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Reginald Kenneth Dwight, aka Sir Elton Hercules John, aka Elton John,
grew up in the UK. John's parents were both musical people, and he
began playing the piano at a very young age. By 11, he had he
received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music due to this amazing
ability to hear a piece and replicate it by ear. He started
playing professionally in a nearby pub, and by 1964, he created his
first band, called Bluesology (which eventually morphed into the Elton
John Band). By the late 1960's, he had changed his name to Elton
John playing homage to Bluesology band members Elton Dean and John
Baldry.
Elton's first studio album, Empty Sky, was
released in 1969. His first top 10 hit, "Your Song", came on the
follow up album, Elton John, in 1970. The rest of the
1970's brought Elton John many more hits, including songs like "Rocket
Man", "Honky Cat", "Crocodile Rock", "Daniel", "Saturday Night's Alright
for Fighting", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Candle in the Wind",
"Bennie and the Jets", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "The Bitch is
Back", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Philadelphia Freedom", "Someone
Saved My Life Tonight", "Island Girl", "Don't Go Breaking My
Heart", "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", "Part Time Love", "Mama
Can't Buy You Love", and many more.
Elton John kept the hits rolling well into the 1980's.
For a list of Elton John's 80's albums, refer to the discography on this
page. For now, we are simply going to list of some of his 80's
hits: "Little Jeannie", "Nobody Wins", "Blue Eyes", "Empty Garden
(Hey Hey Johnny)", "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues", "I'm
Still Standing", "Kiss the Bride", "Sad Songs (Say So Much)",
"Passengers", "Nikita", "Wrap Her Up", "Flames of Paradise", "I Don't
Wanna Go On with You Like That", "Healing Hands", "Sacrifice", and many
more.
Elton John released several more hit songs into the
1990's as well, but even though he has continued producing, with a new
studio album at the time of this writing in 2013, his success in the US
has primarily been on the Adult Contemporary charts. In 2013, The
Elton John Discography was as follows (The Elton John Band):1969: Empty Sky
1970: Elton John
1970: Tumbleweed Connection
1971: Madman Across the Water
1971: 17-11-70 Live
1972: Honky Château
1973: Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
1973: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
1974: Caribou
1974: Elton John's Greatest Hits
1975: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
1975: Rock of the Westies
1976: Blue Moves
1976: Here and There Live
1977: Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II
1978: A Single Man
1979: Victim of Love
1980: 21 at 33
1980: Lady Samantha
1980: The Very Best of Elton John
1981: The Fox
1982: Love Songs
1982: Jump Up!
1983: Too Low for Zero
1984: Breaking Hearts
1984: The Superior Sound of Elton John [1970–1975]
1985: Your Songs
1985: Ice on Fire
1986: Leather Jackets
1987: Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume III
1987: Elton John live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
1988: Reg Strikes Back
1989: Sleeping with the Past
1990: To Be Continued...
1990: The Very Best of Elton John
1992: Rare Masters
1992: The One
1993: Duets
1994: Chartbusters Go Pop
1995: Love Songs
1995: Made in England
1997: The Big Picture
2000: Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits Live
2001: Songs from the West Coast
2002: Greatest Hits 1970–2002
2004: Peachtree Road
2005: Elton John's Christmas Party
2006: The Captain & the Kid
2007: Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits
2012: Good Morning to the Night (Elton John vs Pnau)
2013: The Diving Board
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