Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

"Losing My Religion" is a song recorded by the rock band R.E.M. from their 1991 album Out of Time. Losing My Religion - The song. The title comes from an expression from the southern region of the United States for losing one's temper and flying off the handle, i.e. losing one's civility. Like Rod Stewart's "Maggie May", "Losing My Religion" features the mandolin as a lead instrument, which is rarely heard on a pop hit record. Michael Stipe has said he wrote the lyrics thinking of the s ...

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The title comes from an expression from the southern region of the United States for losing one's temper and flying off the handle, i.e. losing one's civility. Like Rod Stewart's "Maggie May", "Losing My Religion" features the mandolin as a lead instrument, which is rarely heard on a pop hit record. Michael Stipe has said he wrote the lyrics thinking of the song as a sequel to The Police song "Every Breath You Take". The song is still the band's largest hit in the U.S, reaching #4 on the Billboard charts. In the U.K., it charted at #19. The song also won the 1991 Grammy Award for Bes ...

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Elton's self-titled second album was released in the spring of 1970 on MCA, and slowly began to climb the charts. The first single from the album, Your Song, made the US Top Ten, and the album followed path. John's first American concert took place at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, in August, recieving praise from the likes of Quincy Jones. Elton John was followed quickly with the concept album Tumbleweed Connection in October 1970. It reached the Top Ten on the Billboard 200 like its predecessor, and got heavy ai ...

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Elton's self-titled second album was released in the spring of 1970, and started to sell well in the U.S., where it was released on MCA. Your Song, a single from the album, helped the album greatly by reaching the Top Ten on the Billboard Hot 100, and it reached the Top Ten on the Billboard 200. Elton performed his first American concert at the Troubadour, Los Angeles. This was also organised by Ray Williams, who had become his personal manager around ...

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Elton John - Current members. Elton John - piano, lead vocals Guy Babylon - keyboards Bob Birch - bass guitar, vocals Davey Johnstone - guitar, musical director, vocals John Mahon - percussion, vocals Nigel Olsson - drums, percussion, vocals Elton John - Previous band members. Curt Bisquera - drums Jack Bruno - touring drums Ray Cooper - percussion John Jorgenson - guitar, saxophon ...

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Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in Pinner, England, the son of Squadron Leader Stanley Dwight, RAF, and his wife, Sheila Dwight. Reginald was raised primarily by his mother and other female relatives, and saw little of his father as a kid. Stanley and Sheila divorced in 1962, when Reginald was 14. Reginald began playing piano when he was four. Something of a child prodigy, he was able to play on piano any melody he heard on radio or phonograph. At 11, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. He stayed at the Academy for six yea ...

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In the 1970s, Elton John's sound was immediately set apart from others by being piano-based in a rock world dominated by guitars. Another early characteristic was a set of dynamic string arrangements by Paul Buckmaster. Coupled with Taupin's often opaque but emotionally resonant lyrics, the results were unique for their time. Songs in this style included Sixty Years On, Burn Down the Mission, Take Me to the Pilot, Levon, Madman Across the Water ...

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He has also done work both for and in films. In 1971, he wrote the soundtrack for the movie Friends. In 1972 he appeared in the Marc Bolan's musical film 'Born to Boogie' In 1975, he appeared as the Pinball Wizard in Ken Russell's over-the-top movie version of the rock opera Tommy. In 1994, along with Tim Rice, he wrote the songs for the Disney animated film The Lion King. (Rice was reportedly stunned by the rapidity with which John was able to set his words to music.) The Lion King went on to become the be ...

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Losing My Religion - 7. "Losing My Religion" "Rotary Eleven" Losing My Religion - 12 / CD. "Losing My Religion" "Rotary Eleven" "After Hours (Live)" ...

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The video, directed by Tarsem Singh, was declared Best Video of the Year at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. The video also won for Best Group Video of the Year, Best Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction in a Video, Best Director of a Video and Best Editing of a Video. The video is heavy with religious imagery, and notably features images of Saint Sebastian. ...

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Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in Pinner, England, the son of Squadron Leader Stanley Dwight, RAF, and his wife, Sheila Dwight. Reginald was raised primarily by his mother, grandmother and aunt, and saw little of his father during his childhood. Stanley and Sheila divorced in 1962, when Reginald was 14. Reginald began playing piano when he was four. Something of a child prodigy, he was able to play on piano any melody he heard on radio or phonograph. At age 11, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. He previously attended Pinner County Grammar School. He stayed at the Academy for six years, ...

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On 13 September 1980 Elton John performed a free concert to a huge audience on The Great Lawn in Central Park in New York City, within hearing distance of his friend John Lennon's apartment building. A few months later Lennon would be murdered and Elton mourned the loss in his 1982 hit Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny). Elton John's biggest 1980s hits included, among others, I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues, I'm Still Standing, Nikita, and a 1986 live recording of Candle in the Wind which he rec ...

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In addition to a 1998 adaptation of The Lion King for Broadway, John has also composed music for a Disney production of Aida (2000) with lyricist Tim Rice, for which they received the Tony Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. John also composed music for a West End production of Billy Elliot (2005) with Lee Hall, and The Vampire Lestat with Bernie Taupin, ...

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John has had a complicated personal history. He disclosed his bisexuality in 1976 in a Rolling Stone Magazine interview. He married German recording engineer Renate Blauel on Valentine's Day, 1984 and divorced her four years later. He has lived with his partner David Furnish, a former advertising executive, since the early 1990s. On 21 December 2005, they entered into a civil partnership. A low-key ceremony with only their parents in attendance was held at the Guildhall, Windsor, followed by a lavish party at their Berkshire mansion. ...

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