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UPDATE: Bernie Taupin‘s manuscript of lyrics sold at auction this weekend, with Taupin’s original working lyrics for “I’ve Seen That Movie Too” ($17,500), hand-painted lyrics to “Tiny Dancer” ($16,000) and the working lyrics to “Candle in the Wind 1997” ($10,000) among the lot’s items receiving the highest bids. Bernie Taupin …

Davey Johnstone was watching Top of the Pops with his father one night in 1970 when a young singer-songwriter named Elton John came onto the screen. Johnstone was a folkie guitarist into artists like Bert Jansch and John Martyn, but he was still extremely intrigued by this eccentric young piano …