![]() ![]() The song "No Shoe Strings on Louise" was intended (as homage or parody) to sound like a Rolling Stones song. ![]() Two songs from the album did find their way into the repertoire of other artists in 1970: "Your Song" was recorded by Three Dog Night as an album track on their LP It Ain't Easy, while Aretha Franklin released a cover of " Border Song" as a single that reached number 37 in the US pop charts and number 5 on the R&B chart, later included on her 1972 album Young, Gifted and Black. As Dudgeon recalled in a Mix magazine interview, the album was not actually intended to launch John as an artist, but rather as a collection of polished demos for other artists to consider recording his and co-writer Bernie Taupin's songs. This was the first of a string of John albums produced by Gus Dudgeon. On 27 November 2012, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as an album cited as exhibiting "qualitative or historical significance". In 2003, the album was ranked number 468 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In the same year, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In the US, it was certified gold in February 1971 by the RIAA. The album includes John's breakthrough single " Your Song", which reached number 7 in the UK charts and helped to establish his career during what was considered the "singer-songwriter" era of popular music. The album was the first release by John in the United States because Empty Sky was not released in the country until 1975. It was released on 10 April 1970 by DJM Records and by Uni Records in United States. Elton John is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John. ![]()
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