Elton John - The Captain and the Kid
Reginald Kenneth Dwight first sat at the piano at the age of four and won a part-time scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music when he was 11. It wasn't long afterwards that the schoolboy from Pinner in Middlesex set his course for the music industry. He played with local band the Corvettes, which in 1961 changed its name to Bluesology, in tribute to a record by guitar sorcerer Django Reinhardt. Later, his own new name would be inspired by Bluesology frontman Long John Baldry and jazz saxophonist Elton Dean. Typically, their early gigs would earn him £1 a night.
Frustrated by his unrewarding labours playing with other performers, Elton auditioned for Liberty Records in 1967 and finally met the young lyricist Bernie Taupin, with whom he wrote, at first, by mail. Late that year, they became staff songwriters for renowned publisher Dick James' DJM label, farming out music to budding pop stars. Elton's own first single, the unsuccessful 'I've Been Loving You,' came out on Philips in March 1968.
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