Elton John And Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart

“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”, as originally released on 21 June 1976, was not part of any album. It was a huge international success, topping the charts in a number of countries, including France, Italy, Australia and Canada. Elton and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin wrote this song using the pseudonyms Ann Orson and Carte Blanche.

“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” was the first No. 1 single in the UK for both John and Kiki Dee, topping the chart for six weeks in mid 1976.

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This is another Elton John classic which was written by the singer alongside Bernie Taupin. And another regular collaborator of the Rocketman, the late Gus Dudgeon (1942-2002), produced the track.

In fact one of the labels this track was released under, The Rocket Record Company, was a joint venture between Elton, Bernie and Gus.

And when the trio put this song together, they were trying to emulate the Motown sound (i.e. the classis duets between Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell). And with that in mind, Kiki Dee holds the distinction of in fact being “the first White British artist signed to Motown”.

However, by the time this song came out, she was rather signed to The Rocket Record Company.

However, as originally composed, the song was intended to rather be a duet between Elton John and Dusty Springfield (1939-1999). But Dusty was reportedly too sick to participate.

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