Bernie Taupin Biography,age,Family,Wife.Daughter and Elton John
Bernie Taupin Biography
Bernie Taupin born Bernard John Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer. He is best known for his long term collaboration with Elton John, having written the lyrics for most of John’s songs. Taupin answered an advertisement placed in the UK music paper New Musical Express by Liberty Records, a company that was seeking new songwriters in 1967.
Around the same time, John responded to the same advertisement, and the duo was brought together, collaborating on many projects since. In 1971, journalist Penny Valentine wrote that “Bernie Taupin’s lyrics were to become as important as Elton [John] himself, proved to have a mercurial brilliance.
Not just in their atmospheric qualities and descriptive powers, but in the way he handled words to form them into straightforward poems that were easy to relate to.” In 1992, along with Elton John, Taupin was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Bernie Taupin Age
Bernie was born on 22 May 1950. He has not provided his place of birth and maintains a low profile about his early life. As of 2019, he is 69 years old. This information will soon be updated.
Bernie Taupin Height
Taupin has a standing height of 1.68 meters which is equivalent to 5 feet 5 inches tall.
Bernie Taupin Family|Bernie Taupin Young
Taupin was the son of Daphne (Cort) and Robert Taupin. His paternal grandparents were French. Taupin’s father was educated in Dijon, and was employed as a stockman by a large farm estate near the town of Market Rasen. Taupin’s mother worked as a nanny, having previously lived in Switzerland.
The family later moved to Rowston Manor, a significant step up from Flatter’s farmhouse, which had no electricity. Taupin’s father decided to try his hand at independent farming, and the family moved to the run-down Maltkiln Farm in the north-Lincolnshire village of Owmby-by-Spital. Taupin’s 11-year younger brother, Kit, was born there.
Unlike his older brother Tony who attended a grammar school (selective secondary school), Taupin was not a diligent student, although he showed an early flair for writing. At age 15, he left school and started work as a trainee in the print room of the local newspaper, The Lincolnshire Standard, with aspirations of becoming a journalist.
Taupin soon left that job and spent the rest of his teenage years hanging out with friends, hitchhiking the country roads to attend youth club dances in the surrounding villages, playing snooker in the Aston Arms Pub in Market Rasen and drinking. Taupin had worked at several part-time, dead-end jobs when, at age 17, he answered the advertisement that eventually led to his collaboration with Elton John.
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Bernie Taupin Wife
Taupin has been married four times and divorced three: Maxine Feibelman (1971–76); Toni Lynn Russo (1979–91), sister of actress Rene Russo; Stephanie Haymes (1993–98), daughter of entertainers Dick Haymes and Fran Jeffries; and Heather Kidd (March 2004–present), with whom he has two daughters, Charley Indiana and Georgey Devon.
He had a short relationship with the British singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul in 1976. Taupin moved to Southern California from England in the mid-1970s. Since the 1980s, he has been living on a ranch north of Los Angeles near Santa Ynez, California.
Bernie Taupin Children|Bernie Taupin Daughters
Bernie is a father of one daughter called Charley Indiana Taupin.
Bernie Taupin Net Worth
Bernard John “Bernie” Taupin is an English singer, songwriter, poet, and lyricist who has a net worth of $150 million. Bernie Taupin earned his net worth by collaborating with Elton John on many many many successful songs and albums.
Bernie Taupin Songs
He has done songs like
Song: Citizen Jane
Album: Tribe 1987
Song: Blitz Babies
Album: He Who Rides the Tiger · 1980
Song: Friend of the Flag
Album: Tribe · 1987
Song: Monkey On My Back
Album: He Who Rides the Tiger · 1980
Song: She Sends Shivers
Album: Tribe · 1987
Song: Venezuela
Album: He Who Rides the Tiger · 1980
Song: Born On The Fourth Of July
Album: He Who Rides the Tiger · 1980
Song: Billy Fury
Album: Tribe · 1987
Song: Valley Nights
Album: He Who Rides the Tiger · 1980
Song: Love
Album: He Who Rides the Tiger · 1980
Song: I Still Can’t Believe That You’re Gone
Album: Tribe · 1987
Song: Desperation Train
Album: Tribe · 1987
Song: Approaching Armageddon
Album: He Who Rides the Tiger · 1980
Song: The New Lone Ranger
Album: Tribe · 1987
Song: The Whores Of Paris
Album: He Who Rides the Tiger · 1980
Song: Lover’s Cross
Album: He Who Rides the Tiger · 1980
Song: Corrugated Iron
Album: Tribe · 1987
Song: Hold Back the Night
Album: Tribe · 1987
Song: Saturday Night’s All Right For Fighting
Song: Step Into Christmas
Year Of Release: 2015
Song: Candle In The Wind/Love Lies Bleeding
Song: Skyline Pigeon
Year of Release: 2013
Song: Conquistador
Album: Tribe · 1987
Song: The Greatest Discovery
Song: Highssgeliebtes Gras
Year of Release: 2001
Bernie Taupin Lyrics
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Bernie Taupin Elton John Songs
Song: Rocket Man
Album: Honky Château · 1972
Song: Tiny Dancer
Album: Madman Across the Water · 1971
Song: The Bitch Is Back
Album: Caribou · 1974
Song: Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Album: Caribou · 1974
Song: Border Song
Album: Elton John · 1970
Song: Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Album: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy · 1975
Song: Sacrifice
Album: Sleeping with the Past · 1989
Song: Bennie & The Jets
Album: Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits · 2000
Song: Candle in the Wind
Album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road · 1973
Song: I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues
Album: Too Low for Zero · 1983
Song: Crocodile Rock
Album: Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player · 1973
Song: Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Album: Honky Château · 1972
Song: I’m Still Standing
Album: Too Low for Zero · 1983
Song: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road · 1973
Song: Levon
Album: Madman Across the Water · 1971
Song: Your Song
Album: Elton John · 1970
Song: Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
Album: Don’t Go Breaking My Heart · 1976
Song: Saturday Night’s Alright
Album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road · 1973
Song: Daniel
Album: Shadows and Light · 1992
Song: Honky Cat
Album: Honky Château · 1972
Song: I Want Love
Album: Songs from the West Coast · 2001
Song: Sad Songs (Say So Much)
Album: Breaking Hearts · 1984
Song: Philadelphia Freedom
Album: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy · 1975
Song: This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore
Album: Songs from the West Coast · 2001
Song: Take Me to the Pilot
Album: Elton John · 1970
Song: England’s Rose (Candle in the Wind)
Album: With Compliments · 2001
Song: Burn Down the Mission
Year of Release: 1991
Song: Empty Garden
Album: Jump Up! · 1982
Song: Come Down in Time
Year of Release: 1991
Song: Daniel
Album: Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player · 1973
Song: Nikita
Album: Ice on Fire · 1985
Song: Love Lies Bleeding
Album: Catnip Dynamite · 2008
Song: Tonight
Year of Release: 1991
Song: Island Girl
Album: Rock of the Westies · 1975
Song: My Father’s Gun
Album: Tumbleweed Connection · 1970
Song: I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford)
Album: Rock of the Westies · 1975
Song: Skyline Pigeon
Album: Empty Sky · 1969
Song: Healing Hands
Album: Sleeping with the Past · 1989
Song: I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That
Album: Reg Strikes Back · 1988
Song: Runaway Train
Album: The One · 1992
Song: Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, Part 2
Album: Reg Strikes Back · 1988
Song: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Album: Blue Moves · 1976
Song: Believe
Album: Made in England · 1995
Song: Step into Christmas
Album: Caribou · 1974
Song: Elderberry Wine
Album: Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player · 1973
Song: Grow Some Funk Of Your Own
Album: Rock of the Westies · 1975
Song: It’s Me That You Need
Album: Empty Sky · 1969
Song: Writing
Album: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy · 1975
Song: Indian Sunset
Album: Madman Across the Water · 1971
Song: Rock and Roll Madonna
Album: Elton John · 1970
Song: Cage the Songbird
Album: Blue Moves · 1976
Bernie Taupin Jamie Bell|Bernie Taupin Actor
Actor Jaime Bell plays Taupin in the upcoming biopic “Rocketman,” which will b released nationwide this weekend.
Bernie Taupin Religion
The religion of Bernie is yet to be determined as he has not openly declared his religion. This information will soon be updated.
Bernie Taupin Rocketman Movie
An epic musical fantasy about the uncensored human story of Sir Elton John’s breakthrough years.
Initial release: 20 May 2019 (Portugal)
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Box office: $176.3 million
Producers: Elton John, David Furnish, Matthew Vaughn, David Reid, Adam Bohling
Bernie Taupin Ranch
English hitmaker Bernie Taupin is selling a 30-acre ranch in Santa Ynez Valley, California, where he’s written songs and created art for the past quarter-century.
“This place has just been unbelievably inspirational for me,” Mr. Taupin said in a video of the property. “The songs that I’ve written have all been inspired by this place and just the comfort it gives me.”
Mr. Taupin is celebrating 50 years working with the pop music icon and is known for writing the lyrics to “Rocket Man,” “Tiny Dancer” and “Bennie and the Jets.” His longtime home is for sale for $4.7 million, a price cut from the last time he tried to sell the bucolic compound.
The home was last on the market a year ago for $5.95 million, according to listing records.
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Bernie Taupin Interview
Elton John and Bernie Taupin on How ‘Rocketman’ Captures an R-Rated Life
The pop star’s friendship with his lyricist is a major focus of the biopic. For years, they each tried not looking back.
Elton John is not a nostalgist. Neither is his songwriting partner of more than 50 years, Bernie Taupin, who supplies the lyrics that inspire John’s melodies. “I think one of the keys that have driven us all these years, it’s the fact that we never look back,” Taupin said.
But now the world can witness their history, thanks to “Rocketman,” the musical fantasy that traces John’s transformation from the piano prodigy Reginald Dwight, born in a hamlet outside London, to the over-the-top showman (played by Taron Egerton) with a slew of global hits. He met Taupin (Jamie Bell onscreen) by chance after both answered an ad in a British music magazine.
The film, directed by Dexter Fletcher and co-produced by David Furnish, John’s husband, is unflinching about John’s rise, his childhood trauma, and subsequent addictions. “I’ve never been a half-measured person, and you can see that got me into a lot of trouble,” John said. (He’s been sober since 1990.)
The depiction of his life as a gay man has — to his dismay — led to the film’s censorship in Russia and Samoa. But, he said, “I didn’t want to leave any of the sex scenes out, because that’s very important — that’s why we went for an R film. It’s not ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’” also directed in part by Fletcher. “My life is not a PG life.”
At 72, John remains artistically engaged — in the midst of a farewell tour, and still composing for films and theater (the “Lion King” remake; a musical version of “The Devil Wears Prada”). He splits his time among multiple homes with Furnish and their sons, ages 8 and 6. The oldest is a soccer field, the youngest wants to be a singer: “He knows all the words to ‘Old Town Road’ — both remixes.”
In separate phone interviews — Taupin, 69, from his home in California, and John from a tour stop in Copenhagen — the pair discussed putting their lives on film. These are edited excerpts from the conversations.
Is the movie hard for you to sit through?
ELTON JOHN The first time I saw it was in January or February, a very rough copy, and that was when I got the most emotional because I just didn’t know what to expect. It certainly had a huge impact on me, especially the family stuff and the Bernie stuff. It makes me happy and it makes me sad. I think the film eventually is about redemption, and how anyone can get redemption if they try.
When did you first get wind of the project?
BERNIE TAUPIN I guess you have to go back at least five years, but as time and space are not real friends of mine, it’s a little hard to say. They sent me an initial script, and to be brutally honest, I wasn’t very happy with it. There were certain profanities that made me uncomfortable — I’m not somebody who uses profanity. They were very amenable to my suggestions. I wanted my character to align with reality as much as possible. I was slightly uncomfortable with the [nonchronological] order of songs. I wasn’t 100 percent sure of what they were actually doing. The word “fantasy” kept being brought up.
When did you get on board with their vision?
TAUPIN When I saw the end product.
Elton, you spent your early career hiding your identity and your demons. Was it cathartic in a way to dramatize it so openly?
JOHN Of course. Even though it’s hard to watch what you’re going through and what you did to yourself, I find it cathartic. I’ve always tried to be as honest as I can since I got sober. I think there’s no point in sugarcoating anything — this is what happened, this is how I behaved, this is a really sad story of someone who was trying to get to grips with his past, but was extremely famous — onstage is where I felt at home, and offstage, I didn’t.
The film could’ve started with your self-invention as an artist. Why include the most painful parts of your childhood?
JOHN My childhood really shaped the way I became as an artist because I was determined to prove myself to my father, that I could be successful and I could do it my way. It shaped me into the performer that I am. I didn’t need to prove anything to myself; I just wanted to prove something to him.
I grew up in a very, very hostile environment between my parents. Basically — I’ve had years to reflect on this — they should never have married each other. They were unsuited and had miserable times together, and as a result, I suffered from it, because they argued about me. It was the ’50s — divorce was deemed to be scandalous, and so I was stuck in the middle of two very unhappy people. As I look back on it now, I don’t blame either of them. I mean, they both lived a loveless marriage, and the nice thing about it is, when they did remarry, they both had very happy marriages. And I’m very happy about that for them.
John Reid, Elton’s early manager, and boyfriend is portrayed (by Richard Madden) as a sly manipulator. Bernie, did you trust him from the beginning?
TAUPIN I had no reason to. John was a smooth operator. I didn’t dislike him; I was never particularly close to him, but over the years I did acquire a certain revulsion for him in the way he acted with people. He was sort of the polar opposite of what I felt Elton needed. In the beginning, he may have done some things for Elton. Ultimately, the devil on your shoulder whispers in your ear and says, “You can have more if you want,” and I think that’s what happened. When your manager is living higher on the hog than you are, you know something’s rotten in Denmark. [In 1998, John sued Reid for allegedly stealing tens of millions from him; Reid later paid John several million pounds in a settlement.]
Has John Reid seen the movie?
JOHN I think John has. I don’t know what he thought of it. It’s pretty hard-hitting, but that’s what our relationship became.
You’ve grown close with Taron. Were you involved in the casting of Matthew Illesley and Kit Connor, who played you as a child and adolescent?
JOHN I was not involved in any of the casting whatsoever. Both young Reggies were brilliant — little Matthew looks like me as well. When I see Kit with the Elvis Presley hairdo, I think: yes, if only I could have had that! But I would never have been allowed to. When I first saw [a picture of] Elvis Presley, I thought he was from outer space. And he changed my life forever. I wanted a pair of Winklepicker shoes and I wanted drainpipe trousers. But unfortunately, I didn’t get any of them.
Where are your costumes now?
JOHN They’re in a warehouse in London. Some of them I’ve sold or given to museums, but most are still in storage, including the Donald Duck outfit [worn in a 1980 performance in Central Park], in an archive.
Do you ever go there?
JOHN Absolutely not. [Laughs] I can’t think of anything worse — oh my God, oh no.
It’s very strange because I very rarely look back on my life, and of course I had to, to watch this movie. I look at it and I think, oh my God, what a life I had there, for 20 years — only 20 years of my life! — what an incredible joy ride, and what a near disaster it was. And now, I don’t have to do that anymore. I don’t have to live that life. And I survived it.
Do you think you can be a great artist without experiencing, or overcoming, early trauma?
TAUPIN I would’ve had to have done it to know. We both had tremendous trauma in our lives, to be quite honest. I can’t think of any real major artists that probably hasn’t. I had addictions of my own — I wasn’t any fairy-tale prince. Sadly some of us don’t come through it. Certainly, Elton was extraordinarily lucky to nip it in the bud at the right time.
JOHN My career mushroomed so quickly, from 1973 onward — I made two albums a year, different singles, B-sides, I toured, I did radio. I was on a high, but it wasn’t a drug high; I was on adrenaline, and sooner or later you crash and burn, and unfortunately, the drugs helped me crash and burn. You know, two days before I was at Dodger Stadium [in sold-out concerts in 1975], I was having my stomach pumped.
How did you keep going onstage, and into the studio, rising to the creative moments during your addiction?
JOHN That’s what kept me alive. During the hard times, I still kept myself busy. I didn’t shut myself away and just do drugs, which a lot of people do and they disappear for two or three years. You can say that, initially, music saved me — the most incredible part of my childhood was the music. And then when I came to the difficult part of my fame, the music still saved me, because I still worked, and I still made records. And if I hadn’t, I wouldn’t be talking to you right now.
Bernie, when Elton went to rehab in 1990, did you think it would stick?
TAUPIN I really did, because the thing about Elton is, it’s all or nothing, all the time. When he sets his mind to something, nothing can break that change. That scene in the film when I visit him [in rehab], and he’s mopping the floor, I remember how much he enjoyed doing his own laundry, mopping the floor, scrubbing the toilet. Once he was in that situation, he adhered to it 100 percent, he totally embraced it. That shows his character.
What kind of notes did you give to get the Elton-Bernie relationship right on the screen?
JOHN I think the portrayal is pretty accurate. [After becoming successful] we lived our lives separately, and I think that’s what kept us together. Because he was the brown dirt cowboy and I was the guy who liked buying porcelain. The thing that really touched me in the film is that — God, I love him, and what a story, what a ridiculous story, of kismet, serendipity. Of all the envelopes [of lyricists’ work] to be given, I got his envelope. It’s very eerie and it’s wonderful, and the way we write songs is very eerie as well. We’re not in the same room. I don’t have a melody — I’m inspired by him. I never wanted to change that. And so I just look at it as a gift, from God or whatever.
TAUPIN I don’t need to try to figure out why it works. We never question that. We just continue.
Source: NY Times
