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On 16 January 1992, he played percussion for Clapton's installment of the MTV Unplugged television series. During 1994 and 1995 Face to Face tours with Billy Joel, and during Elton John's tours in 1995, Elton John played "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", which then flowed into a solo by Cooper on percussion. In the 1995 "Evening With ...
For six nights in 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre in London, Elton and Ray introduced a unique stage show that would become a thing of legend. Selecting more obscure songs from his catalogue, Elton played a solo set to open the show, and then was joined by Ray on percussion for the second half.
Ray Cooper is a British session percussionist whose recording career started in the 1960s, recording with the WHO, among others, and is still going. Among his early jobs were America, Carly Simon, David Essex, Blue Mink and especially Elton John (he played on most of his '70s albums). He had also played on Nicky Hopkins' 1973 solo album.
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The Elton John Band is the band that backs singer, composer and pianist Elton John on both studio and live recordings. The band has gone through several lineup changes, but Nigel Olsson , Davey Johnstone , and Ray Cooper have been members (albeit not continuously) since 1970, 1971 and 1973 respectively.
- Elton John, Nigel Olsson, Davey Johnstone, Ray Cooper, John Mahon, Kim Bullard, Matt Bissonette
- eltonjohn.com
- 1970–present
Sep 19, 2018 · On the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, Elton and Ray have been performing Indian Sunset, a holdover from the Million Dollar Piano setlist, as a spellbinding duo. The song is from the Madman Across The Water album but Ray is not found on the studio version even though he did play percussion on three other songs from that album, his first with Elton.
Nigel Olsson helped define the Elton John Band sound that took the singer’s career to new heights in the 1970s and has been a fan favorite for decades. Read more Percussion
Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 in Pinner, Middlesex (now part of the London Borough of Harrow ), the eldest child of Stanley Dwight (1925–1991) and only child of Sheila Eileen (née Harris; 1925–2017). [32] [33] [34] He was raised in a council house in Pinner by his maternal grandparents.
