Bernie Taupin nowadays is known as one of the richest celebrities who has an estimated net worth as huge as 70 million dollars. B Taupin became extremely famous while being a lyricist, poet and songwriter. Bernie’s name is usually associated with Elton John, as they worked together for a long time. Taupin’s net worth also increased because he made several notable appearances on the screen. For example, he performed in “A Cradle of Haloes”, “He Who Rides The Tiger”, “One Who Writes the Words for Elton John”, “Classic Albums: Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”, “Taupin”, “Tribe” and “The Union”.
Bernie Taupin Net Worth $70 Million
The full name of Bernie Taupin is Bernard John Taupin. He was born on May 22 in 1950, and raised in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. However, his parents changed their place of living several times. Until 15 years of age, Bernie studied in Market Rasen Secondary Modern, but later left school and started to work as trainee. Actually he was dreaming about the job of a journalist, and did not even think about becoming one of the best known songwriters. Later, when he started to write, many experiences of his youth came out in Bernie Taupin’s lyrics, and he appeared to be such a great song writer that his estimated net worth started to rise extremely quickly.
Of course, the main reason why today Bernie is so famous is his work with Elton John. They met in 1967, when both became interested in a new talent search advertisement put in a newspaper entitled “New Musical Express”. Although neither of them succeeded, Elton John And Bernie Taupin were noticed by Ray Williams, and he decided to let the two work together for some time. This idea appeared to be great – Taupin and John started to collaborate together very successfully, and Bernie’s net worth started to increase. Altogether more than 30 songs were created by them, so you can imagine how rich B. Taupin is nowadays. They created such famous hits as “Candle in the Wind”, “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down”, “Tiny Dancer”, “I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues” and many others.
Taupin and John did not work together for very long, only from 1977 until 1979 – then Bernie Taupin had an opportunity to meet and work with another huge star in the music industry – Alice Cooper.
But Bernie Taupin did not only write song lyrics for music for other artists. He has also released three albums with spoken lyrics. The first one, “Taupin”, was released in year 1971. The debut album was successful enough, but the second one, “He Who Rides The Tiger” was released nine years later. In 1987 “Tribe” appeared, and these three albums also increased Taupin’s net worth, which he has earned as a songwriter and lyricist.
Today Bernie Taupin lives in Southern California, United States, and continues his work as a writer, with his net worth continuing to increase. He is still being admired as a talented lyricist, one of the greatest song writers in our century.
