Complete Thom Bell Session

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B. (strings and horns), Larry Washington (percussion) with Carla Benson (background vocals), Evette Benton (background vocals), Barbara Ingram (background vocals), Bill Lamb (background vocals), The Spinners (background vocals). From 1971-1976, Elton had a remarkable run of hits, but the lifestyle was wearing him down and his creative batteries needed a recharge. In March 2013, Michael Gracey was hired to direct, with Tom Hardy cast in October to play John and FilmDistrict (and later Focus Features) acquiring the U.

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He also shared two photos from the archives, one where she supported him while at a family event, and another featuring Elton as a baby, as she carried him in her arms inside a garden. The soundtrack for the film was released by Virgin EMI (UK) and Interscope Records (US) on CD and digital formats on 24 May 2019 and was also released by Interscope Records on vinyl on August 23, 2019. In a heartfelt caption, the singer wrote: "So sad to hear of the passing of Thom Bell - wonderful producer of timeless records.In an interview at CinemaCon, Egerton stated the film would be a lot more of a visually stylized epic musical- fantasy rather than just a traditional straightforward biopic. Elton's 1970 performance at the Troubadour was actually well over a year after Neil Young's last show at the venue (Young has not done another concert there since), and Elton's show, on 25 August 1970, was actually on a Tuesday (as opposed to the Monday in the film).

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Rocketman was released on Digital HD on 6 August 2019 and on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD on 27 August 2019. Other artists Bell produced in the 1980s included The Temptations, Phyllis Hyman, Dee Dee Bridgwater, and he even re-united briefly with the Stylistics in 1981 on Philadelphia International's subsidiary, TSOP. Bell and Creed became one of the era's dominant soul songwriting teams, penning hits such as " Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)", " You Are Everything", " Betcha by Golly, Wow", " Break Up to Make Up", " You Make Me Feel Brand New", and " I'm Stone in Love with You" (the latter with Anthony Bell). He has a short-lived marriage with a close female friend, Renate Blauel, but his homosexuality dooms their relationship (" Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me").It was reported that Egerton would sing the songs in the film himself, produced by Giles Martin, who was brought on as music producer for the project. On many of his productions, Bell balanced his penchant for romantic string arrangements with subtle syncopations that served to lodge a key phrase permanently in the listener’s memory.

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Reginald Dwight grows up in 1950s Britain, raised by his unaffectionate mother, Sheila, and his more loving grandmother Ivy.Victim of Love is a mugging, but these lost sessions are a find in the flatlands between Rock of the Westies and 21 at 33. The guitar player at the Troubadour concert is fictional: Elton did not have a guitarist until Davey Johnstone in 1972. John actually checked into rehab in 1990 at the Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Chicago a few months after a young friend, Ryan White, had died from AIDS, and after a visit to his boyfriend at the time, Hugh Williams, in a rehab facility in Prescott, Arizona. Leroy, his father, owned a fish market and restaurant, was also musical, playing the accordion and Hawaiian guitar. The Spinners ended up releasing their own version of the song in America around the same time Elton put out the single in the UK.