Elton John

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composer human philanthropist pianist record producer singer-songwriter

Elton John is a legendary British singer, pianist, and composer known for his flamboyant style and numerous hit songs across several decades.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Elton John – Greatest Hits compilations	1
Reginald Kenneth Dwight	1
Sir Elton John	1

Statements (101)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	composer ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ pianist ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1960s ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ BRIT Awards ⓘ surface form: Brit Award Golden Globe Award ⓘ Grammy Award ⓘ Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ⓘ Tony Award ⓘ
biopicReleaseYear	2019 ⓘ
birthDate	1947-03-25 ⓘ
birthPlace	Pinner ⓘ surface form: Pinner, Middlesex, England
collaboratedWith	Bernie Taupin ⓘ Billy Joel ⓘ Dua Lipa ⓘ George Michael ⓘ John Lennon ⓘ Kiki Dee ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
founded	Elton John AIDS Foundation ⓘ
fullName	Elton John self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Reginald Kenneth Dwight
gender	male ⓘ
genre	adult contemporary ⓘ glam rock ⓘ pop ⓘ rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ
hasChild	Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John ⓘ Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle	CBE ⓘ Sir ⓘ
hasStarOn	Hollywood Walk of Fame ⓘ
honor	Order of the British Empire ⓘ surface form: Commander of the Order of the British Empire Knight Bachelor ⓘ The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ surface form: Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour
influenced	Brendon Urie ⓘ Ed Sheeran ⓘ Lady Gaga ⓘ Sam Smith ⓘ
influencedBy	Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ Leon Russell ⓘ Little Richard ⓘ The Beatles ⓘ
instrument	piano ⓘ vocals ⓘ
knightedBy	Elizabeth II ⓘ surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
knighthoodDate	1998-02-24 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
marriageStart	2014-12-21 ⓘ
nominatedFor	Grammy Award for Album of the Year ⓘ Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ
notableAlbum	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy ⓘ Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player ⓘ Elton John self-link ⓘ Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ⓘ Honky Château ⓘ Madman Across the Water ⓘ Tumbleweed Connection ⓘ
notableFor	distinctive piano-driven pop and rock songs ⓘ flamboyant stage costumes ⓘ
notableWork	Bennie and the Jets ⓘ Can You Feel the Love Tonight ⓘ Candle in the Wind ⓘ Candle in the Wind ⓘ surface form: Candle in the Wind 1997 Circle of Life ⓘ Crocodile Rock ⓘ Daniel ⓘ Don’t Go Breaking My Heart ⓘ Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me ⓘ Yellow Brick Road ⓘ surface form: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road I’m Still Standing ⓘ Nikita ⓘ Philadelphia Freedom ⓘ Rocketman ⓘ surface form: Rocket Man Sacrifice ⓘ Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting ⓘ Something About the Way You Look Tonight ⓘ Song for Guy ⓘ Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word ⓘ Tiny Dancer ⓘ Your Song ⓘ
occupation	composer ⓘ pianist ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
residence	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia, United States Windsor, Berkshire, England ⓘ
sexualOrientation	gay ⓘ
soldRecordsEstimate	over 300 million records worldwide ⓘ
spouse	David Furnish ⓘ
stageName	Elton John self-link ⓘ
subjectOf	Rocketman ⓘ surface form: biographical film "Rocketman"

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Can You Feel the Love Tonight → associatedAct → Elton John ⓘ

Dionne Warwick → associatedAct → Elton John ⓘ

Gladys Knight → associatedAct → Elton John ⓘ

George Martin → collaboratedWith → Elton John ⓘ

George Michael → collaboratedWith → Elton John ⓘ

Tim Rice → collaboratedWith → Elton John ⓘ

Can You Feel the Love Tonight → composer → Elton John ⓘ

Rocketman → composer → Elton John ⓘ

Elton John → fullName → Elton John self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Foy Vance → hasCollaboratedWith → Elton John ⓘ

James Newton Howard → hasCollaboratedWith → Elton John ⓘ

Stand by Me → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Elton John ⓘ

Songwriters Hall of Fame → hasNotableInductee → Elton John ⓘ

Party at the Palace → hasPerformer → Elton John ⓘ

Grammy Legend Award → hasRecipient → Elton John ⓘ

Can You Feel the Love Tonight → includedIn → Elton John ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elton John – Greatest Hits compilations

Buddy Holly → influenced → Elton John ⓘ

Ray Charles → influenced → Elton John ⓘ

Harry Styles → influencedBy → Elton John ⓘ

Rocketman → mainSubject → Elton John ⓘ

Elton John → notableAlbum → Elton John self-link ⓘ

Royal Academy of Music → notableAlumni → Elton John ⓘ

MCA Records → notableArtist → Elton John ⓘ

MCA → notableArtist → Elton John ⓘ

subject surface form: MCA Records

Mercury Records → notableArtist → Elton John ⓘ

Moon River → notableCoverArtist → Elton John ⓘ

Crystal Award → notableRecipient → Elton John ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Elton John

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song → notableRecipient → Elton John ⓘ

Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance → notableWinner → Elton John ⓘ

Diamond Jubilee Concert → performedBy → Elton John ⓘ

Can You Feel the Love Tonight → performer → Elton John ⓘ

Taron Egerton → portrayed → Elton John ⓘ

Rocketman → portrays → Elton John ⓘ

Geffen Records → signedArtist → Elton John ⓘ

The Lion King → songsBy → Elton John ⓘ

Elton John → stageName → Elton John self-link ⓘ

Kingsman: The Golden Circle → starring → Elton John ⓘ

Alan Aldridge → workedWith → Elton John ⓘ