Elton John

Elton John's favorite soda is reportedly Diet Coke. He has been known to enjoy it for its low calorie content and has often been seen with it at various events and performances. His preference for Diet Coke has become somewhat of a personal trademark over the years.

Yes, Elton John owned a house in Deal, New Jersey, that was famously designed to resemble a grand piano. The unique architectural style of the home reflected his flamboyant personality and love for music. He purchased the property in the 1980s, and it became one of his notable residences before he sold it in 2018.

Yes, Elton John has a half-sister named Harriet. She is the daughter of his father, Stanley Dwight, from a relationship after Elton's parents divorced. Harriet has kept a relatively low profile compared to Elton's public life.

No, Elton John is not Jewish. He was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight to a Church of England family in England. While he has expressed admiration for various cultures and religions, his background is primarily Christian.

Nope, Bernie Taupin is not Jewish. He is actually British and is best known for being Elton John's longtime lyricist. So, you won't find him celebrating Hanukkah anytime soon.

Oh, dude, Renate Blauel, Elton John's ex-wife, just kind of vanished from the spotlight after their divorce in 1988. Like, she's probably out there living her best life, sipping on a piña colada somewhere, totally unbothered by all the drama. Who needs all that paparazzi attention anyways, am I right?

No.

Oh, dude, Elton John says the word "Saturday" four times in the song "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting." I mean, it's right there in the title, so you'd hope he'd mention it at least a few times, right? But hey, who's counting anyway?

Oh, dude, that's Robert Downey Jr. He's the one grooving in Elton John's "You Gotta Love Someone" video. So, like, if you're into Marvel superheroes or Sherlock Holmes, you might know him from those too.

He helped write them, but it was him and Tim Rice.

No, he did not.

Only once so far, in 2011, BUT he is due to perform there again in November 2012, and I believe is returning to do a gig there in '13 as well.

No, but he sang a song called cocaine when he was in Cream with Eric Clapton.

yes he is Elton John has sung with the Backstreet Boys on Party in the Park and they sung back up on his song Friends Never Say Goodbye from the Road to Eldorado his favorite song from them is I Want it That Way

he was not on the Johnny Cash because Johnny Cash show only ran from 1964 to 1971 but Elton John was on the Muppet Show

The name of the male actor in the 'Sacrifice' video by Elton John is Chris Issac. Issac also is a solo music artist.

He sang a re-written version of his song 'Candle In The Wind'. The song was originally written as an elegy to Marilyn Monroe, but he altered the lyrics so that they were about Diana's life and early death.

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No, he's white, and he was born in England.

The popularity of Elton John happened due to a "last ditch" effort to promote Elton in the United States. Elton was a session musician as well as a band member in numerous bands but also worked for Dick James. He was enlisted to compose songs to be recorded by popular artists in the UK at the time (Don Kirchner and the Monkees?). The problem was Elton did not enjoy nor was very good at creating lyrics. He answered an ad in the New Musical Express for lyricists and composers which eventually paired him with Bernie Taupin who wrote lyrics.

Once the two paired and completed the compositions no one took the compositions as their own so it was decided Elton would just begin singing the songs which led to Dick James funded single releases and one or two albums. The first of these albums being "Empty Sky" in 1969. It received some decent recognition in the UK but not great. The singles they released did reach the charts but not too high.

As stated in a "last ditch" (as much as James was going to) effort Elton was sent to the USA by landing a 4 day stretch at Doug Weston's Troubadour in LA. California in Aug of 1970. James and promoters had a double decker bus (UK bus) sent over and pumped up Elton's status as he had not yet became popular in his own country. After the Troubadour shows the critics at the LA. Times heralded Elton as the best new talent of the year, the reviews of his shows praised Elton as the next best talent in rock music. It also helped that there were numerous LA luminaries in the audience during the show ie. Leon Russell, Brian Wilson and other well established musicians and movie stars of the time. Although his talent and reviews were never in question without doubt the patrons list and timing lended to his immediate success.

After this Elton mounted a low key nationwide tour gaining momentum as he moved across the country. One of the last shows was recorded in WABC New York with approximately 100 in the audience and released as "11/17/70"( or "17/11/70" in the UK). Both were successes and actually helped Elton become better known in the UK.

[Elton's success may also be credited to the format that was developing in the USA on FM stations called "Album Oriented Rock" (AOR) in which FM stations played entire albums on air not just the more popular "hits". Elton's early albums were finely fitted for this format.]

After this his self titled album was released including his hugely popular "Your Song" which began a run of unequaled success and record sales for approximately 5 years. The rest is music history.

His name's origins:

- Elton was from Bluesology saxophonist Elton Dean

- Hercules [his middle name] was not from the ancient myth, but the name of a horse on one of his favorite comedy shows [uh... I think.]

- John was from his friend Long John Baldry

He was born in Middlesex, England.

Elton John is still alive. huntre

His stepfather's name was Fred, but Elton John called him Derf [which was Fred backwards]

I was wondering this myself, and just watched a little bit of the movie "Public Enemies". In that movie he has a very short haircut, so I was paying close attention. Towards the end there's a scene when he is in a police station - the camera follows him close from behind and then does several shots sort of from behind his ears and you can see he has plenty. I just started getting my first ones, so now I notice all the time.

//Mr. Depp is almost 50 years old, it would be strange if he had no graying in his hair at all.//

Not anymore; David Furnish is now his civil partner.