Elton John - The Captain and the Kid
But even bigger challenges were calling. Elton's collaboration with lyricist Tim Rice on music for Disney's 'The Lion King' garnered not only a Best male pop Grammy but his first Academy Award, after which he collaborated with Rice again on the Broadway smash 'Aida.' The London launch of the stage version of 'Billy Elliot,' with music by Elton John and lyrics by Lee Hall, became a smash to rival the original film, achieving that rare feat of sending both the public and the critics into ecstasies.
The late 1990s were a time of intense personal tragedy for Elton, with the loss of his good friends, fashion design guru Gianni Versace and Diana, the Princess of Wales. The untimely death of the Princess would provide him with, reluctantly, the biggest single hit of his career, the rewrite of his Marilyn Monroe tribute 'Candle In The Wind.' which he performed at the Princess' funeral. In the Canadian Top Ten for three whole years, the single is now the biggest selling in the world, ever, surpassing even Bing Crosby's 'White Christmas.'
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