Bluesology

Bluesology was a 1960s British blues group, best remembered as being the first professional band of Elton John (then known by his birth name Reginald Dwight).

From about 1960, organist Reginald Dwight – then aged 13 – and his neighbour, singer and guitarist Stewart "Stu" Brown, performed with a local group, the Corvettes, in Pinner, Middlesex, a suburb of London.

[6] In 1965, they turned professional, and signed a contract with an agency which began hiring them out as a backing band for visiting American performers, including The Isley Brothers, Doris Troy, Billy Stewart and Patti LaBelle.

[3] Only Dwight and Brown agreed, thus forming with Baldry a new version of Bluesology, along with Fred Gandy (bass), Pete Gavin (drums), Neil Hubbard (guitar), Elton Dean (saxophone), Marc Charig (cornet and flugelhorn), and Alan Walker (vocals), and, for a brief spell, singer Marsha Hunt.

[3][4] On 11 December 1966, there was a recording session at Abbey Road Studios with Little Richard; four songs were recorded, two were released in the U. K.[citation needed] As Baldry's music drifted more towards the cabaret market, Dwight became disenchanted with the band,[7] and so simultaneously began to develop songwriting skills in collaboration with Bernie Taupin whilst working as a session musician.