Elton John

Born on 25 March 1947 in Pinner, Middlesex; Elton John is a British singer, pianist and songwriter. Under his birth name, Reginald Kenneth Dwight, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music at the age of eleven. From the late 1960s he worked with the lyricist Bernie Taupin, and in the 1970s and 1980s the two created numerous successful albums and songs. For the Disney film “The Lion King” (1994) he composed songs to lyrics by Tim Rice; “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Original Song. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and knighted in 1998. On a gala recording by Doc Heilein and Friends, David E. Moore sings “Circle of Life” from “The Lion King”, for which he wrote the music and Tim Rice the lyrics.