Of these 42 reached the Top Ten in Canada on the RPM singles chart, 29 made Top Ten on the UK charts and 26 singles made Top Ten on the Billboard Hot 100. Elton John holds the distinction of having the most successful single release in the rock ‘n roll era ~ 1955 to the present ~ with his 1997 version of “Candle in the Wind” which has sold over 33 million copies. The biggest selling single remains “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby which has sold 50 million copies. In the same five-decade span Elton John has released 128 singles. Since they teamed up they’ve worked together on 32 studio albums between 19. In 1967 John met Bernie Taupin, a songwriter. His stage name, which became his legal name in 1967, was taken from Bluesology saxophonist Elton Dean, and their lead singer, Long John Baldry. While he was playing with a band called Bluesology in the mid-60s he adopted the stage name Elton John. In 1962, by the age of 15, he was performing with his group, The Corvettes, at the Northwood Hills Hotel (now the Northwood Hills Public House) in a northern borough of London. Between the ages of 11 and 15 he attended the Academy on Saturday mornings.
When he was eleven years old he won a scholarship as a Junior Exhibitor at the Royal Academy of Music. When he was three years old he astounded his family when he was able to play The Skater’s Waltz by Émile Waldteufel by ear at the piano. Reginald Kenneth Dwight was born in 1947. Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ did not chart
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