1970 Hit Ranked Among Best Rock Love Songs Took 20 Minutes to Write

Elton John 's 1970 hit "Your Song" is one of the greatest love songs ever written. The romantic ballad came together in ...
Forbes

Releasing A Song: Four Effective Marketing Strategies

Releasing a song involves more than just hitting "upload" and waiting for people to find it. Successful music releases require preparation, planning and effective marketing strategies to ensure that ...
American Songwriter

Opening Lines: How to Give Your Song the Best First Impression

The first line of a song has an important job. It is an invitation to the listener. Lyrically, it’s the first taste of what is to come in the next 3 minutes. The listener is faced with the question of ...
PBS

Elton John and Bernie Taupin | "Your Song"

Elton John performs his timeless classic, "Your Song" at the 2024 LOC Gershwin Prize. Celebrate the extraordinary talents of Elton John and Bernie Taupin at the 2024 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1970, Elton John Scored His First Big Hit With a “Virginal” Song (That Almost Went to the Hollies Instead)

Whoever coined the songwriting adage to “write what you know” obviously never considered Bernie Taupin and Elton John when coming up with this admittedly arbitrary standard. In fact, the songwriting ...