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The debut album 'Empty Sky' followed, to encouraging notices but scant sales, in 1969. By the time Elton's self-titled breakthrough album and subsequent evergreen 'Your Song' introduced him to an international stage in 1970 and early 1971, the writing partners had so honed their skill that Taupin could create a lyric in half an hour and Elton could compose to it within the hour.

In the multi-platinum whirlwind that followed between 1972 and 1976, they were producing at least two landmark albums per year, including the beloved 'Tumbleweed Connection,' 'Madman Across The Water,' 'Honky Chateau,' 'Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player' and 'Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy.' Among these, 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' became and remains Elton's bestselling studio album in the US, with eight weeks at No.1 at the end of 1973 and two years on the chart in total.

In 1974, Elton signed a record breaking $8 million deal with MCA and he co-wrote and appeared on his friend John Lennon's US chart-topper 'Whatever Gets You Through The Night.' Their famous bet — that if it went to No.1, Lennon would join Elton on stage at New York's Madison Square Garden — led to one of the most memorable concerts in history, sadly Lennon's final live appearance.
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