Bernie Taupin
Songwriter
1950 –
Who is Bernie Taupin?
Bernard John "Bernie" Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's songs, making his lyrics some of the best known in pop-rock's history.
In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in the UK's music paper New Musical Express that was seeking new songwriters. Around the same time Elton John submitted samples of his work to the paper, and the pair were 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."
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- Born
- May 22, 1950
Sleaford - Also known as
- Bernard John Taupin
- bernie_taupin
- Taupin, Bernie
- Spouses
- Stephanie Haymes Roven
(1993/08/21 - 1998) - Toni Russo
(1979 - 1991)
- Stephanie Haymes Roven
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- English American
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Lived in
- London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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