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July 24, 1976 – ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’ Goes to No. 1 in the UK

July 24, 2020 Shay

Elton John scored his first UK number 1 single with ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’ a duet with Kiki Dee. It was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin under the pseudonym “Ann Orson” and “Carte Blanche” and was Elton’s first UK No.1 after 16 Top 40 hits. John had met Dee when she was…

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Then, once I have lyrics, being able to shape them around a song is nothing new for me, I have been doing that for 25 years. The soul searching part of it, the spontaneous part of it, that was, and remains a really terrific process. Geddy Lee

July 24, 1976 – ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’ Goes to No. 1 in the UK

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