Music, along with football, has been one of the biggest obsessions since the early days of young Reginald.Įlton John is an extravagant ‘persona’ on stage, and at the same time, a conflicted person whose fame failed to heal his childhood woundsĪs a ‘wonder kid’ on the piano, he received a scholarship for the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 11. If half-century ago, someone told shy Reginald Kenneth Dwight from the London suburb that he would live the wild life of glam rock star with the artistic name, Elton Hercules John, win six Grammys, two Golden Globes and one Oscar, be awarded with the royal title ‘Sir’ for musical and humanitarian accomplishments, record 33 albums and countless hits, he would probably also tell the person he’s a lunatic. ![]() Elton John discovered his passion for music at an early age and taught himself how to play the piano when he was only four years old Half-century Career of Legendary Elton John RocketmanĬelebrating the 50th anniversary of publishing the second studio album, ‘Elton John’, we remember the hippie age of the 70’s when the eponymous star, the Elton John Rocketman, was launched in the world of the most influential musicians alive. ‘If you’d have said to me 10 years ago I’d be sitting on your show, married to the man I love and have two beautiful children, I’d have said you put acid in my drink!,’ said legendary musician to the hostess of Ellen De Generes show a few years ago, with an ever-present dose of humor and self-irony. ![]() Rocketman is a fantasy musical told from the perspective of a burned-out Elton John reflecting on his wild life from a rehab facility in the early 1990s.
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