1992 Greatest hits (1976-1986)
1992 Polygram USA 7'' singles
1994 Your Song Double CD (Japan)
1994 The songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1974-1993
1995 Earthrise: The Rainforest Album
1995 VISA GOLD cd
1996 Flip it over 2
1998 Too Low For Zero: The Classic Years
1998 Chicken soup for soul: The triumph of the spirit
1998 Chicken soup for soul: Collection
1998 Rock Classic - Marks & Spencer
1998 Los 100 mayores éxitos de los 80 (vol. 2)
1999 Divas live '99
1999 Chicken soup for soul: A Xmas gift to you
2000 Forever Gold (Russia)
2000 Star Profile (Russia)
2000 Superstars in Concert
2000 Fantastic 80s
2000 Number one 80s
2000 Platinum collection 2000 (Russia)
2001 Music to Reach out (EU)
2001 Simply the best of the 80's
2002 Elton & Bernie
2002 Elton John Greatest hits (1970-2002)
2002 Elton John Greatest hits (1970-2002) Spanish promo
2005 Come Together Now Hurricane Relief
2005 M80 presents... Rewind Album
2007 Rocket Man (Digital DeLuxe Album) UK
2007 Rocket Man. The Definitive Hits Australia
2007 Rocket Man. The Definitive Hits Austria
2007 Rocket Man. The Definitive Hits Belgium
2007 Rocket Man. The Definitive Hits Dinamarca
2007 Rocket Man. The Definitive Hits Finland
2007 Rocket Man. The Definitive Hits France
2007 Rocket Man. The Definitive Hits GER/SWIT
2007 Rocket Man. The Definitive Hits South Africa
2007 Rocket Man. The Definitive Hits Spain
2007 Rocket Man. The Definitive Hits Sweden
2007 Rocket Man. The Definitive Hits UK/ITA/NZEL
2007 Rocket Man. 18 Nörske Hits Norway
Kiss The Bride
1998 Too Low For Zero: The Classic Years
1987 Greatest hits vol. III
1990 The very best of ... Elton John
1992 Greatest hits (1976-1986)
1992 Polygram USA 7'' singles
1994 The songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1974-1993
1998 Too Low For Zero: The Classic Years
2002 Elton John Greatest hits (1970-2002) UK
Lord Choc Ice Goes Mental
1996 Flip It Over 2
Love So Cold
1996 Flip It Over
One More Arrow
1998 Too Low For Zero: The Classic Years
Religion
1998 Too Low For Zero: The Classic Years
Saint
1998 Too Low For Zero: The Classic Years
The Retreat
1990 To Be Continued
1998 Too Low For Zero: The Classic Years
Too Low For Zero
1987 Greatest Hits vol. III
1998 Too Low For Zero: The Classic Years
Whipping Boy
1998 Too Low For Zero: The Classic Years
25 Oct 2007
18 Oct 2007
Who's the man behind Elton John
Reginald Kenneth Dwight was born in Pinner, Middlesex, England on March 25, 1947. Reg's father Stanley, a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force, he wanted his son to be a Royal Air Force pilot or a bank teller.
Since Reg's father was away most of the time, he was raised primarily by Sheila his mother, grandmother and aunt. "When I was four, I had a mass of bubbly hair. I looked like Shirley Temple" explained Elton years later. "As a child I desperately wanted brothers and sisters. But my father was against the idea. (Childhood) was miserable. I lost touch with my father. There was a wide-right between us. My father seemed to resert me. Maybe it was a mistake. I don't know..."
It was his grandmother Ivy, who first encouraged young Reg to play, picking him up, in her knees, when he was no more than three. One day he astonished her by suddenly starting to pick out the melody of "The skaters'waltz". He soon began taking piano lessons at the tender age of 4.
The marriage between his parents did not last song: Stanley and Sheila Dwight divorced when he was 14. His mother married Fred "Derf" Farebrother ten years later, and moved into an apartment in Northwood Hills, England. "I was two years old when he came home. Mother said "Do you want to see him?" He said "No, I'll wait till morning". He'd been in Aden or somewhere, and he came home after two years, after not seeing me born or anything" regret Elton. Reg was an excellent piano player at a young age, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music when he was 11, but he continued his schooling until he was 15, when he left school with the intention of breaking into the music business.
Elton remembered when "My mother came hom one afternoon with two discs. They were Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak hotel" and Billy Haley's "ABC Boogie". I really freaked when I heard them and I went on from here". In 1960, Reg and his friends formed a band called "The Corvettes". In 1961, he joined his first serious band, "Bluesology", and divided his time between playing with the group, giving solo concerts at a local hotel, and running errands for a London Publishing house.
Bluesology only lasted him a year, but gave him the name that stuck since: Elton John, which was taken from the names of "Bluesology" members "Long" John Baldry and saxophonist Elton Dean. "Reg Dwight was hopeless... it sounded like a library assistant" reminded Elton. In 1967 Elton quit "Bluesology" and teamed up with lyricist Bernie Taupin, a poet from Lincolnshire, who was interested in providing lyrics for a songwriter, from an ad in the local newspaper. Later on, Elton and Bernie shared a room and bunk beds in the Elton father's apartment.
Their first collaboration was a song called “Scarecrow”. Signed to MCA's UNI label for America, Elton went Top 10 with his second single “Your song” (1971); two years later, he had the first of his six number one seventees singles, “Crocodile rock”.
“There was something about his vocals that was an improvement on all the english vocals till then” explained John Lennon when he was asked about the new Elton John phenomenon, “When I heard it, I thought Great! That's the first thing that's happened since The Beatles happened”. Many radio stations sold themselves to their listeners on his name alone, calling themselves “your number one Elton John station”, “the station that plays more Elton John than anyone” or “your official Elton John spot on the dial”. “If you ever die” John Lennon once told Elton “I'm gonna throw my radio out of the window”.
Finally: Elton's favourite classical composers, comprises: Chopin, Bach, Brahms, Handel, Mahler and Tchaikovsky.
Elton's style influences, are pianists Winifred Atwell, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Leon Russell, Jerry Lee Lewis, ... among others.
Since Reg's father was away most of the time, he was raised primarily by Sheila his mother, grandmother and aunt. "When I was four, I had a mass of bubbly hair. I looked like Shirley Temple" explained Elton years later. "As a child I desperately wanted brothers and sisters. But my father was against the idea. (Childhood) was miserable. I lost touch with my father. There was a wide-right between us. My father seemed to resert me. Maybe it was a mistake. I don't know..."
It was his grandmother Ivy, who first encouraged young Reg to play, picking him up, in her knees, when he was no more than three. One day he astonished her by suddenly starting to pick out the melody of "The skaters'waltz". He soon began taking piano lessons at the tender age of 4.
The marriage between his parents did not last song: Stanley and Sheila Dwight divorced when he was 14. His mother married Fred "Derf" Farebrother ten years later, and moved into an apartment in Northwood Hills, England. "I was two years old when he came home. Mother said "Do you want to see him?" He said "No, I'll wait till morning". He'd been in Aden or somewhere, and he came home after two years, after not seeing me born or anything" regret Elton. Reg was an excellent piano player at a young age, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music when he was 11, but he continued his schooling until he was 15, when he left school with the intention of breaking into the music business.
Elton remembered when "My mother came hom one afternoon with two discs. They were Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak hotel" and Billy Haley's "ABC Boogie". I really freaked when I heard them and I went on from here". In 1960, Reg and his friends formed a band called "The Corvettes". In 1961, he joined his first serious band, "Bluesology", and divided his time between playing with the group, giving solo concerts at a local hotel, and running errands for a London Publishing house.
Bluesology only lasted him a year, but gave him the name that stuck since: Elton John, which was taken from the names of "Bluesology" members "Long" John Baldry and saxophonist Elton Dean. "Reg Dwight was hopeless... it sounded like a library assistant" reminded Elton. In 1967 Elton quit "Bluesology" and teamed up with lyricist Bernie Taupin, a poet from Lincolnshire, who was interested in providing lyrics for a songwriter, from an ad in the local newspaper. Later on, Elton and Bernie shared a room and bunk beds in the Elton father's apartment.
Their first collaboration was a song called “Scarecrow”. Signed to MCA's UNI label for America, Elton went Top 10 with his second single “Your song” (1971); two years later, he had the first of his six number one seventees singles, “Crocodile rock”.
“There was something about his vocals that was an improvement on all the english vocals till then” explained John Lennon when he was asked about the new Elton John phenomenon, “When I heard it, I thought Great! That's the first thing that's happened since The Beatles happened”. Many radio stations sold themselves to their listeners on his name alone, calling themselves “your number one Elton John station”, “the station that plays more Elton John than anyone” or “your official Elton John spot on the dial”. “If you ever die” John Lennon once told Elton “I'm gonna throw my radio out of the window”.
Finally: Elton's favourite classical composers, comprises: Chopin, Bach, Brahms, Handel, Mahler and Tchaikovsky.
Elton's style influences, are pianists Winifred Atwell, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Leon Russell, Jerry Lee Lewis, ... among others.
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