In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked John #49 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. He has helped lead the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s. John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and knighted in 1998. As told by himself, his somewhat "flashy" outfits were due to the fact that he sits behind the piano and would otherwise vanish on stage. Key musical elements in John's success included his melodic gifts matched with the contributions of his lyricist partner Bernie Taupin, his rich tenor and gospel-chorded piano, aggressive string arrangements, his flamboyant fashion sense and on-stage showmanship. His success had a profound impact on popular music, and contributed to the continued popularity of the piano in rock and roll. album charts, twenty-three Top 40 singles, sixty Top 10 hits, and six #1 hits. John was one of the dominant commercial forces in the rock world during the 1970s, with a string of seven consecutive #1 records on the U.S. In 1966, the band became musician Long John Baldry's supporting band and played 16 times at The Marquee Club. By the mid-1960s, Bluesology was backing touring American soul and R&B musicians like The Isley Brothers, Major Lance, Billy Stewart, Doris Troy and Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles. By day, he ran errands for a music publishing company he divided his nights between solo gigs at a London hotel bar and working with Bluesology. In 1964, Dwight and his friends formed a band called Bluesology. His 1997 tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, "Candle In The Wind 1997," remains the world's biggest selling and fastest selling single of all time.
In a career spanning five decades, Elton John has sold over 250 million records and has over fifty Top 40 hits, making him one of the most successful musicians of all time. Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in Pinner, Middlesex, England on 25 March 1947) is an immensely popular English singer, composer (mostly with lyricist Bernie Taupin) and pianist. Keeps the great and small on the endless round There's more to be seen than can ever be seenīut, all are agreed as they join the stampede
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