Elton John started playing the piano at the age of three .
The Dwights were keen record buyers , exposing John to the popular singers and musicians of the day , and 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.Elton John started playing his grandmother 's piano as a young boy and within a year , his mother heard him picking out Winifred Atwell 's `` The Skater 's Waltz '' by ear .
Elton John