In 1968, Reg was managed by a guy named Dick James "who had him working under a retainer of £10 per week". That year, he is touring in Scotland with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound...
A year later, Reg comes up with a new name... Elton John: "because he was a big fan of Soft Machine, whose sax player was Elton Dean. And he got the surname John from the vocalist Long John Baldry, with whom Reg had played in the band Bluesology."
Click here for the short story about how Reg Dwight became Elton John.
