Referaat Elton John'ist
Dwight was going by the name "Elton John", in homage to Bluesology saxophonist
Elton Dean and Long John Baldry.
Empty Sky , Elton John's 1969 debut album, went largely unnoticed.
The team of John and Taupin joined Dick James's DJM Records as staff songwriters
in 1968, and over the next two years wrote material for various artists, like Roger
Cook and Lulu. Taupin would write a batch of lyrics in underr an hour and give it to
John, who would write music for them in half an hour, dispoosing of the lyrics if he
couldn't come up with anything quickly. For two years, they wrote easy-listening
tunes for James to peddle to singers. Their early output included an entry for British
song for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969, called "Can't Go On (Living Without
You)" It came sixth of six songs.
During this period, John also played on sessions for other artists including playing
piano on The Hollies' "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" and singing backing vocals
for The Scaffold.
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