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“I began writing a song in my head about the drudgery of being an astronaut. An entire verse fell out of my mind and onto the page”: The classic song that transformed Elton John into a global superstar

“Unfortunately, people identify it with David Bowie’s Space Oddity”

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“I began writing a song in my head about the drudgery of being an astronaut. An entire verse fell out of my mind and onto the page”: The classic song that transformed Elton John into a global superstar

“Unfortunately, people identify it with David Bowie’s Space Oddity”

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Chaka Khan, Cher, Whitney Houston, Fela Kuti get Grammys Life Achievement Awards

Chaka Khan, Cher, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Fela Kuti, and Whitney Houston have received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards

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Whitney Houston to receive a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award

Whitney Houston will receive a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award next year, 14 years after her death.

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Sir Elton John thinks he is singing better than ever

Sir Elton John, 78, believes that he is "singing better than (he's) ever done before" despite facing health challenges such as losing the sight in his right eye.

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“John called us and said he thought that we were the best stuff that he had heard since the Beatles… To hear that from John Lennon was like, ‘What?’ It was a wonderful compliment”: Davey Johnstone on Elton John’s smash-hit Beatles collab with John Lennon

How a visit from John Lennon during the sessions for Elton John’s 1975 masterpiece Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy yielded an impromptu Beatles cover and another number one hit

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“I’ll never forget it – the three of us were almost in tears. We’re getting to sing this, Elton and Bernie’s whole history up to that point”: Davey Johnstone on the making of Elton John’s 1975 masterpiece, Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

It began aboard the high seas, a concept record about Elton John and Bernie Taupin's early days, and when the band got to Caribou Ranch, they'd turn out one of the greatest albums of the '70s

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"A record was made to reward close listening": Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (50th Anniversary Edition)

Peak 70s Elton John, a songwriting triumph

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“How daring to have a long intro before he’s even singing. It’s like psychedelic Mozart”: With The Rose Of Laura Nyro, Elton John and Brandi Carlile are paying tribute to both a 'forgotten' songwriter and the lost art of the long song intro

“No one starts an album like that anymore!” says Carlile

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"People started to leave. I was terrified": The story of Elton John's favourite Elton John album and the calamitous stadium show that followed

Gold even before its release, Captain Fantastic And The BrownDirt Cowboy was worth the hard work. But the album markedthe end of Elton John’s imperial period – and his band

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Sir Elton John scores 10th number one album with Brandi Carlile collaboration

The singer said he has been ‘blown away by the response’ to Who Believes In Angels?.

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“No one starts an album like that anymore!” says Carlile

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Sir Elton John set to earn 10th UK number one album with Who Believes In Angels?

He has already had 10 number ones in the UK singles chart.

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Elton John and Brandi Carlile deliver outsized, old-school fun on Who Believes in Angels?

4/5 The Rocket Man and his longtime friend Carlile, along with familiar faces Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt, recreate the playfulness and sense of fun of some of John’s Seventies gems

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Sir Elton John has been thinking about how much he 'doesn't want to die'

Sir Elton John has been thinking about how much he "doesn't want to die" because he wants to be around for his husband and children forever.

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Sir Elton John feared it was 'inhumane' to record album with Brandi Carlile amid global crisis

Sir Elton John feared that it was "inhumane" to be recording an album with Brandi Carlile at an uncertain time for the world.

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Elton John and Brandi Carlile dazzle audience at star-studded London Palladium show

Stars including Ronnie Wood, Lily James and Sam Fender were spotted cheering on the legendary artist as he celebrated his new album with Carlile and their host, Dan Levy, at the special event

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"Stupid song. But our producer said, ‘It’s a hit.’ And he was right!”: How a famous singer had a No.1 in the ’80s with a song she hated

“There isn’t a city built on rock’n’roll!” she admits

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Elton John admits he was in 'very, very dark place' during tearful meltdown while recording album

The pop icon, 77, was filmed sobbing, tearing up sheet music, and snapping at his collaborators while recording his new album

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‘He smashed his iPad and headphones. My lyrics got torn up’: inside Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s explosive duets album

Retire quietly? The idea filled John with horror. Instead, he and Carlile made his best album in decades. They talk tantrums, mortality – and being tactful with Trump

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Elton John’s new studio album revealed to be collaboration with Brandi Carlile

The duo will play at the London Palladium on March 26 ahead of the album’s release.

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New CBS special Grammy Greats: The Stories Behind the Songs debuts tonight

Hear straight from artists like Billie Eilish, Finneas, Alicia Keys and more about how their most famous songs came to life

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Mike Batt 'used to wish' he had Sir Elton John's voice

Mike Batt “used to wish” he had a voice like Sir Elton John but he is "quite pleased" with how he sounds now.

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“He thought that he wouldn’t have the ideas, but they were absolutely there": Here’s the songwriting advice that Elton John gave to Chappell Roan

The up-and-coming superstar is just one of today’s artists that have been helped by one of music’s true greats

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Bernie Taupin brands his and Sir Elton John’s work during singer’s addiction years ‘not the best’

Opening up about the impact of his writing partner’s addictions on their work, lyricist Bernie Taupin has branded the work he and Sir Elton John did when the singer was in the depths of his drug use “not the best”.

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