![]() ![]() (The 1978 single-only A side "Ego" was their only collaboration of note during the period, although John/Taupin B-sides such as "Lovesick" and "I Cry at Night" were issued with the respective singles "Song for Guy" and "Part-time Love" from the album A Single Man.) ![]() The team took some time off from each other for a while between 19, while Taupin worked with other songwriters, including Alice Cooper, and John worked with other lyricists, including Gary Osborne and Tom Robinson. The duo have collaborated on more than thirty albums to date. Elton told the man behind the desk that he could not write lyrics, so the man handed Elton a sealed envelope from the pile of people submitting lyrics, which he opened on the London Underground ride home. Neither Taupin nor John passed the audition for Liberty Records. In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement for talent that was placed in the New Musical Express by Liberty Records A&R man Ray Williams. Collaborative career Collaboration with Elton John (1967-present) Taupin's mother had studied French literature, and his maternal grandfather John Leonard Palchett "Poppy" Cort, a classics teacher and graduate of the University of Cambridge, instilled in him an appreciation for nature and literature and narrative poetry, both of which influenced his early lyrics. Taupin had worked at several part-time jobs when, at age 17, he answered the advertisement that eventually led to his collaboration with Elton John. Taupin soon left that job, and spent the rest of his teenage years hanging out with friends, hitchhiking the country roads to attend youth club dances in the surrounding villages, playing snooker in the Aston Arms pub in Market Rasen and drinking. At age 15, he left school and started work as a trainee in the print room of the local newspaper, The Lincolnshire Standard, with aspirations of becoming a journalist. Unlike his older brother, Tony, who attended a grammar school (selective secondary school) and later went to university, Taupin was not a diligent student, although he showed an early flair for writing. Taupin's 11-year-younger brother, Kit, was born there. The house lacked heating and up-to-date plumbing. In 1959, Taupin's father decided to try independent farming, and the family moved to the north-Lincolnshire village of Owmby-by-Spital, where they lived at the run-down 10-acre Maltkiln Farm, the income from which derived from battery-farming chickens for eggs. This was a significant step up from Flatters farmhouse, which had no electricity. The family later moved to Rowston Manor, where they lived rent-free due to Robert's promotion to farm manager. Taupin's mother spent most of the Second World War living in Switzerland on her return to London, she worked as a governess for the Taupin family, in which connection she met Robert Taupin, whom she married in 1947. Taupin's father was educated in Dijon and was employed as a stockman by a large farm estate near the town of Market Rasen. His paternal grandparents were French, the Taupin family having come to London at the turn of the twentieth century to set up a wine-importing business. Taupin was born at Flatters House, a farmhouse located between the village of Anwick and the town of Sleaford, in the southern part of Lincolnshire, England, the son of Robert Taupin and Daphne, daughter of John Leonard Palchett "Poppy" Cort, a University of Cambridge-educated classics teacher and former rector at Sale, Cheshire. ![]() Taupin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Musical Excellence Award category in 2023. Taupin and John were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992. John responded to the same advertisement and they were brought together, collaborating on many albums since. In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in the music paper New Musical Express placed by Liberty Records, a company that was seeking new songwriters. Taupin has written the lyrics for most of John's songs. ![]() He is best known for his long-term collaboration with musician Elton John, a songwriting partnership that is one of the most successful in history. Bernard John Taupin CBE (born ) is an English-American songwriter, lyricist and visual artist. ![]()
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