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He continued his vigorous touring schedule, including259a memorable performance in 1997 for Pope John Paul II in which he played "Knockin' on Heaven's Door,"and a 1999 tour with Paul Simon. In 2000, he recorded the single "Things Have Changed" for thesoundtrack of the film Wonder Boys, starring Michael Douglas. The song won Dylan a Golden Globe andan Academy Award for Best Original Song.Dylan then took time out from his music to tell the story of his life. The singer released Chronicles:Volume One, the first in a three-book memoir series, in the Fall of 2004.
Dylan gave his first full interviewin 20 years for a documentary released in 2005. Entitled No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, the film wasdirected by Martin Scorsese27.John LennonFamed singer-songwriter John Winston Lennon was born on October 9,1940, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, during a German air raid in World WarII.When he was 4 years old, Lennon's parents separated and he ended upliving with his Aunt Mimi. Lennon's father was a merchant seaman. He was notpresent at his son's birth and did not see a lot of his son when he was small.Lennon's mother, Julia, remarried, but visited him and Mimi regularly. She taughtLennon how to play the banjo and the piano and purchased his first guitar. Lennonwas devastated when Julia was fatally struck by a car driven by an off-duty policeofficer in July 1958.
Her death was one of the most traumatic events in his life. As a child, Lennonwas a prankster and he enjoyed getting in trouble. As a boy and young adult,he enjoyed drawinggrotesque figures and cripples. Lennon's school master thought that he could go to an art school forcollege, since he did not get good grades in school, but had artistic talent.Solo CareerNot long after the Beatles broke up, in 1970, Lennon released his debut solo album, JohnLennon/Plastic Ono Band, featuring a raw, minimalist sound that followed "primal-scream"therapy. He followed that project with 1971's Imagine, the most commercially successful andcritically acclaimed of all Lennon's post-Beatles efforts.
The title track was later named No. 3on Rolling Stone magazine's "All-Time Best Songs" list.Peace and love, however, was not always on Lennon's agenda. Imagine also included thetrack "How Do You Sleep?," a vehement response to veiled messages at Lennon in some ofMcCartney's solo recordings. The friends and former songwriting duo later buried the hatchet, butnever formally worked together again.Lennon and Ono moved to the United States in September 1971, but were constantlythreatened with deportation by the Nixon Administration. Lennon was told that he was beingkicked out of the country due to his 1968 marijuana conviction in Britain, but the singer believedthat he was being removed because of his activism against the unpopular Vietnam War.Documents later proved him correct. (Two years after Nixon resigned, in 1976, Lennon wasgranted permanent U.S.
residency.)In 1972, while battling to stay in America, Lennon performed at Madison Square Garden inNew York City to benefit mentally handicapped children and continued to promote peace. Hisimmigration battle took a toll on Lennon's marriage, and in the fall of 1973, he and Ono separated.Lennon went to Los Angeles, California, where he partied and took a mistress, May Pang. He stillmanaged to release hit albums, including Mind Games (1973),Walls and Bridges (1974) and Rock'n' Roll (1975). During this time, Lennon famously collaborated with David Bowie and Elton John.27.
http://www.biography.com/people/bob-dylan-9283052#!260Lennon and Ono reconciled in 1974, and she gave birth to their only child, a son named Sean, onLennon's 35th birthday (October 9, 1975). Shortly thereafter, Lennon decided to leave the music business tofocus on being a father and husband28.Elton JohnSinger, songwriter, composer and icon Elton John was bornReginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947, in Pinner,Middlesex, England. He discovered his passion for music at anearly age. He taught himself how to play piano when he was onlyfour years old. John soon proved to be a great talent, winning ascholarship to a youth program at the Royal Academy of Music inLondon. He attended classes there on the weekends.John had a difficult relationship with his father Stanley Dwight, a member of the Royal Air Force.His parents divorced when he was a teenager, and he and his father clashed over his future.
John,captivated by the sounds of early rock and roll, wanted to pursue a career in pop music. And much to hisfather's dismay, John dropped out of school at 17 to follow his dream. He started playing with a groupcalled Bluesology, and he cobbled together his stage moniker from the names of two members of thegroup.Awards and AchievementsWhile not producing smash hits in the 1980s, John still did well on the charts.
Some of the mostmemorable songs from this period include the ballads "Little Jeannie" and "Empty Garden (Hey, HeyJohnny)," the latter written as a tribute to his friend John Lennon of the Beatles, who had been killed in1980.In 1990, after years of battling substance abuse issues, particularly cocaine, which may havetriggered severe epileptic seizures, John went into rehabilitation.
The newly sober musical star, delightedat his second chance at life, soon founded his own charitable organization to help in the fight againstAIDS. Established in the United States in 1992, the Elton John AIDS Foundation has brought in morethan $225 million to support HIV/AIDS programs around the world.Branching out in different directions, John teamed up with lyricist Tim Rice for several projects.They worked together on the soundtrack for the 1994 animated hit The Lion King, and one of the movie'ssongs, "Can You Feel The Love Tonight," brought John his first Academy Award win for Best OriginalSong.
The pair later netted a Tony Award for Best Original Score in 2000 for their musical Aida.John received a number of special honors around this time. In 1994, he was inducted into the Rockand Roll Hall of Fame. Queen Elizabeth II made John a Commander of the Order of the British Empirethe following year (The queen knighted him several years later, making him officially "Sir Elton John").While he enjoyed all of the recognition and praise, he soon found himself rocked by grief. Duringthe summer of 1997, John lost two good friends– fashion designer Gianni Versace and Princess Diana.
Hereworked one of his classic songs, "Candle in the Wind," as a tribute to Princess Diana, with the song'sproceeds going to a charitable trust established in her honor. "Candle in the Wind 1997" proved to be atremendous success, selling more than 30 million copies that year.Recent ProjectsJohn continued to record new music later in his extensive career. In 2006, he released The Captain& the Kid, a sequel to his earlier autobiographical effort Captain Fantastic and the Brown DirtCowboy (1975). He also teamed up with Leon Russell for 2010's The Union, which led to a joint tour.John later released The Diving Board (2013), his 30th studio album produced by T Bone Burnett. Also indemand as a songwriter, John has been instrumental in bringing Billy Elliott the Musical to the stage.
Theshow, adapted from the 2000 film, opened on Broadway in 2008, where it quickly became a critical and28http://www.biography.com/people/john-lennon-9379045#related-video-gallery261commercial success. John also worked on the 2011 animated film Gnomeo & Juliet, serving as aproducer and a composer.It was also revealed in 2011 that John and his husband were working on a biopic about thelegendary rock star called Rocketman. The script for the film was written by Lee Hall, known forhis work on Billy Elliot. While he toned down his stage persona years ago, John remains a verypopular live act. He plays numerous concert dates each year as a solo act and with otherperformers, including a performance with Ozzy Osbourne, Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder and PaulMcCartney, among others, in celebration of Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne in 2012.In February 2016 John released his 33rd studio album, Wonderful Crazy Night, togenerally positive reviews.
The album featured the Elton John Band, with whom he lastcollaborated with a decade prior29.Bon JoviBorn John Francis Bongiovi Jr. on March 2, 1962 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Jon wasraised by his parents, Carol and John Bongiovi, a hairdresser. Byhis early teens, he was hanging out at local clubs, convinced thatone day he would be a rock star.Idolizing local rising stars such as Bruce Springsteen andthe Asbury Jukes, Jon was playing in clubs by the time he was 16.He met keyboardist David Bryan in high school, and the twoformed a ten-piece rhythm and blues band called Atlantic CityExpressway. Jon also performed with bands called The Rest, The Lechers and John Bongiovi andthe Wild Ones.In 1980, Jon recorded his first single, Runaway, at his cousin's studio, with back-up bystudio musicians.
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