Elton John wins highest accolade in new year honours list
Sir Elton John has received the highest acknowledgement in a new year honours list in which hundreds of ordinary people were recognised alongside household names from sport, the arts, entertainment and politics.
The singer and songwriter was awarded the Companion of Honour for a remarkable career spanning more than five decades, in which he has sold more than 300m records worldwide, and used his fame to promote the work of 23 charities, including his own Aids foundation. He becomes one of only 64 people apart from the monarch who can hold the honour at any one time.
The musician tweeted: “I’m humbled and honoured to be among such highly esteemed company in receiving the Companion of Honour. 2019 has turned out to be a truly wonderful year for me and I feel extraordinarily blessed.”
The honours list, which was drawn up and approved during Theresa May’s premiership, rewards a glittering lineup of well-known figures from arts and sport. But the vast majority (72%) of the 1,097 to be recognised were people who work in their communities.
[From Sandra Laville & Peter Walker at The Guardian]
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ELTON JOHN Live In Australia (1987 UK 14-track double vinyl
LP recorded live at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 14th
December 1986 with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The
sleeve shows some very minor wear and the vinyl displays
little evidence of play, remaining in EX condition EJLP2) ELTON JOHN Greatest Hits Volume II (1977 UK 10-track LP, the
second installment of Elton's greatest hits collection, including classics
like Benny & The Jets & The Bitch Is Back, plus versions of Lucy In
The Sky With Diamonds, Pinball Wizard & his duet with Kiki Dee [Don't
Go Breaking My Heart]. The picture sleeve shows a little
shelfwear/edgwear & comes complete with the illustrated inner &
12-page lyric booklet, while the vinyl remains in Excellent condition,
with only minor signs of play and handling DJH20520) ELTON JOHN Caribou (Limited 1974 UK 10-track LP, pressed on
Purple Vinyl, visible
only when held to a light source, with 'Return Of Hercules' & 'Rays'
messages in the run-outs, fully laminated picture sleeve& illustrated
lyric inner. The cover is Excellent, the inner shows merely the lightest
signs of wear/foxing & the vinyl is Excellent to Near Mint with minimal
evidence of play DJLPH439) ELTON JOHN I'm Still Standing (1983 UK injection moulded 7"
vinyl single, also including Earn While You Learn, picture
sleeve EJS1) ELTON JOHN Ice On Fire (1985 UK 10-track LP, also featuring
Roger Taylor and John Deacon from Queen and including the
smash hit single Nikita, complete with lyric inner, picture
sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the
vinyl remains in excellent condition with only light signs of
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