The team of Elton John and Bernie Taupin joined Dick James's DJM Records as staff songwriters in 1968, and over the next two years wrote material for various artists, like Roger Cook and Lulu.
Šest mesecev kasneje je Reginald Dwight prevzel ime »Elton John«, po saksofonistu glasbene skupine Bluesology, Eltonu Deanu, in Longu Johnu Baldryju.