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́ (. Elton Hercules John, ́ ́ (Reginald Kenneth Dwight); . 25 1947-, . - (1997) (CBE, , 1995). [3]; 40- 250  ; 54 -40[4], Rolling Stone 49- .   1970- : Billboard 200[5], 23 -40, 16 6 [6]. , «Candle in the Wind» (, ) 37- [7].

, , 1980- . , -- 1994 , - .

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, , ( ). , . 1962 , 15. ( ) (Fred Farebrother), «»[8]. , . , . , .[9]

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1960 The Corvettes, ( Northwood Hills Hotel, ), 1961 Bluesology.[8] , Bluesology. 1960- Bluesology   -- , The Isley Brothers, Major Lance, , The Bluebelles. 1966 (. Long John Baldry  ) .[3]

King Crimson[10] Gentle Giant New Musical Express, (. Ray Williams), Liberty Records. ,   -, . , . , : , , .[9]

1967 «Scarecrow» («»): , ,   Long John Baldry.[3] , 1972 , , Hercules: «Steptoe and Son».[8]

DJM Records - 1968 , .[9] , , , , .[3] «» , - , .[11]


DJM. «Ive Been Loving You» (1968), (. Caleb Quaye),   Bluesology. 1969, , «Lady Samantha» Empty Sky, ( Allmusic) , .[12] , , ( 1975 #6 Billboard 200).[5]

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. 1972

(. Gus Dudgeon) . Elton John 1970 :   Pye Records ( DJM),   Uni Records. , : - ( ) . , Border Song, 92- . , Your Song, (#8 , #7 )[4]: .[3]

- The Troubadour: ; (-Spencer Davis Group, Uriah Heep) - . ( ) , , , [3].

Back Home, , , Tumbleweed Connection, 1970 , #2 UK Singles Chart.

. 1972

1-17-70 (17-11-70  ) , - WABC-FM, . , , , , , - , . «Burn Down the Mission» (18:20) ( «My Baby Left Me» «Get Back» The Beatles), «Honky Tonk Women», Allmusic «».[13] , , , , ( 40 , Dick James Music).[14]

1971 Madman Across the Water, , , .[15] (#8,   # 41)[5], , «Levon». «Friends» - .[8]

1972 (. Davey Johnstone, , -) Elton John Band. , , . Honky Chateau: 1- 5 .[5] «Rocket Man (I Think Its Going To Be A Long, Long Time)» (# 6 , # 2 ) «Honky Cat» (# 8 ).[16] «Rocket Man» Top 20- ( 19 ). Honky Chateau 7 -, .[11]

1973 Rocket Records Dont Shoot Me Im Only the Piano Player (1973, #1 , ), - .[17] «Crocodile Rock» (#1, , #5 ) «Daniel» (#2 , #4 ).[4][16]

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973, # 1   8 , # 1 ), , («The Ballad of Danny Bailey»).[17] .[16] --; , ( AMG) « , »[18] 4 : «Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting» (# 7 , # 12 ), «Goodbye Yellow Brick Road» (# 6 , # 2 ), «Candle in the Wind» (# 11, ), «Benny and the Jets» (# 1, ).[4][6][9]

Rocket Records , 1974 MCA, 8- .[11]

1974 -: «Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds» «One Day at a Time» ( ), «Whatever Gets You Thru the Night» Walls And Bridges. , 1- , , : ( «Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds» «I Saw Her Standing There») -. «».[16]

1974 Caribou: 1- , , ( Allmusic, « , , ».[19] , . - «The Bitch Is Back» - «Dont Let the Sun Go Down on Me», .

« » (. Local Lad) - Tommy ( ) «Pinball Wizard». 7- . 1975 , «Cher Bono Television Special» (1975).[16]

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1975 Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy: . «Someone Saved My Life Tonight», , .

1975 Elton John Band: , , . , (Kenny Passarelli). -. «» 75000 .[16]

Rock of the Westies, , - , . , , . 4 «Troubadour»: , , , . 1975 «Sweet Deceiver».

1976 Here and There, Blue Moves, , «Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word». , Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, , «Cage the Songbird» ( ) «Boogie Pilgrim» . .[20]

. 1979

1976 : «Dont Go Breaking My Heart» , . Rolling Stone. , : , , «» .[3] 1976 7 : .[16] , . , , Blue Moves , .[11]

19701976 . , Rolling Stone «The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time» (, 91 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road), .

1979   .

[] 1980-

1979 . 21 at 33, . , , Little Jeannie, . 3 - . , . .

. 1986

1981 The Fox, .   . 13 1980 400 000 -. , , . Imagine, . . 1982 «Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johny)», Jump Up! 1982 , , -- -. , .

80- . 1984 , , . 1986 : . , -. .

, , , - Too Low For Zero, 1983 . , , I'm Still Standing I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues. , , 4- -. , 70- , - . : Little Jeanny ( 3 1980 ), Sad Song (Say So Much) (5 1984), Nikita (7 1986). , ,   That's What Friends Are For (1 1985 ). , . , , Reg Strikes Back -20 16 1988 .

1984 . , , . , Abide With Me, . , . : «,   , , , ».

1985 , , Live Aid, . - Bennie And The Jets Rocket Man, Don't Go Breaking My Heart , , Wham!, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me.

1986 Rock The Nations, Saxon's, .

1987 The Sun, , .

1988 -- -. 26, , Grateful Dead. . 2 000 , , $20 . , , . , . , 1989 , , , .

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, , . , 1990 . , 1990 , , . , , . 1990 , , - Sacrifice. Sleeping With The Past. - .

1991 Two Rooms, . , , . . - Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin, - -. 1991 : Basque . Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me. - .

1992 Elton John AIDS Foundation, . , , , . The One, 8 -  1976 Blue Moves. Warner/Chappell Music, $39 , 12 . , -. , , Queen Bohemian Rhapsody The Show Must Go On.

November Rain Guns N' Roses. Elton John's Duets, 15 , . , ,  True Love, c , #10 UK Singles Chart, Runaway Train .

1994 « ». , , , . , , « ». «Can You Feel The Love Tonight» «». -. Billboard . 10 1999 RIAA , The Lion King 15 , «», .

1994 --, , 1992 , . 1995 . -, «» .

1995 Made In England (#3 UK), , «Believe», #15. Love Songs.

1997 . «» 50- . 500 IV, $80 000. 17 1997 Queen Le Presbytere Na Rien Perdu De Son Charme Ni Le Jardin Du Son Éclat , , ́ . , . 1997 : ( ) , .

Candle In The Wind , , . -. 5 ,   11 , 37 . , £55 , . « -». , , , .

1998 (Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida), . , -.

[] 2000-

2009

XXI- -. 2000 , « ». Elton John One Night Only The Greatest Hits, -- -.

2001 , Songs From The West Coast , . 2004   Peachtree Road.

2001 , BBC Have I Got News For You. , . , , , . , , 24 , , . , 2000- . The Elton John Story VH-1 Classic, .

2001 Stan . Friends The Country Bears, .

2002 Blue Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word, . -, . , , «Indian Sunset», Madman Across The Water «Ghetto Gospel»  , . «Indian Sunset» Electricity, 2005 Billy Elliot The Musical. . 75 % , , , [21]. «Electricity» - 2000- .

XXI- Are You Ready For Love. , 70-, , 2003 , -.

«Billy Elliot» , . Lestat: The Musical. 39 .

. Tiny Dancer, 1970 , « » («Almost Famous»), 2002 . The Heart Of Every Girl 2003 « » («Mona Lisa Smile»).

2 2005 Live 8, -. - «Where We Both Say Goodbye». 38 - .

10 2005 Elton John's Christmas Party, , , . , (Elton John AIDS Foundation). 10 2006 , 6  ( 21 ) . 7 2006 -, 99, The Timeless Classics Of Elton John Performed By Studio 99.

19 2006 , Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy, The Captain & The Kid. 10 . , . , 3,5 .

12 2007 --. . 70- . 7 , 2009 The Red Piano c «», [22].

26 2010 , -[23].

2010 The Union, . , . « -»[24],  . (72/100 Metacritic); 5 Rolling Stone[25].

2011 « ».

2012 «The Diving Board», 2012[26][27]. , , 2013 [28].

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1976 «Rolling Stone» . 14 1984 . . , , . , . . 1993 Ը, . 2004 , « ». . 21 2005 Ը . , -, . . , 700 ,   .[29] , , ո .

2009 - , , , [30][31]. 25 2010   , -[32].

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  •   (1986: «Thats What Friends Are For»  « - »; 1991: «Basque»  « »; 1994: «Can You Feel the Love Tonight?»  « -», 1997: «Candle in the Wind»  « -», 2000 ( ): «Aida»  « »)[33].
  • 1992 .
  • -- 1994 .
  • 1995 .
  • 1997 «Candle in the Wind» (« »). . 37 , £55 .
  • 24 1998 II «».

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2010 29 , 128 , , . , . , DVD- .

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  • Friends (1971)
  • The Lion King (1994)
  • Aida (1998)
  • The Muse (1999)
  • The Road To El Dorado (2000)
  • Billy Elliot (2005)
  • Lestat (2005)
  • Gnomeo and Juliet (2011)

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  1. UK hits: Artists (brouse) >> E. www.chartstats.com. 14 2012. 18 2010.
  2. Elton John discography. www.allmusic.com. 14 2012. 18 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Stephen Thomas Erlewine Elton John. www.allmusic.com. 14 2012. 18 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Elton John  (.).  www.chartstats.com. 14 2012. 7 2009.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Elton John Billboard albums. www.allmusic.com. 14 2012. 18 2010.
  6. 1 2 Elton John Billboard singles. www.allmusic.com. 14 2012. 18 2010.
  7. The Top Ten Best Selling Singles Of All Time. www.classicbands.com. 14 2012. 18 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 4
  9. 1 2 3 4 All About John
  10. King Crimson FAQ II, 12. web.archive.org. 18 2010.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Elton John biography. www.geocities.com.( ) 18 2010.
  12. Stephen Thomas Erlewine Empty Sky, review. www.allmusic.com. 14 2012. 18 2010.
  13. AMG. 17-11-70
  14. Clinton Heylin, 1996. Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry. New York: St. Martins Griffin. . 66. ISBN 0-312-14289-7.
  15. AMG. Madman Across the Water
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 www.thebiographychannel.co.uk , . 2
  17. 1 2 AMG. Dont Shoot Me,
  18. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,
  19. All Music Guide. Caribou
  20. All Music Guide. Blue Moves
  21. Electricity by Elton John. // songfacts.com. 12 2012.
  22. , Red Piano, , , 07.10.2009. homo-creativus.info. 14 2012. 3 2010.
  23. , 26.06.2010. homo-creativus.info. 14 2012. 9 2010.
  24. Elton John Teams With Leon Russell For 'Mature' New Album. www.billboard.com. 13 2010. marks a new chapter in his recording career, saying: I dont have to make pop records any more
  25. The Union. www.metacritic.com. 14 2012. 13 2010.
  26. Elton John - Elton John Prepares The Diving Board. Contact Music. 15 2012.
  27. Elton John : 'My new album is my most exciting record in a long time'. NME. 15 2012.
  28. "The Diving Board" Release Rescheduled. BernieTaupin (9 April 2012). 10 2012.
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  31. Sir Elton John and David Furnish Welcome a New Baby!, US Weekly (27 December 2010). 27 2010.
  32. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/elton-john-p4617/charts-awards/grammy-awardsAllmusic. Elton John Grammy Awards
  33. . www.gazeta.ru. 14 2012. 3 2010.
  34. Elton John Cuts Raw LP With T Bone Burnett. Rolling Stone Magazine. 15 2012.

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