Elton John Biography

Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight now known as Sir Elton John he started to play the piano at the tender age of four. Somewhat of a child prodigy he could play by ear any melody he heard.
His parents Sheila and Stanley Dwight an RAF Squadron Leader divorced when Elton was young. His mother then married Fred Farebrother whom Elton nicknamed ‘Derf’. At 11 he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. He stayed for six years but dropped out shortly before graduation in order to pursue a rock career.
Elton was 14 when he and friends formed a band the Corvettes which evolved into Bluesology. It was 1961 and they played Ray Charles and Jim Reeves ballads Friday's to Sunday's at the Northwood Hills Hotel Middlesex. With the money he made from this work Elton bought himself his first electric piano. By the mid 1960s Bluesology was backing American soul and R&B artists including Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles.
In 1966 Elton left Bluesology and auditioned unsuccessfully as lead vocalist for progressive rock bands King Crimson and Gentle Giant. The turning point in Elton’s career came a few years later when during an audition for Liberty Records as a songwriter he met lyricist Bernie Taupin. A strong musical partnership began that would last to this day.

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