In a career spanning five decades, Elton John has sold over 250 million records and has over 50 Top 40 hits, making him one of the most successful musicians of all time.

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. album charts, 23 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10 ones, and six #1 hits. His success had a profound impact on popular music, and contributed to the continued popularity of the piano in rock and roll.

Elton John's Greatest Hits

The famous song Sacrifice, one of the songs I favoured much. 

Having sold over 250 million albums worldwide, and a career that has kept him at the top of the charts for over 35 years, Elton John is one of the greatest showman and concert performers of all time. With an enormous list of Awards, hit singles and albums, Elton John has also become known through his partnership with lyricist Tim Rice with songs for the films The Lion King and The Road to El Dorado.

The Rocket Man Solo Tour will coincide with the Australian Premiere of the stage musical Billy Elliot. Sir Elton John inspired the creation of this musical and composed the musical score. Billy Elliot will open in Sydney on 13 December at The Capitol Theatre.

SIR ELTON JOHN takes a light-hearted approach to his celebrity status - and has confessed to doing some "hideous things" during his career. The Rocket Man singer insists his relaxed attitude towards past antics helps him to avoid getting caught up with the destructive side of fame. He says, "I've taken work seriously - the artistic side - but I've never really taken fame seriously. "Otherwise I wouldn't be able to look back and laugh at some of the hideous things I've done!"

Shaveta Bansal - Celebrity News Service Writer

London, England (CNS) - The audience at London's O2 arena was left amused Thursday night after pop singer Prince was joined on stage by Sir Elton John. The pair performed a cover of The Beatles' The Long and Winding Road, followed by Prince's introduction of his night's co-performer.

"You know who it is - Sir Elton John!" Prince said to the cheers of the audience.

Prince, who is nearing the end of his 21-day residency in the U.K., also performed the 1980s classics "When Doves Cry" and "Sign O' The Times," before taking the stage at neighboring venue Indigo for an aftershow performance.

One of the most commercially successful entertainers of the last 30 years, pop singer Elton John was born Reginald Dwight on March 25, 1947 to a middle-class family living in Pinner, England. Taking the stage name Elton "Hercules" John, Dwight embarked on a solo career in mid-1968, performing songs he had written with lyricist Bernard Taupin. Working with producer Gus Dudgeon, John and Taupin released a new album for MCA Records in 1970, Elton John. Thanks to critical praise and the U.S. success of the Top 10 single "Your Song," John found himself quite popular in America, touring the country for the first time later that year.

His 1971 follow-up, the concept album Tumbleweed Connection, was another big hit, reaching the Top 10. The prolific pair put together several more albums during 1971-72, culminating in 1972's Honky Chateau, John's first No. 1 album. Its big single, "Rocket Man," inaugurated a string of hits for the singer-pianist, who scored 16 consecutive Top 20 hits between late 1972 and mid-1976, releasing up to three albums a year. Hits like "The Bitch Is Back," "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," "Bennie and the Jets," "Yellow Brick Road," "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me," "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" and "Crocodile Rock" became pop classics, turning Elton John into a bona fide superstar. He appeared on the cover of Time, performed for more than 100,000 people in Los Angeles, dueted with John Lennon in New York and appeared in the movie Tommy.

He is in his 60s. But he is still hot.

Now Elton John is coming to Australia and have several concerts. Not enough...People are despered to get tickets. So Sir Elton John decided to have additional concerts (see here). Then he could make a lot of money. Oh, my fault, he is already a rich person. Also a gay. So I bet he does not need to get richer. All he wants to do is to fly around the world and comfort the fans' hearts...

Artist:  Elton John
Album:  Aida - 1 review:
Year:  1999
Other performers:  Elton John & Tim Rice

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Tracks    1.    Another Pyramid
    2.    Written in the Stars
    3.    Easy as Life [Featuring Angelique Kidjo]
    4.    My Strongest Suit
    5.    I Know the Truth
    6.    Not Me
    7.    Amneris' Letter
    8.    A Step Too Far
    9.    Like Father, Like Son
    10.    Elaborate Lives
    11.    How I Know You
    12.    The Messenger
    13.    The Gods Love Nubia
    14.    Enchantment Passing Through
    15.    Orchestral Finale

Artist:  Elton John
Album:  Greatest Hits 1970-2002

Year:  2002

Tracks    1.    Your Song 
    2.    Levon 
    3.    Tiny Dancer 
    4.    Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long Long Time) 
    5.    Honky Cat 
    6.    Crocodile Rock 
    7.    Daniel 
    8.    Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting 
    9.    Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 
    10.    Candle in the Wind 
    11.    Bennie and the Jets 
    12.    Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me 
    13.    The Bitch Is Back 
    14.    Philadelphia Freedom 
    15.    Someone Saved My Life Tonight 
    16.    Island Girl 
    17.    Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word 
    18.    Don't Go Breaking My Heart
    19.    Little Jeannie
    20.    I'm Still Standing
    21.    I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
    22.    Sad Songs (Say So Much)
    23.    I Don't Wanna Go on With You Like That
    24.    Nikita
    25.    Sacrifice
    26.    The One
    27.    Can You Feel the Love Tonight?
    28.    Circle of Life
    29.    Believe
    30.    Blessed
    31.    Something About the Way You Look Tonight
    32.    I Want Love
    33.    Written in the Stars
    34.    This Train Don't Stop There Anymore

Elton John will perform five solo concerts in Australia, including one in a winery. The Rocket Man Solo Tour will open at the end of November with shows planned for Sydney, the Hunter Valley, Canberra, Victoria and South Australia. The tour will kick off with a concert at the Barossa Arts and Convention Centre on November 24, followed by Sydney's Acer Area on November 28, Stage 88 in Canberra's Commonwealth Park on November 30, the Tempus Two Winery in the Hunter Valley on December 1 and the Werribee Park Mansion on December 15. It will be a year since the 60-year-old British performer played in Australia and November's visit will be his 13th tour of the country.

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