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Nov 29, 2016 · January 12, 1941 — When, in 1975, Elton John sang plaintively that “Someone Saved My Life Tonight,” that someone was blues singer Long John Baldry, who was born on this day. Baldry, known as Long John because of his 6ft 7in stature, had formed a band known as Bluesology some years earlier.
Jan 12, 2020 · In 1969, an unknown keyboard musician named Reg Dwight was engaged to be married to a young woman. There was one problem. Dwight was secretly gay. As the wedding day approached Dwight sank into a deep depression and attempted suicide. Enter ‘Long John” Baldry.
Aug 11, 2005 · Elton John played piano with Baldry in the mid-’60s. Elton’s 1975 hit “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” paid homage to Baldry for helping him during a sexual identity crisis. In a pub, suicidal, and drunkenly bemoaning his upcoming wedding to a woman, Baldry reportedly convinced Elton to back out of the nuptials, saying, “People like us ...
Aug 2, 2021 · During a night of drinking with blues singer Long John Baldry and long-time collaborator Bernie Taupin, they convinced John not to go through with it. Videos by American Songwriter
Jul 26, 2005 · The Elton John connection was made and Baldry quite literally saved his new pianist's life, thwarting an attempted suicide. Big voiced ballad singers were now in fashion and Pye Records...
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Jan 7, 2024 · Long John Baldry’s influence extends far beyond his pivotal role in founding the British blues scene in the early 1960s. Seeing Long John perform in the early 1960s sealed Eric Clapton’s intention to become a professional musician. Then it was Baldry who discovered Rod ‘The Mod’ Stewart and gave him his first
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Jun 11, 2019 · Sadly, Baldry passed away in July 2005 from complications following a chest infection. While it may never be clear why his story was left out of Fletcher’s take on the early work of Elton John, it’s all the more important that his music and his legacy live on.
