Picture - Tess Daly

Tess Daly. arriving at the Tower Ballroom, for 'Strictly Come Dancing' rehearsals. Blackpool, England - 06.1109

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The Things They Say 10300

"I wanted a name that sounded American and also I wanted a name that no one else had; the only person I knew that was a guy called Elton Hayes who was an English folk singer who recorded The Owl + The Pussycat. I thought, 'I'm all right there because he's not going to have a resurgence." REG DWIGHT, aka ELTON JOHN, on the birth of his famous moniker. 24/11/2008