A true superstar, Elton has had huge success throughout the years including charting a Top 40 single every year from
1970 to 1996, and a four-year streak of 16 Top 20 hits in a row from 1972 to 1975, when he also had seven consecutive
number 1 albums. Elton was born Reginald Dwight in 1947. A product of a broken home, his parents divorced when he
was a baby and he was raised by his mother. Encouraged by her, Reg started to play piano at the tender age of 4. When
he was 11, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied the piano for several years.
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