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Elton John
Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25th march 1947 in the town of pinner in middlex England and only child who was overweight and wore glasses and he was afraid of his father a squadron leader and ranking officer with the royal air force whom he described as very snobbish and sort of stiff and his mother Sheila on the other hand brought home records that introduced him to rock music and john taught himself to play the piano at age of four years and he studied at the London and academy of music but quit two weeks before graduation to pursue a musical career.
He worked for a music publishing company and also played the piano in bars and later joining a band called bluesology and he created his stage name as a combination of middle name of bluesologys singer, long john baldly the first name of the saxophone player and Elton dean and later in his life and john added the middle name Hercules. in 1968 john met Bernie taupin 1950 and who became his long term song writing partner and johns first album and empty sky was a commercial failure and his second album contained your song hit in both and the united states and England and in 1972 rocket man because his number one single in America.
John became well-known for his oversize glasses and disgraceful outfits and he was called the queen mum of pop and he also enjoyed many expensive cars and large homes, shopping etc and in 1975 he starred as the as the pinball wizard in the film edition of the rock opera Tommy and in 1976 a duet with KiKi Dee don’t go breaking my heart became his first British number one single and his fame then began to decline after a series of less achievement albums and admitting that he was attracted to both women and men more injured his popularity and he began abusing alcohol and drugs.
John continued drama during the 1980s his drug and drinking problems had caused him to lose his magic touch while recording too law for zero in 1983 and john met Renate blauel a German born recording studio worker and they were married on valentines day 14th February 1984 the British press attacked both the marriage and john and focusing on his sexual history and after less than five years and the couple agreed to divorce.