After studying for six years, he left school with the intention of breaking into the music business. Dwight began playing piano at the age of four, and when he was 11, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. The son of a former Royal Air Force trumpeter, John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in 1947. His versatility, combined with his effortless melodic skills, dynamic charisma, and flamboyant stage shows, became his calling cards and many of his songs - including 'Your Song,' 'Rocket Man,' 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,' and 'Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me' - became contemporary pop standards. He could dip into soul, disco, and country, as well as classic pop balladry and even progressive rock. Initially marketed as a singer/songwriter, John soon revealed he could craft Beatlesque pop and pound out rockers with equal aplomb. He charted a Top 40 hit single every year between 19, a sign that he knew how to both change with the times and mold the times to fit him. As it turned out, this was merely the first act in a remarkable career that kept him at the top of the charts for over 25 years. Elton John was the biggest pop star of the '70s, grabbing headlines and generating hits throughout the world.
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