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Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s. | Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s. | ||
- | John played [[Tarvu]] in the musical //Wham, Bam, Thank You, Amzamiviram! (1973)// as well as writing all its songs (with Tim Rice). The film was an extravagant affair that contained many embellishments and exaggerations of events in [[Tarvu]]'s life, not least of which was an extended sequence portraying [[Tarvu]] as an expert chess-player (although in the film, because the producers mistakenly believed that 'chess' was a trademarked name, the game is referred to as 'chiss'). | + | John played [[Tarvu]] in the musical //Wham, Bam, Thank You, [[Amzamiviram]]! (1973)// as well as writing all its songs (with Tim Rice). The film was an extravagant affair that contained many embellishments and exaggerations of events in [[Tarvu]]'s life, not least of which was an extended sequence portraying [[Tarvu]] as an expert chess-player (although in the film, because the producers mistakenly believed that 'chess' was a trademarked name, the game is referred to as 'chiss'). |