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career in the music industry.
When John began to seriously consider a career in music, his father tried to steer him
toward a more conventional career such as banking. He has stated that his wild stage
costumes and performances were his way of letting go after such a restrictive
childhood. Both of John's parents were musically inclined, his father having been a
trumpet player with a semi-professional big band that played military dances. The
Dwights were avid record buyers, exposing John to all the popular singers and
musicians of the day. John remembers being immediately hooked on rock and roll
when his mother brought home records by Elvis Presley and Bill Haley & His Comets
in 1956.
The young Reginald Dwight was not merely interested in music -- he was extremely
talented. He started playing the piano at the age of three, and within a year, his mother
heard him picking out Winifred Atwell's "The Skater's Waltz" by ear. It wasn't long
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