MAY 07, 1968—SINGER-SONGWRITER REGINALD DWIGHT CHANGES HIS NAME LEGALLY TO ELTON HERCULES JOHN, THE FIRST AND LAST NAMES TAKEN FROM HIS FORMER BANDMATES IN BLUESOLOGY, ELTON DEAN AND LONG JOHN BALDRY.
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