Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. Collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967 on more than 30 albums, John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100, including seven number ones in the UK and nine in the US, as well as seven consecutive number-one albums in the US. His tribute single "Candle in the Wind 1997", rewritten in dedication to Diana, Princess of Wales, sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the UK and US singles charts. He has also produced records and occasionally acted in films. John owned Watford F.C. from 1976 to 1987 and from 1997 to 2002. He is an honorary life president of the club.
Bernie Taupin recalls the time Elton John hit on him & what might’ve happened if they were both gay
Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton & Me. Unsurprisingly, the “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” singer features prominently throughout.One incident, not long after they met, could have derailed their partnership and potentially changed the course of music history.
Elton, then still called Reg Dwight, made a pass at the heterosexual Taupin. This was back in the late 1960s. A London music publisher introduced them in 1967 and the two men immediately hit it off.Elton John references the clumsy and awkward moment in his own memoir, Me, released in 2019.
It also featured in the movie, Rocketman. Now, Taupin has given his take on it.“It was pretty early on that Reg tested the waters,” Taupin writes. “We were inseparable, joined at the hip, and completely the inhabitants of our own world.
So it was only natural that he would add to the confusion that must have been raging in his psyche by placing his hand on my thigh.
