Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. Collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967 on more than 30 albums, John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100, including seven number ones in the UK and nine in the US, as well as seven consecutive number-one albums in the US. His tribute single "Candle in the Wind 1997", rewritten in dedication to Diana, Princess of Wales, sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the UK and US singles charts. He has also produced records and occasionally acted in films. John owned Watford F.C. from 1976 to 1987 and from 1997 to 2002. He is an honorary life president of the club.
Billy Porter Has Something to Say About That Harry Styles in a Dress Vogue Cover
cover of Vogue last year wearing a dress and blazer, he made history as the first man to ever appear solo on the front of the magazine.
One person who wasn’t cheering about that trailblazing moment was Billy Porter. “I changed the whole game,” he told The Sunday Times. “I.
Personally. Changed. The. Whole. Game. And that is not ego, that is just fact. I was the first one doing it and now everybody is doing it.” Styles, however, credited several musicians for influencing his style. “The people that I looked up to in music — Prince and David Bowie and Elvis [Presley] and Freddie Mercury and Elton John — they’re such showmen,” he told Vogue in 2020.
