Sir Elton John is holding close a new tiny dancer.
The piano man and partner David Furnish have become parents to a baby boy born on Christmas Day. The news was first reported on Monday night by USMagazine.com and confirmed by John's Los Angeles-based publicist.
Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John was born in California via a surrogate, whose identity is being protected by the new parents.
Zachary is 62-year-old John's first child with the 48-year-old Furnish.
In a joint statement, the new parents told USMagazine.com that "Zachary is healthy and doing well" and they are "overwhelmed with happiness and joy at this very special moment."
Meanwhile, Alanis Morissette gave birth to a baby boy with her rapper husband Mario "Souleye" Treadway.
A representative for the 36-year-old singer said in an e-mail Monday that Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway was born on December 25. The e-mail says "all are healthy and happy".
No other details were available.
Morissette, whose songs include Ironic and You Oughta Know, has won several Grammys, including album of the year for 1995's Jagged Little Pill.
She also earned a Golden Globe nomination for best original motion picture song for Wunderkind from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and appeared in Kevin Smith's 1999 film Dogma.
She had been previously been engaged to actor Ryan Reynolds.
