Renate Blauel

Renata Blauel (born ca. 1953) is a German music engineer who was married to Elton John for four and a half years. They divorced when both John and Blauel felt that he could no longer deny his true sexuality.

Already a sound engineer, she had engineered albums including Hysteria for the Human League and Croatia Records. ^[1] Blauel was then a recording engineer on John's 1983 album Too Low For Zero in Sydney, Australia. John admitted that his bisexuality was a "compromise". They were married on Valentine's Day, 1984, in Sydney, Australia, after he had proposed to her four days earlier in a restaurant. Attendees included Olivia Newton-John. A second service was held for John's family members later in England. Blauel also worked as a recording engineer on John's 1984 album Breaking Hearts. The divorce became final on November 18, 1988.

References

1. ^ Human League, The - Hysteria