Elton was born March 25th in 1947. He was born in the UK in a town called middlesex. He was raised in Pinner and was educated here. At the age of 17 Elton left to pursue his career in music. Elton was introduced to music early on in life because both of his parents were musically inclined, Elton even started playing piano at the age of 3. In fact his dad played in a band that was a semi- professional band. Fun fact, Elton’s favorite kind if music was Rock and Roll. At the age of 7 he decided to take formal classes for piano. Here he would compose melodies. Eventually, at the age of eleven, elton would win a junior scholarship to an academy called Royal Academy of music. He would attend classes at the Academy every Saturday for 5 years. Wait …show more content…
Your Song became his first hit single. Soon after his album reached number four on the US billboard 200 and number five in the UK. In August of 1970 Elton John had his first concert in Los Angeles and of course it was a Success because he is amazing. Also, in October of 1970 the concept album called “Tumbleweed connection” was released and it reached number five in the US. Elton would continue releasing album and most of them reached number 4 or above. In fact, the first album to reach number one was one he released in 1972 called “Honey Château”. The album contained two hit singles called “Rocket Man” and “Honky cat”. A few more albums Elton Released are “Don't shoot me I'm only the piano player” which was released in 1973 and the hit song from that album was “Crocodile Rock” which was actually his first US Billboard Hot 100 number one. Later in October of 1973 he released “Goodbye yellow brick road” which had a hit song called “Bennie and the Jets”. Elton John also formed his own label and named it the Rocket Record Company. Now let's jump to 1976 when John recorded a live album named “Here and There” which was released in may. Later he would release an album called “Blue moves”. Elton’s biggest success of 1976 was one of his songs called “Don't go breaking my heart” which is the best song to jam out to. Don't go breaking my heart was a duet with Kiki Dee and it topped both US and UK charts. Also, later that year in an interview with the famous magazine The Rolling Stone, the Elton John stated that he was bisexual!! Anyway, Elton continued to write music and even released more albums, eventually, in 1998 Elton achieved his first solo UK hit single called “Sacrifice” which was from the album “Sleeping with the past”. Later in 1994 Elton would be introduced to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and would eventually would release an album called “Made in England” in 1995. He also released an
Lin was born on January 16th, 1980 in Manhattan, New York City. He grew up in Inwood, a neighborhood in upper Manhattan, but spent a month every summer with his grandparents at their home in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. He attended Hunter College High School and went on to Wesleyan University, where he graduated in 2002. Growing up, Lin helped create jingles for political campaigns to help his father, a political adviser at the time. In college, he was part of a hip hop comedy troupe called Freestyle Love Supreme. After college, he wrote articles for the Manhattan Times and composed music and jingles for
Paul McCartney was born June 18, 1942, in Liverpool, England. He started his work with the Beatles, a popular classic rock band, in the 60s as the groups bass player. The Beatles
Lyndon B. Johnson had only served one term, but he surprisingly accomplished a lot during his only term. Johnson had the ability to pass the acts that Kennedy created during his time in office. Some of these accomplishments include: Medicare and Medicaid, Education acts, and the Civil Rights acts. In order to continue his war on poverty, he established Medicare and Medicaid to aid poor families and the elderly. To further help families in need, as well as children, Johnson passed education acts to fix and create more public schools in poor areas. Lastly, civil rights acts were passed to give better opportunities for blacks within the United States. While these acts were based on Kennedy's ideas, Johnson found the way to put them into place.
John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He sadly died at the very young age of 46 on November 22, 1963. Growing up, his family was fairly wealthy as his father dealt with the stock market and economics. After John F. Kennedy grew up, he joined they navy and was a gunboat pilot in World War II. He received battle wounds during the war and after his deployment he was awarded with a purple heart.
Elton John, born on March 25, 1947 was one of the most influential musicians of his era. John was known for his flashy clothes and his interest in supporting the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. (Elton John Biography, 2017) Although John was very involved in the fashion and the humanitarian world he was mainly recognized for his English rock music, churning out 25 Top Forty singles, 16 Top Ten, and six Number. (Rolling Stone, 2017) During the 70’s Elton John released his 11th album “Elton John Greatest Hits” which came out on November 1974. Elton John composed “Elton John Greatest Hits” and lyrics written by Bernie Taupin, The album consisted of his top 10 ten songs expanding from 1970 to 1974. The album began a 10-week run atop the Billboard
Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. He didn't only succeed in the president's seat. He also was an amazing actor/ TV star before presidency.
To begin with, John Tyler was born in Charles City, Virginia on March 29, 1790. His particular birthplace was on a big plantation called Greenway where he spent his first years. As a child, John was gentle and polite, but could be strong and stubborn when he desired to. His parents, John Tyler Sr. and Mary Marot Armistead Tyler both took care of John and his siblings until they were old enough to care for themselves. As a child, John enjoyed writing poetry and playing the violin in his spare time in order to keep himself occupied.
Bob Marley was born in 1945 in Rhoden Hall of Jamaica, after his parent separation he moved to West Kingston with his mother. West Kingston is where the story begins for his love of music, which would have implications all around the world.
John Jay was born December 12, 1745 in New York City. He showed a lot of promise at a very early age. School was an area where he had private tutors and ended up at King’s College which has come to be known as Columbia University. In 1774 John Jay married Sarah Livingston, the daughter of the New Jersey Governor. This marriage gave him a connection to a politically powerful family.
Our music industry would not be what it is today without one of America’s greatest music legends, Duke Ellington. He made major breakthroughs at a time when the odds were against him. The pioneer who scouted these new regions of musical space more than any other jazz musician of the time was Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (1899-1974). (Tirro 1993)
Ronald Reagan was elected the forty-fourth president of the United States and served terms from nine-teen eighty-one through nine-teen eighty-nine, this presidency created many foreign and domestic problems that shocked the whole U.S. Ronald Reagan was also a family man, knows the value of work and is self-reliance.
Prince was born on a beautiful June day in 1958 in Minneapolis (Prince). Considering Prince grew up in the nature of music due to his father, he was familiar with the many sounds and ways of becoming a popular musician (Kuntz). Whether it was listening to sounds and immediately catching on or creating his own music, Prince is a young, well developed, chart topping performer no one will ever forget. Every generation has a performer that changes their life and “Prince was one of the main figures in 1980’s music” (Kuntz). Prince makes it no secret that everyone has difficult times
John Jay was born December 12,1745. He spent his childhood near Rye, New York. Later on in his life, Jay became a successful lawyer. Bye the time that rifts with the Great Britain and calls for independence erupted in the colonies. John Jay was a very devoted person and always kept his eye on the prize.
Elgar was born in the small village Lower Broadheath England to a music dealer. He was the 4th of 7 siblings and was very precocious. Elgar grew up reading the writings of Voltaire and Longfellow, and began taking piano and violin lessons at age 8. Elgar
Paul McCartney was born June 18, 1942, in Liverpool, England. His contribution in the Beatles in the 1960s helped pop music ascend from its origins in the entertainment business and morphed it into a highly respected creative commercial art form. He also remains as one of the most prominent solo performers of all time in terms of both recordings at his concerts and sales of his attendants.