Rocketman: Did Elton John really pick his name from a bandmate and a John Lennon poster?

In Rocketman, Elton John is shown picking his stage persona via a bandmate's first name and looking at a John Lennon poster. But is this really what happened?

Before he was Elton John, he was known as Reggie Dwight. Not quite the popstar name.

So, Reg went about picking a new onstage persona that kicked off a new era of his flamboyant and hugely successful life.

But was what happened in Rocketman really what happened?
Why did Elton John pick his name?

In 1962, Reg and his friends formed a band named Bluesology.

A few years later, Bluesology was backing American soul and R&B musicians such as the Isley Brothers, Major Lance and Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles.

Source: Tom Eames/smoothradio.com

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