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Who Wears These Shoes
"Who Wears These Shoes?" is a song by English musician Elton John. It was released as the third single from his eighteenth studio album ''Breaking Hearts'' (1984) in the UK in October 1984, while it was the album's second single in the US. As with most of John's material, its lyrics were written by longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin while John composed the music. In the US, the song reached number 16, becoming the album's second top 20 hit. The song peaked at number 50 in the UK. It was later included on the 1992 compilation album ''Greatest Hits 1976–1986 ''Greatest Hits 1976–1986'' is a collection of hits by Elton John released in the United States only by Music Corporation of America, MCA Records in 1992. It replaced an earlier compilation, Geffen's 1987 release ''Elton John's Greatest Hits V ...''. References Elton John songs 1984 songs 1984 singles Songs with music by Elton John Songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin Song recordings produced by Chris Thomas (r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting impact on the music industry, and his songwriting partnership with lyricist Bernie Taupin is one of the most successful in history. John was the 19th EGOT winner in history. He has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists of all time. John learned to play piano at an early age, winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. In the 1960s, he formed the blues band Bluesology, wrote songs for other artists alongside Taupin, and worked as a session musician, before releasing his debut album, ''Empty Sky'' (1969). Throughout the next six decades, John cemented his status as a cultural icon with Elton John albums discography, 32 studio albums, including ''Honky Château'' (1972), ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' (1973), ''Roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaking Hearts
''Breaking Hearts'' is the eighteenth studio album by English musician Elton John. It was released on 18 June 1984 through John's The Rocket Record Company, Rocket label in the UK and Geffen Records in the US. Like the preceding ''Too Low for Zero'' (1983), the album was produced by Chris Thomas (record producer), Chris Thomas and features the classic Elton John Band lineup of Davey Johnstone on guitar, Dee Murray on bass, and Nigel Olsson on drums. Upon release, ''Breaking Hearts'' was a commercial success, peaking at number two in the UK and number 20 in the US. "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" was released as the album's lead single and reached number five in the US and number seven in the UK. Four further singles were released, including "Passengers (Elton John song), Passengers", which reached number five in the UK, as well as "Who Wears These Shoes?" and "In Neon", both of which reached the top 40 in the US. Background This album would be the last to feature all (core) members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Independent Recording
Associated Independent Recording (AIR) is an independent recording company founded in London in 1965 by record producers George Martin, John Burgess (record producer), John Burgess, Ron Richards (producer), Ron Richards, and Peter Sullivan (record producer), Peter Sullivan. In 1970 the company established its own professional audio recording facilities, AIR Studios. History In 1965, Record producer, producers George Martin, Ron Richards (producer), Ron Richards, and John Burgess (record producer), John Burgess of Parlophone and Peter Sullivan (record producer), Peter Sullivan of Decca Records, Decca founded the company in order to produce music independently and license the final masters to the record companies, creating the opportunity for producers to earn bonuses and royalty payments. In 1970 AIR opened its first recording studio complex in London. AIR Studios Oxford Street, London (1970–1991) AIR's first recording facility was meant to be suitable for both dubbing film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem, Montserrat
Salem is the most populous town in Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory in the West Indies, situated on the western coast of the island, in St Peter Parish. Salem was evacuated on 16 August 1997, after the 1997 eruptions of Soufrière Hills on the island, but was resettled in October 1998. Beatles record producer George Martin lived in Olveston House, which is in the town of Salem, and set up the renowned AIR Montserrat studios nearby on Friths Road in 1979. The studio is now in ruins, after it was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989, but Olveston House operates as a guest house. Education The Montserrat government operates Salem Daycare and Salem Nursery.Statistical Digest 2014 " [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rocket Record Company
The Rocket Record Company is a record label founded by Elton John, along with Bernie Taupin, Gus Dudgeon, Steve Brown and others, in 1973. The company was named after John's hit song " Rocket Man". The label was originally distributed in the UK by Island and in the US by MCA Records, both of which John was also signed to (after 1976). History The first artists who signed to the label were the group Stackridge, who completed two albums for The Rocket Record Company after moving from MCA. It also became the home of Cliff Richard, Neil Sedaka (whose three most successful U.S. mid-1970s albums were on Rocket), Colin Blunstone, the Hudson Brothers, Blue, Kiki Dee, Judie Tzuke, The Lambrettas, Junior Campbell, Brian & Brenda Russell, and the Dutch band Solution. John offered to sign Iggy Pop & The Stooges to the label, but they declined. After John left his British label, DJM, in 1976, his records were also released by The Rocket Record Company on both sides of the Atlantic. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geffen Records
Geffen Records (formerly The David Geffen Company from 1980 to 1992 and Geffen Records Inc. from 1993 to 2004) is an American record label, founded in late 1980 by David Geffen. Originally a music subsidiary of the company known as Geffen Pictures, it is owned by the Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA), a unit of Interscope Capitol Labels Group, owned by Universal Music Group. Geffen has been a part of IGA since 1999 and has been used by Universal Music as a syndicating division of Interscope Records, serving its purpose to operate as a premier label for many new releases since 2003 and its 2017 reboot. History Formation (1980–1990) Geffen Records began operations in 1980. It was created by music industry businessman David Geffen who, in the early 1970s, had co-founded Asylum Records with Elliot Roberts. Geffen stepped down from Asylum in 1975, when he crossed over to film and was named a vice president of Warner Bros. Pictures. He was fired from Warner , but still rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernie Taupin
Bernard John Taupin (born 22 May 1950) is an English lyricist and visual artist. He is best known for his songwriting partnership with Elton John, recognised as one of the most successful partnerships of its kind in history. Taupin co-wrote the majority of John's songs, dating back to the 1960s. In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in the music paper ''New Musical Express'' placed by Liberty Records, a company that was seeking new songwriters.Billboard 4 October 1997, 30 Years of Music: Elton John with Bernie Taupin '''' John responded to the same advertisement and they were brought together ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Thomas (record Producer)
Christopher P. Thomas (born 13 January 1947 in Perivale, Middlesex, England) is an English record producer who has worked extensively with the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Roxy Music, Badfinger, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Pulp and the Pretenders. He has also produced breakthrough albums for the Sex Pistols, the Climax Blues Band, the Pretenders and INXS. Early life Thomas was classically trained on the violin and piano as a child and he began playing bass in London pop bands, turning down at one point the opportunity to play with Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell before Hendrix had struck fame. After several years, Thomas decided that he had little interest in making a career as a performing musician. In a 1998 interview, he stated "I realized that being in a band you were dependent on all these other people, and I also knew that if I'd ever been successful in a band, I would've wanted to stay in the studio and just make the records; I wasn't that interes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passengers (Elton John Song)
Passengers is a 1984 song by English musician Elton John that appears on his 1984 album ''Breaking Hearts,'' released as the second single of the album. The song reached number five on the UK chart, and reached the top ten in Australia, but was not released as a single in the US. The song was included on his 1990 UK release ''The Very Best of Elton John'', but has not been included on any compilation since. Background It was composed by John, Bernie Taupin and Davey Johnstone. The music for the song was largely based on a South African folk tune called 'Isonto Lezayoni', which was recorded in 1963 by Phineas Mkhize. The whistle riff and chorus melody are borrowed from this piece, and Mkhize is given a songwriting credit for the song on this basis. It has been suggested that Taupin's lyric has an anti-apartheid message behind it. Live performances John performed the song live during his 1985 tour of the UK, with a slightly re-arranged version of the track, making use of the bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greatest Hits 1976–1986
''Greatest Hits 1976–1986'' is a collection of hits by Elton John released in the United States only by Music Corporation of America, MCA Records in 1992. It replaced an earlier compilation, Geffen's 1987 release ''Elton John's Greatest Hits Vol. 3''. This was necessitated because of a shift in the control of copyrights and a resulting reshuffling of compilation albums. Background Ultimate ownership of Elton John's recordings had always rested with the artist's British labels. Hence DJM Records, DJM/This Record Company Ltd. owned all of John's recorded output up to and including 1976's Here and There (Elton John album), ''Here and There'' while John's own royalty collection company (alternately called "Sackville" and "Happenstance") owned the recordings from 1976's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" single and ''Blue Moves'' album onwards, which were released outside North America by The Rocket Record Company. However, in the United States and Canada, this was obscured by the labels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elton John Songs
Elton may refer to: Places England * Elton, Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire), a village ** Elton Hall, a baronial hall * Elton, Cheshire, a village and civil parish * Elton, County Durham, a village and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees * Elton, Derbyshire, a village * Elton, Greater Manchester, a suburb of Bury * Elton, Herefordshire, a village and civil parish United States * Elton, Louisiana, a town * Elton, Michigan, ghost town * Elton, Nebraska, ghost town * Elton, New Jersey, an unincorporated community * Elton, Pennsylvania * Elton, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Elton, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Elsewhere * Rural Municipality of Elton, Manitoba, Canada * Elton, County Limerick, Ireland * Lake Elton, Russia Other uses * Elton (name), lists of people with the given name or surname * Elton John, a British singer-songwriter and pianist * Elton (television presenter), a German television presenter and comedian ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Songs
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 9 – Van Halen releases their sixth studio album ''1984'' (''MCMLXXXIV''), which debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and will go to sell over 10 million copies in the United States. * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh personal computer in the United States. *January 27 – American singer Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire during the making of the Pepsi commercial. February * February 3 ** John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
