redpaul1
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Your Song
I think it's his best song too; but believe it or not, his US label didn't think it was strong enough to serve as more than the B-side to "Take Me To The Pilot." Take me to the who? Precisely.
To be fair though to the label, even more unbelievably, the first recording of Your Song was by 3-Dog Night (on their album It Ain't Easy); 6 months before Elton's version (Elton had been their opening act).
It's dreadful & maybe that's why his label was nervous about releasing it as a single, especially as his first release ("Border Song") had ''peaked" at no.92.
Hi Val, wasn't planning anything but when I'd finished doing this as a lesson for a friend it dawned on me that sculptors and potion makers are professions.
I still think this is his best song, hopefully I haven't totally murdered it.
https://youtu.be/yqGGuF5Z-po
I think it's his best song too; but believe it or not, his US label didn't think it was strong enough to serve as more than the B-side to "Take Me To The Pilot." Take me to the who? Precisely.
To be fair though to the label, even more unbelievably, the first recording of Your Song was by 3-Dog Night (on their album It Ain't Easy); 6 months before Elton's version (Elton had been their opening act).
It's dreadful & maybe that's why his label was nervous about releasing it as a single, especially as his first release ("Border Song") had ''peaked" at no.92.