Elton John is an English singer, pianist, and composer. Commonly nicknamed the “Rocket Man” after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s, having released 31 albums since 1969.



Since 1967, John has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin, with whom he has had a long-standing association and with whom he has received high praise from critics and artists alike.

Elton John And David Furnish with Children
Elton John And David Furnish with Children

Popular music has been influenced greatly by John’s songs and performance style. It is one of the most successful songwriting partnerships in history that he has had with Taupin.



John was born and raised in Pinner, where he learned to play the piano at a young age and joined the blues band Bluesology in 1962. In 1967, after both of them responded to a call for songwriters, he met his longtime musical companion, Taupin.

They wrote songs for other musicians for two years, and John worked as a session guitarist for other artists.

The album Empty Sky by John was released in 1969. With the Elton John Band in 1970, he recorded “Your Song,” which became his first UK and the US number one in both countries, making him the first solo artist to achieve this feat.

After Honky Château (1972) and Rock of the Westies (1975), John’s critical success peaked in the 1970s, when he released a string of chart-topping albums in both the U.S. and the UK (1975).

Elton John Children: Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John and Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John

Elton John and David Furnish welcomed their first child, a son named Zachary, who is now 10 years old, before welcoming a boy named Elijah, who is now 8 years old.

Watford Academy is where Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, Elton’s eldest son, plays for. In both of their children, Elton and David used the same egg donor, but they still do not know who the biological father is for either child.

On January 11, 2013, Elton’s youngest son was born. When the I’m Still Standing singer and his husband, David, decided to use a surrogate for their second kid, he described their surrogate as a member of their family.

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