'Elton John's Greatest Hits' was released in 1974, and has since been certified Diamond in the US for 16 million sales.
Elton founded a record label, The Rocket Record Company, that same year, but chose to release his own music through MCA - signing a whopping $8 million deal with the label in 1974. It's since been certified 8x Platinum in the US, with album sales of 8 million. With songs like 'Bennie and the Jets', 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting', 'Candle in the Wind' and the album's title track, the record hit the top spot in both the UK and the US charts. But it was his seventh album, 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' released in 1973, that drew real acclaim. Elton also gave his first performance in America in 1970 at the Troubadour, and released his third album 'Tumbleweed Connection' later that year.Īfter penning the soundtrack to 1971 film Friends, Elton and Bernie saw huge success with their next few albums - spawning singles like 'Rocket Man', 'Tiny Dancer', 'Crocodile Rock' and 'Daniel'. The pair wrote their first album together, 'Empty Sky', and released it in 1969, putting out follow-up 'Elton John' just a year later in 1970, which contained 'Your Song' - one of Elton's most famous and beloved songs ever. The pair joined DJM Records in 1968 as staff songwriters, writing songs for the likes of Lulu - including her 1969 Eurovision entry, 'I Can't Go On (Living Without You)'. He legally changed his name to Elton Hercules John in 1972. They recorded their first single, 'Scarecrow', together in 1967, and Reggie also started going by Elton John as a tribute to his Bluesology bandmates. He then wrote music for the lyrics, and thus began a beautiful partnership which still works today. Reggie met Bernie after answering an advert in the New Musical Express (NME), and met A&R manager Ray Williams who gave him a wad of lyrics written by Bernie. Take a look through Elton John's amazing career:ġ967: Meeting Bernie Taupin and initial success You can hear songs by Elton John on Greatest Hits Radio. Having worked with Elton since 1969, the pair have written some of Elton's biggest hits including 'Tiny Dancer', 'Rocket Man', 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' and 'Candle in the Wind'. This year, Elton is completing the final tour of his career, which he will wrap up at Glastonbury Festival in June, and earlier this year, Bernie announced he would be releasing a book in September called Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton & Me. These snippets about the songs you wrote are delightful, providing us fans with insight and clues. 👏'.Īnother wrote: 'You guys have always been, are, and will forever be, AWESOME. That would be a program I would like to see. One fan wrote: 'You know what? I could watch Elton and Bernie taking about their songs and songwriting in general for ours and ours. Better than that other collab, we’d say.In response to this clip fans have been adding how they find it so interesting to hear them talking about the songs they've written. “Can’t wait to hear it everywhere this summer,” she added. ”Elton is such an inspirational artist and also has the naughtiest sense of humour - a perfect combination,” Lipa said of her collaborator. It’s not the first time the two have worked together either - John guested on Lipa’s “Studio 2054” livestream last November. John takes the “Sacrifice” lyrics while Lipa sings that iconic chorus to “Rocket Man.” And the song also comes with a music video featuring an animated Lipa and John performing alongside stop-motion animated dancers, in outer space, of course. That’s because it’s actually a mash-up of his 1972 hit “Rocket Man” and 1989 song “Sacrifice” (from where the song gets its new title), remixed by Australian trio PNAU. Now, the musician has linked with Dua Lipa for the new collaboration “Cold Heart” - a song that might sound a little familiar to John fans. This year alone, legendary performer Elton John has worked with pop upstarts like Rina Sawayama and Years & Years’ Olly Alexander, and he’s not done.
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