With two children, Charley and Georgey, Bernie Taupin now lives a happy life with his wife after three failed marriages (2024)

FAQs

Was Elton John in love with Bernie? ›

“I cry when I sing this song, because I was in love with Bernie, not in a sexual way, but because he was the person I was looking for my entire life, my little soul mate.” John regards the relationship as the most important in his life and how now, years later, they have ended up becoming their alter egos.

Taupin moved to the United States from England in the mid-1970s. In 1990 he became a US citizenand lives in Santa Barbara County, California. Taupin was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to music.

On A Single Man, released in 1978, John wrote exclusively with lyricist Gary Osborne. But it was a different partnership that scored John his first Top 10 US hit without Taupin. Long an admirer of Philly Soul, John decided to work with Thom Bell, one of the chief architects of that sound.

In the 1960s, when Elton John was a back-up musician for British blues singer Long John Baldry, he was briefly engaged to a woman. In a new memoir, Elton's close friend and longtime lyricist, Bernie Taupin, describes this as a time of confusion for the singer that culminated in a potentially tragic incident.

The RoundUp Valley Ranch at the end of RoundUp Road in Santa Ynez Valley, CA is situated in 30 acres of land and was bought by Taupin 25 years ago. The main house is a Mediterranean style with five bedrooms and six bathrooms and there is a separate studio and office space.

Reid and John no longer speak

Reid continued in the music business until reportedly retiring in 1999, a year after divesting himself of an art collection allegedly worth £2 million.

David Furnish, who is 15 years younger than Elton John, was born in Toronto, Canada in 1962.

In his search for a new home in the United States he found Los Angeles to be overwhelming and New York unsafe, and he fell in love with the Southern charm of Atlanta. He was fond of the peach state and living in Atlanta was comfortable.

David James Furnish (born 25 October 1962) is a Canadian-British filmmaker and former advertising executive. He is the husband of English singer, pianist and composer Sir Elton John.

English

Bernie Taupin / Nationality

Did Elton John sing any of the songs in Rocketman? ›

The album contains 22 tracks of several hits performed by the cast of the film and a newly written track "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" featuring vocals by Taron Egerton and John together. This is the only song featuring Elton.

Bernie Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer. In his long-term collaboration with Elton John, he has written the lyrics for most of John's songs.

"Candle in the Wind" is a threnody written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John.

As Elton John's lover in the early 1970s, John Reid was witness to the arrival of one of the world's greatest entertainers. As John's manager for 28 years, Reid was also present for John's personal life hitting deep lows, as his career continued to hit stratospheric heights.

Taupin also stated in a 1973 interview in Rolling Stone that the song is about Maxine Feibelman, his wife at the time. In 2019, Feibelman said, "I knew [the song] was about me.

From what I am reading, it wasn't any relationship to Elton at all. He didn't have anyone in his family named Daniel. He said that the song was really about a man from Texas, who was wounded in the Vietnam War, trying to get back to normal life. Both Taupin and John have said it was their most “misinterpreted song.”

Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in 1947, the rocket man crooner changed his name in the 1960s to something more showbizzy. The first name came from the sax player, Elton Dean, in his then band Bluesology while the surname was inspired by the band's lead singer, Long John Baldry.