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Dean was born in Nottingham, England, moving to Tooting, London, soon after his birth. [3] From 1966 to 1967, Dean was a member of the band Bluesology, led by Long John Baldry. The band's pianist, Reginald Dwight, afterward combined Dean's and Baldry's first names for his own stage name, Elton John. [4]
May 31, 2019 · He was born Reginald Dwight, and the biopic “Rocketman” suggests that Dwight got his stage name from his bandmate Elton Dean and Beatles singer John Lennon. Unfortunately, that’s not...
May 28, 2019 · Being a jazz musician — and thus inclined to the wry world view — Elton Dean appreciated the irony that he was better known for giving Elton John half his name than for his own...
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- Is The Chronology of Rocketman accurate?
- Was Elton John’s Relationship with His Family Truthfully portrayed?
- How Did Reginald Kenneth Dwight Become Elton John?
- How Pivotal Was John’s Show at The Troubadour?
- Did John Have Relationships with Women?
- Could John Actually Write Songs in A Matter of minutes?
- Did He Struggle with Bulimia and Addiction?
Rocketman plays fast and loose with the timeline of John’s life, with songs appearing out of order and events condensed into tight timeframes. “Some of the elements and scenes in the film, of course they’re not going to be exactly as they happened,” Bernie Taupin, John’s songwriting partner and lyricist, who’s played by Jamie Bell in the movie, tol...
Rocketman portrays several of the relationships in John’s life as complicated, beginning with his parents. His father Stanley Dwight (played by Steven Mackintosh) served as a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force and was often away on military duty. As in the film, Stanley was rather stern, and once sent a letter from overseas warning that a you...
As depicted in the film, the beginnings of John’s career in the mid-1960s were spent as part of a backing band for American soul singers touring the U.K. In one scene, a young John appears cramped in the back of a van with his bandmates, reading a newspaper. Looking up, he says, “I’m thinking of changing my name to Elton.” “But that’s my name,” his...
John’s first U.S. performance at this Los Angeles club was as legendary and transformative as the film depicts. In 1970, John’s self-titled second album was floundering on the charts; he had yet to cross over to the states in any meaningful way. On August 25, the little-known John took the Troubadour stage—reluctantly, as he suffered from stage fri...
While John is proudly gay, he did have at least two significant relationships with women. The first came at the beginning of his career, when he and Taupin were struggling songwriters in London. He met Linda Woodrow, who now goes by Linda Hannon, after a gig in Sheffield; the two began a relationship and soon were engaged. The affair was either pla...
An early scene in Rocketman shows Taupin giving lyrics to John and then going upstairs to brush his teeth. By the time Taupin has rinsed and returned, John has all but finished writing “Your Song,” the pair’s first big breakout hit. This lightning speed is barely an exaggeration. “It’s pretty much how it happened,” Taupin told TIME. “I remember his...
Rocketman opens with John entering rehab in characteristically flamboyant fashion. It’s a scene to which the film often returns as the singer reflects on the ups and the downs of his life. The audience learns that John is bulimic, and has become reliant on alcohol, drugs and sex. According to the singer himself, this is true. John recently wrote th...
Jul 31, 2020 · Sir Elton legally changed his name to Elton Hercules John on May 7, 1972. In the movie Rocketman, the genesis of Sir Elton’s name was explored, though not quite in the way which actually...
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Aug 28, 2020 · Though it is true Sir Elton copied the name of his bandmate, Elton Dean, to come up with his first name. He told Rowan Atkinson in 1991: "I used to be in a band, and I wanted to become a...
May 29, 2019 · Elton came up with his new name by combining the names of Elton Dean, the sax player in his band Bluesology, and Long John Baldry, the blues singer in the band. Rocketman Cast vs. Real Life: Elton John in 1973 at his home in London and Taron Egerton in the movie.
