Every great artist has their golden era, the period in which they reach their creative zenith, surpass even their own expectations and produce a catalogue of work that is as sublime as it is timeless. Such was the case with the artist born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, better known to the world as Elton John.
It’s now almost 60 years since the classically-trained session pianist from Pinner in Middlesex met Lincolnshire-born lyricist Bernie Taupin, after they both answered the same Liberty Records’ advertisement in the NME for songwriters, forging what would become one of the most successful songwriting partnerships in music history.
