Elton John: A Rock and Roll Legend

Elton John has had one of the most successful careers in rock and roll history of all time. He has sold millions and millions of records worldwide. In 1998 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and became Sir Elton Hercules John. He started playing the piano at a very young age and had an aptitude for music. Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in Middlesex, England March 25, 1947 to Stanley and Sheila Dwight. His parents were divorced while he was still a teen.

Some of Elton John's best known hits are: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Bennie and the Jets, Candle in the Wind, and Rocket Man." Elton John wore such outrageous costumes and spectacles on stage, that he became a superstar, and he was so flamboyant that he was sort of like Liberace. Elton John was married to a German woman, which lasted about four years, and then they were divorced. Elton John later joined his long time companion, David Furnish in a civil partnership on December 21, 2005, soon after it was legal for two people of the same sex to form such a partnership in England.

Elton John is a great song writer, along with his writing partner, lyricist Bernie Taupin. Elton John and Taupin had written all of their songs together for along time. Elton John's songs are the greatest and remembered, and never forgotten. Elton John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Elton John did a lot for the world of rock and roll music throughout his career, which spans four decades, and continues to this day. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is one of Elton John's greatest songs in the album of the same name.

Elton John had suffered from drug addictions, including cocaine, and alcohol. He also suffered from bulimia; an eating disorder throughout his career.

Elton John had lost many of his dearest friends to AIDS. He felt that not enough was being done to help people with AIDS, so he decided to do something about it. He went headlong to help raise money to for the victims of AIDS, for research, and to provide vital support for people infected with the HIV/AIDS virus. Since the late 1980's Elton John has been very involved in the fight against AIDS. Elton John founded the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992, one of the world's leading nonprofit organizations that uses innovation in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The EJAF Foundation is innovative in supporting HIV prevention programs, also to eliminate the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS, to support, and give direct care for people living with HIV/AIDS.