Fact #176364
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Short story:
On her BBC tv show, Lulu performs one of Britain's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest - I Can't Go On Living Without You - by unknown writing duo Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
Full article:
Elton John : I met Bernie through this job advert. It was for a record company, saying, "Talent wanted - Liberty Records." Bernie had applied, and I was talking to a guy named Ray Williams, who was the one who brought us together. I was saying, "Listen, I think I can write songs, But I Don't write lyrics." Bernie's letter was on his desk and Ray said, "Here, this guy writes lyrics." And that was it.

Bernie had heard some of the stuff I was doing and he quite liked it. So I said, "Should we write together?" And he said yes. Eventually, we signed up with Dick James Music. He guaranteed each of us ten pounds a week as a guarantee against royalties, and that's when I quit the group I'd been playing with.
Elton John : He (Bernie Taupin) was the first love of my life emotionally. Physically never, but emotionally. He was the brother I never had, and that love never really died.
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Bernie had heard some of the stuff I was doing and he quite liked it. So I said, "Should we write together?" And he said yes. Eventually, we signed up with Dick James Music. He guaranteed each of us ten pounds a week as a guarantee against royalties, and that's when I quit the group I'd been playing with.
Elton John : He (Bernie Taupin) was the first love of my life emotionally. Physically never, but emotionally. He was the brother I never had, and that love never really died.
(Source : not known)