Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, pianist, record producer, and occasional actor. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriter partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date. In his five-decade career Elton John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. Elton was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Having been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996, Elton received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services" in 1998. Elton has performed at a number of royal events, such as the funeral of Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey in 1997, the Party at the Palace in 2002 and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace in 2012. He has been heavily involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980's. In 1992, he established the Elton John AIDS Foundation and a year later began hosting the annual Academy Award Party, which has since become one of the highest-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry. Since its inception, the foundation has raised over $200 million. Elton entered into a civil partnership with David Furnish on 21 December 2005 and continues to be a champion for LGBT social movements worldwide and same-sex marriage.==Links To Peel== In an interview on Partners In Dispute in 1992, Peel described Elton John as a nice man, who sent him letters and books to him. He also described early Elton John's work as radical, which nobody else was doing, but now everybody is copying. So impressed with his music, Peel invited Elton John to do sessions for his show. In one session in 1973, Peel with John Walters and Teddy Warrick were heard singing along with Elton John in a drunken medley chorus of Daniel and Your Song. Peel wasn't keen on later Elton John's material, but after Peel's death, Elton John appeared on the documentary John Peel's Record Box in 2005 and commended Peel for the work he had done for British music.

Sessions
1. Recorded: 1968-11-27. Broadcast: 27 November 1968. Repeated: ? 2. Recorded: 1973-12-18. Broadcast: 25 December 1973. Repeated: 19 December 1974, 25 December 1985*Dylan Medley- Blowin' In The Wind/She Belongs To Me/Mr.Tambourine Man / Pub Medley - Don't Dilly Dally On The Way/Lilly Of Laguna/Down At The Old Bull And Bush/Knees Up Mother Brown/Hokey Kokey / Christmas Medley - Rudolf The Red-Nose Reindeer/White Christmas/Jingle Bells / Daniel/Your Song / Blowin' In The Wind/She Belongs To Me/Mtr Trambourine ManDon't Dilly Dally On The Way/Lilly Of Laguna/Down At The Old Bull And Bush/Knees Up Mother Brown/Hokey Cokey / Daniel/Your Song
 * Lady What's Tomorrow / Vall-Hala / Digging My Grave / My First Days At Hi Eaton / The Scaffold

Live

 * Recorded: Unknown. Broadcast: 05 April 1970
 * 1) Take Me To The Pilot
 * 2) My Father's Gun
 * 3) Your Song
 * 4) Ballad Of A Well Known Gun

Other Shows Played
(The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive and is certainly incomplete. Please add further details if known.)

1969 1970 1972 Others
 * 02 February 1969: Lady Samantha (single) Philips BF 1739
 * 28 March 1970: Border Song (7") DJM DJS 217
 * 25 April 1970: Take Me To The Pilot (LP - Elton John) DJM DJLPS 2/4 0406
 * 16 May 1970: No Shoe Strings On Louise (LP – Elton John) DJM DJLPS 2/4 0406
 * 30 May 1970: The Cage (LP - Elton John) DJM DJLPS 2/4 0406
 * 17 October 1970: My Father’s Gun (LP - Tumbleweed Connection) DJM DJLPS 410
 * 05 December 1970: Burn Down The Mission (LP - Tumbleweed Connection) DJM DJLPS 410
 * 04 April 1972: Rocket Man (single) DJM
 * 14 April 1972: Rocket Man (single) DJM
 * 18 April 1972: Rocket Man (single) DJM
 * 25 April 1972: Rocket Man (single) DJM
 * 16 May 1972: Honky Cat (LP - Honky Château) DJM
 * 23 May 1972: I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself (LP - Honky Château) DJM
 * 05 May 1983 (TOTP): Your Song (clip from 14 January 1971)
 * 23 June 1983 (TOTP): I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues
 * 04 August 1983 (TOTP): I’m Still Standing
 * 06 September 1984 (TOTP): Passengers
 * 02 January 1986 (TOTP): Wrap Her Up
 * Partners In Dispute: Madman Across The Water