"used Paul Buckmaster to arrange the music on his studio albums during the 1970s. In the late 1960s, Elton John was engaged to be married to his first lover, secretary Linda Woodrow, who is mentioned in the song ""Someone Saved My Life Tonight"". He married German recording engineer Renate Blauel on 14 February 1984, in Darling Point, Sydney, with speculation that the marriage was a cover for his homosexuality. John came out as bisexual in a 1976 interview with ""Rolling Stone"", but after his divorce from Blauel in 1988, he told the magazine he was ""comfortable"" being gay. In 1993,"
"following years the albums ""Jazz"" (1983) and ""Savoir faire"" (1984) spawned two hits: ""Il mare d'inverno"", penned by Enrico Ruggeri, and ""Ragazzo mio"", a cover of a Luigi Tenco classic. Bertè released an innovative album in 1985 called ""Carioca"", a tribute to Brazilian singer Djavan which included ""Acqua"" and other hits. Many songs from the album were subsequently covered by The Manhattan Transfer. Bertè became engaged to tennis champion Björn Borg in 1988, and they were married in September 1989. Bertè has had numerous notable performances at the Sanremo Music Festival, also known as the ""Festival della canzone italiana"". Her"
"France. In 2009 Renaud's daughter, writer Lolita Séchan, married French acoustic singer-songwriter Renan Luce. In September 2011, Romane divorced Renaud on the account of his alcoholism and depression. Renaud Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (), known as Renaud (; born 11 May 1952), is a popular French singer, songwriter and actor. His characteristically 'broken' voice makes for a very distinctive vocal style. Several of his songs are popular classics in France, including the sea tale ""Dès que le vent soufflera"", the irreverent ""Laisse béton"", the ballad ""Morgane de toi"" and the nostalgic ""Mistral gagnant"". However, with the exception of a recording"
"Birgit Brüel Birgit Brüel (born 6 October 1927, Copenhagen - died 23 February 1996, Gentofte) was a Danish singer and actress, known internationally for her participation in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest. Brüel's professional career began in 1950 when she joined the Max Brüel Quartet as a jazz singer, and began training at the Danish Royal drama school. She married Brüel in 1951 and gave birth to twin daughters the following year (she also had one daughter from her first marriage, which had ended in divorce in 1949). During the 1950s she became well known as a theatre and screen"
"executive, producer, and writer. They were married for 55 years, until his death at age 90 in 2007, and had four children: Heidi (born 1953), Rhett (1955–2005), Scott (born 1958), and Nicole (born 1959). The younger two children were born prematurely. Munsel and Schuler co-wrote a 2005 memoir of Schuler's life entitled ""The Diva & I"". Munsel died on August 4, 2016, at her home in Schroon Lake, New York, aged 91. Patrice Munsel Patrice Munsel (born Patrice Beverly Munsil; May 14, 1925 – August 4, 2016) was an American coloratura soprano. Nicknamed ""Princess Pat"", she was the youngest singer"
"over the next 30 years raised the ensemble to international prominence, leading the symphony in live radio broadcasts and releasing more than 100 commercial recordings. Abravanel was known as ""Maurice de Abravanel"" until 1938. He married singer Friedel Schako in 1933 and the couple moved to Paris that year when the Nazis came to power. The marriage ended in divorce in 1940, after Schako eloped with the conductor Otto Klemperer: the pair ""went careering around the country...leaving a trail of unpaid bills."" In 1947, Abravanel married Lucy Menasse Carasso; they remained married until her death. He married his third wife,"
"the first 10 years of her singing career. She was also crowned the most popular female artist for the seventh consecutive year at the Huisgenoot's Tempo Awards ceremony in Johannesburg during 2011. In 2018 she celebrated 20 years in the music industry, releasing a greatest hits album ""20 Jaar - Treffers van 2008-2018."" Several albums are in Afrikaans and the names of these are kept in the original language. Juanita married Herman du Plessis and they have three children: Ruan, Mario and Franja (the last two are twins). Her brother, Pieter Naudé, is also an accomplished South African artist. Her"
"public profile and not much is known about his private life. In 1992 he married the Chilean model, actress, and singer Cecilia Amenábar. Their marriage lasted for ten years and they had two children Benito Cerati Amenábar, also a singer and musician, and Lisa Cerati Amenábar. Cerati's first wife was Belén Edwards, an Argentine designer whom married in 1987 and divorced in 1989. After his divorce from Cecilia Amenábar Cerati dated the Argentine model Deborah del Corral, ex-girlfriend of Soda Stereo drummer Charly Alberti whom she dated in the 1990s. She also sang in Alberti's side project Plum. In 2008"
"was married at the time; Longet and Austin later married and still live in Aspen. After the criminal trial, the Sabich family initiated civil proceedings in order to sue Longet. The case was eventually resolved out of court, with the provision that Longet never discuss or write about the murder or the settlement. Claudine Longet Claudine Georgette Longet (born 29 January 1942) is a French singer, actress, dancer, and recording artist who was popular during the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Paris, France, Longet was married to American singer and television entertainer Andy Williams from 1961 until 1975. She has"
"times and had two children. In 1992, he married Mariana Marcone of Uruguay; they had a daughter the next year. The marriage lasted only a couple of months after the birth. His son Ramiro was born in 1997 during his brief second marriage to Patricia Pacheco. Bueno's cousin, Juan Carlos Olave, is a professional footballer. Rodrigo (musician) Rodrigo Alejandro Bueno (; May 24, 1973 – June 24, 2000), also known by his stage name Rodrigo or his nickname ""El Potro"" (""the Colt""), was an Argentine singer of cuarteto music. He is widely regarded as the best, most famous and most"
"the author of several vocal, symphonic and chamber music pieces. She was endorsed by Camille Saint-Saëns, Vincent d’Indy and Gabriel Fauré. Jane Bathori sang her ""Chansons de Bilitis"", and Pablo Casals played her music. Notably honored by Pierre Louÿs and Henri Duparc, she appears in the dictionary of contemporaries, where she’s reported to be “officer of academia”. Her music has gained renewed interest in recent years. Rita Strohl was the daughter of the painter Élodie La Villette (1842-1917) and Jules La Rousse La Villette. She is also the niece of the painter Caroline Espinet (1844-1910). In 1888, she married the"
"in 1986. In 1995, Henley married Sharon Summerall. Performers at the wedding included Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Billy Joel, John Fogerty, Jackson Browne, Sheryl Crow, Glenn Frey, and Tony Bennett. Henley later wrote the song ""Everything Is Different Now"" from the album ""Inside Job"" for Sharon. Summerall has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. They have three children together, two girls and a boy. In 2012, Henley was estimated to be the fourth wealthiest drummer in the world, behind Ringo Starr, Phil Collins and Dave Grohl, with a $200 million fortune. As of 2018, he resides in Dallas, Texas, with his wife"
"home and held in the Drancy deportation camp outside the French capital before being transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was later killed. Blum's colleague Raoul Gunsbourg, the director of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, helped by the French Resistance, escaped arrest and fled to Switzerland. In August 1944, the Germans executed René Borghini, Joseph-Henri Lajoux and Esther Poggio, who were Resistance leaders. Rainier III, who ruled until 2005, succeeded to the throne following the death of his grandfather, Prince Louis II, in 1949. On 19 April 1956, Prince Rainier married the American actress Grace Kelly; the event was"
"Hollywood"" under the baton of Antal Dorati. Interspersed with purely instrumental selections, Beal performed the Bach-Gounod ""Ave Maria""; Franz Schubert's ""Erlkönig"" and ""Ave Maria""; Tchaikovsky's ""None but the lonely heart""; and ""Lord, Have Mercy on Me"" from the ""St. Matthew Passion"" of Johann Sebastian Bach. Beal married well-known aerial photographer William Garnett in 1941 and remained his wife until his death in 2006, bearing him three sons. After but a decade on the concert circuit, she opted to abandon her full-time performing career to devoting her time to her family. Nonetheless, she remained sporadically active in northern California, where she"
"was married twice. His first marriage to Ineke Verwayen produced two daughters, Laura and Alicia. His second marriage was to the art historian Machtelt Israëls, and produced two daughters, Zephyr and Eos. His second wife and all four of his daughters survive him. Brüggen was the uncle of recorder soloist and Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet member, Daniël Brüggen. Frans Brüggen Franciscus (""Frans"") Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist. Born in Amsterdam, Brüggen was the last of the nine children of August Brüggen, a textile factory owner, and his"
"forbids their sale in the United States, owing to royalty concerns. They include Mozart's ""Marriage of Figaro"" and Verdi's ""Il Trovatore"", ""Simon Boccanegra"" and ""Otello"". Rethberg was initially married to Ernst Albert Dormann, and in 1956 she married the Russian-born Met comprimario singer George Cehanovsky (1892–1986). Rethberg died in Yorktown Heights, New York, in 1976 at the age of 81. Elisabeth Rethberg The German soprano Elisabeth Rethberg (22 September 1894 – 6 June 1976) was an opera singer of international repute active from the period of the First World War through to the early 1940s. Rethberg was born Lisbeth Sättler"
"a performance with the young Braggiotti sisters dancing while she played. Her home in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, called ""Aloha Bungalow"", was custom built for her, with a soundproof music studio and a small art gallery. In 1924 her performances of several pieces were captured on piano rolls, and can still be heard today. Dai Buell married Navy man Audley Earl Greenidge during World War I, but their union was a secret until 1924. She died in 1939. Dai Buell Dai Buell (died July 9, 1939) was an American pianist and teacher. In 1921 she gave one of the first piano"
"work: among these are ""The Magic Flute"", ""Don Giovanni"", ""Idomeneo"", ""Arabella"", ""Die Fledermaus"", ""Orfeo ed Euridice"", ""Hänsel und Gretel"", ""The Merry Widow"", ""La bohème"", ""La traviata"", and ""Martha"", and a much-celebrated ""The Marriage of Figaro"". Her partners on stage and on records included, among many others, Lisa della Casa, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Fritz Wunderlich, Irmgard Seefried, Nicolai Gedda, Peter Schreier, Walter Berry, and Rudolf Schock. Anneliese Rothenberger Anneliese Rothenberger (19 June 192424 May 2010) was a German operatic soprano who had an active international performance career which spanned from 1943 to 1983. She specialized in the lyric coloratura soprano repertoire, and"
"Chantal Renaud Chantal Renaud (born 26 August 1946) is a Québécoise script writer, and a past yé-yé singer and actress. She was the wife of former Quebec Premier and former Parti Québécois leader Bernard Landry. Renaud began her career as a yé-yé singer, with a hit called ""Comme un garçon"", originally performed by Sylvie Vartan, in France. After acting in the sitcom ""Moi et l'autre"" and films such as ""L'Initiation"" and ""Finalement..."", Renaud relocated to France, where she built a respectable career as an award-winning script writer. On 26 June 2004, after a courtship of some years, she married former"
"Jetty Paerl Jetty Paerl (born Henriette Nanette Paerl; 27 May 1921 – 22 August 2013) was a Dutch singer, who was most famous in the 1950s and 1960s. She was married to Dutch artist Cees Bantzinger. Born in Amsterdam, she lived in London during the occupation of the Netherlands by Nazi Germany during World War II. There she participated in the broadcasts of ""Radio Oranje"", the Dutch government in exile, and was known as ""Jetje van Radio Oranje"" (""Jetty of Radio Orange""). She appears in episode 18 of the 1970s ITV documentary ""The World at War"". In 1956 she represented"
"front line performing to the troops. The patriotic songs were also published as poems for a children's book promoting the war effort, ""Les Livres Rose pour la Jeunesse"". Botrel's most famous wartime songs were ""Rosalie"" (the nickname of the French bayonet) and ""Ma P'tite Mimi"" (about a machine-gun). The latter was revived by Pierre Desproges in the 1980s. At this time some of his lyrics were translated into English by G.E. Morrison and Edgar Preston as ""Songs of Brittany"". Botrel's wife Léna died in 1916. In 1918 he remarried, to Marie-Elisabeth Schreiber, known as Maïlise. He had two daughters with"
"1 January 2012 just months before the death of Éric Charden. Stone (singer) Annie Gautrat, better known by her stage name Stone (born in Paris on 31 July 1947) is a French singer and actor, and very notably part of the musical duo Stone et Charden with her then-husband Éric Charden. the duo were successful in the 1970s with some hits in France and internationally. In 1966, Gautrat (Stone) was taking part in the ""Miss Beatnik"" competition where Éric Charden was a member of the jury. They were acquainted after the competition and got married the same year. Already having"
"""That Old Feeling"", ""Anema e Core"", ""Croce di Oro"" and ""This Ole House"". Joan Regan Joan Regan (born Joan Bethel or Siobhan Bethel; 19 January 1928 – 12 September 2013) was an English traditional pop music singer, popular during the 1950s and early 1960s. Regan was born Joan Bethel or Siobhan Bethel in Romford, Essex, to Irish parents. She had rheumatic fever as a child which left her with a damaged mitral valve, although this did not cause problems until she was in her seventies. Regan married an American serviceman, Dick Howell, a friend of her brothers who met in"
"performers, including: Bowie; Walker, Ray Charles; Judy Collins; John Denver; The Kingston Trio; Nina Simone; Frank Sinatra and Andy Williams. Brel was a successful actor, appearing in ten films. He directed two films, one of which, ""Le Far West"", was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1973. Having sold over 25 million records worldwide, Brel is the third best-selling Belgian recording artist of all time. Brel married Thérèse ""Miche"" Michielsen in 1950 and the couple had three children. He also had a romantic relationship with actress and dancer Maddly Bamy from 1972 until his death"
"him. Fabian married Sicilian musician/artist Gabriel Di Giorgio in 2013. Lara Fabian Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert (born 9 January 1970), better known as Lara Fabian, is a Canadian-Belgian singer, songwriter, musician, actress and producer. She sold over 20 million records worldwide as of September 2017 and is one of the best-selling Belgian artists of all time. She was born in Etterbeek, Brussels to a Belgian father and a Sicilian mother. Since 1996 she holds a Canadian citizenship alongside the original Belgian. As of 2015 she lived in Walloon Brabant province in Belgium just outside Brussels. She has since moved back"
"including Ray Charles, Boney James, Paul Taylor, The Rippingtons, Gerald Albright, Will Downing, Maze, Frankie Beverly, Phil Perry, Al Jarreau, and Stephanie Mills. Belle has been married twice. Her first marriage was to saxophonist and flute player Horace Alexander Young from 1985 until 1990, together they had a daughter Tiy (born 1989). Belle married former NBA basketball player John Battle on June 25, 1991 . The couple has five children, three of which are adopted : Winter, Tiy, son Jayln. After suffering miscarriages of two sets of twin boys, the couple had daughter Sydney (born 1994) and Nyla (born November"
"to Los Angeles. She created a series of PSAs to promote the organization, with animations voiced by Bette Midler, Claire Danes, Sidney Poitier, and Morgan Freeman. She married record-producer Andrew Sager in 1970, and they divorced in 1978. Bayer Sager was involved in a romantic relationship with composer Marvin Hamlisch in the late 1970s. On April 3, 1982, she married composer and pianist Burt Bacharach after over a year's co-habitation: in December 1985 the couple adopted an infant son, whom they named Cristopher Elton Bacharach. Bacharach and Sager divorced in 1991. Since June 1996, Bayer Sager has been married to"
"with Joel Ryce in duo-piano with whom she performed regularly in recital, in double concertos, and in television specials in Paris, London and New York. She married Ryce in 1960, and their 40-year marriage was a happy one. The Menuhin-Ryce duo won the coveted Harriet Cohen International Music Award in 1962, in a programme largely devoted to works by Schubert for four hands. In 1966, they performed the Mozart Double Piano Concerto under the baton of Yehudi Menuhin in Gstaad and other venues in Europe. Yaltah and Joel Ryce were soloists in Saint-Saëns' ""The Carnival of the Animals"" for the"
"her 20th birthday, in a Las Vegas ceremony. Kravitz, still known as Romeo Blue at the time, suddenly found himself in the headlines of tabloid newspapers. They had a daughter, Zoë Isabella Kravitz, born on December 1, 1988, who became an actress, singer, and model. Kravitz and Bonet divorced amicably in 1993. He then dated French singer Vanessa Paradis until 1997. In 2001, he began dating Brazilian model Adriana Lima. In 2002, the couple were engaged, but less than a year later, the engagement was called off. He briefly dated and was engaged to Australian actress Nicole Kidman in 2003–2004."
"had three children: film professor Dick Blau, Tara Gwyneth Blau, and Dr. Jonathan Blau. Blau married a second time to Kathleen Woodward and they had one daughter, Jessamyn Blau. Blau died on his 87th birthday, May 3, 2013, in Seattle, Washington from cancer. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen Woodward; three children from his first marriage, Dick Blau, Tara Gwyneth Blau and Jonathan Blau; a daughter from his second marriage, Jessamyn Blau; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Herbert Blau Herbert Blau (May 3, 1926 – May 3, 2013) was an American director and theoretician of performance. He was named"
"to William F. Pendleton. On June 30, 1910, she wed Dr. Walter Carpenter in Brooklyn. Lillian Blauvelt Lillian Blauvelt (1873–1947) was a popular opera singer in New York City and internationally in the first decade of the 20th century. Her voice was a lyric soprano with a very pure timbre and dramatic distinction. Her vocal range was from G to D. She was from Brooklyn, New York, and eventually toured every country in Europe. She was a graduate of the National Conservatory of Music. Blauvelt sang in concerts in New York City and Brooklyn prior to becoming the soprano of"
"decade. It was Brel who introduced Jouannest to his future wife Juliette Gréco in 1968, and Jouannest played the piano for her during the rest of his career. Jouannest composed more than 250 songs over the course of his life. For example, he composed songs for Jacques Brel like ""Ne Me Quitte Pas"", ""Ces Gens-Là"", ""Bruxelles"", ""Mathilde"" and ""Les Vieux"". He also composed songs for younger artists like Miossec, Benjamin Biolay and Abd al Malik. Jouannest married Juliette Gréco. They were introduced by Jacques Brel in the 1960s. Jouannest supported Jean-Luc Melenchon in the 2012 presidential election. Jouannest died on"
"for an additional year before being hired at the Paris Opera. For nine years from 1873 to 1882, he was part of the Palais Garnier troupe. He then left Paris to perform in Rome in Italy and in Antwerp in Belgium between 1883 and 1884. On his return to France, he was engaged by the Colonne, Harcourt and Lamoureux concerts as well as by the Conservatoire where he obtained his greatest successes. Widower of Blanche Bourgeat, he married Marie-Berthe de Montalant (1865-1937) in February 1893, a lyrical artist and singing teacher who would now perform under the name of Berthe"