Biography Elton John

Elton John was born on 25 March 1974, in London. His full name is Elton Hercules John
and he is a British singer, composer and musician.
He left high school when he was 16 and he started to play piano in a hotel. In 1961,
Elton was part of band Bluesology. In 1968, he released his first single Ive been loving you
too long but it was the single Your song that made him famous, in 1970.
He married Renata Blauel, German recording engineer, on 14 February 1984, in
Australia, but in 1988 they divorced. In 1993, he began a relationship with David Furnish, a
former advertising executive and now a filmmaker and they have two children.
In the 90s he continued to release hit songs like Can you feel the love tonight, The
one, Blessed and Legal Boys which were all on the soundtrack of the film The Lion King
with which he won an Oscar.
He has had two discs in the ranking of the best 20th century singles: Goodbye Yellow
Brick Road and Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. Since the beginning of his
career he has been a nonstop success.
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Biography Elton John
Introduction

Early career

Elton John was born on 25 March 1974, in London. His full name is Elton
Hercules John and he is a British singer, composer and musician.
He left high school when he was 16 and he started to play piano in a hotel. In
1961, Elton was part of band Bluesology. In 1968, he released his first single
Ive been loving you too long but it was the single Your song that made him
famous, in 1970.

Private life

He married Renata Blauel, German recording engineer, on 14 February 1984, in

Australia, but in 1988 they divorced. In 1993, he began a relationship with David
Furnish, a former advertising executive and now a filmmaker and they had two
children.

Later career

In the 90s he continued to release hit songs like Can you feel the love tonight,
The one, Blessed and Legal Boys which were all on the soundtrack of the
film The Lion King with which he won an Oscar.

Life until
now

He has had two discs in the ranking of the best 20 th century singles: Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road and Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. Since
the beginning of his career he has been a nonstop success.