Referaat Elton John'ist
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.
On the advice of music publisher Steve Brown, John and Taupin started
writing more complex songs for John to record for DJM. The first
was the single "I've Been Loving You" (1968), produced by Caleb
Quaye, former Bluesology guitarist. In 1969, with Quaye, drummer
Roger Pope, and bassist Tony Murray, John recorded another single,
"Lady Samantha", and an album, Empty Sky
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