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Elton John & Taron Egerton – Your Song (Brighton & Hove 2019)
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Biography. Elton John is an English singer, pianist and composer. He has made appearances in numerous films such as Born to Boogie (1972) with Marc Bolan and Ringo Starr; Tommy (1975) as the Pinball Wizard; Spice World (1997); The Country Bears (2002).
He is a nephew of the historian Sir Geoffrey Elton and a third cousin of singer Olivia Newton-John. Elton's father is from a German-Jewish family and Elton's mother, who was raised in the Church of England, is of British background.
Ben Elton is a multi award winning novelist, playwright, television writer, screen writer and lyricist. He is also a theatre, screen and TV Director, a Stand Up Comedian and a very occasional actor.
Taron Egerton is a British actor and singer, known for his roles in the British television series The Smoke, the 2014 action comedy film Kingsman: The Secret Service, and the film Rocketman (2019).
Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in 1947, the rocket man crooner changed his name in the 1960s to something more showbizzy. The first name came from the sax player, Elton Dean, in his then band Bluesology while the surname was inspired by the band's lead singer, Long John Baldry.