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"Tiny Dancer" ('Madman Across the Water,' 1971)

Though not noted on the CD, the mixes of "Are You Ready for Love," "Mama Can't Buy You Love" and "Three Way Love Affair" are not the Elton and Clive Frank remixes from 1979, but the original 1977 Thom Bell mixes. "Are You Ready for Love," for example, now includes Bobby Smith and John Edwards of The Spinners singing the second verse instead of Elton, among other more subtle differences. The original EP remixes of the songs would later re-surface on the 'CD2' edition of Elton's 1992 single for " The Last Song"; [4] an edited version of the remix of "Are You Ready for Love" would be re-released as a single in 2003, and went on to hit #1 on the UK and US Dance charts. The Complete Thom Bell Sessions' were made available in the US in the early 90s, yet not in the UK; RSD 2022 means everyone can now enjoy the full recording session on one soulful LP.

The second half of the Seventies saw Elton wiltin’. Here And There was nowhere, Blue Moves was a double-album downer and, by 1979, Elton seemed a washed-up disco diva. These were lost years, complete with their own lost sessions. Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Conciseed.). Virgin Books. p.117. ISBN 1-85227-745-9. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Bell was one of 10 children of Anna and Leroy Bell, with Jamaican antecedents on his mother’s side, and moved to Philadelphia as a child. Anna, who worked as a stenographer, was a pianist, and Leroy, who owned a fish market and a restaurant, played accordion and Hawaiian guitar.

"Home Again" ('The Diving Board,' 2013)

Are You Ready for Love (US 12-inch single sleeve). Elton John. Ultra Records. 2003. UL 1177-6. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Are You Ready for Love (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Elton John. Southern Fried Records. 2003. ECB50. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) UK 12-inch single 2 [8] A. "Are You Ready for Love" ('79 original) B. "Are You Ready for Love" (Ashley Beedle Love and Protection mono edit)

McNary, Dave (23 October 2013). "Tom Hardy to Play Elton John in Biopic". Variety . Retrieved 3 June 2019. The epilogue notes that Elton has been sober for over 28 years. He remains good friends and song-writing partners with Bernie and is happily married to David Furnish, with whom he has two children.Are You Ready for Love (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Elton John. Southern Fried Records. 2003. ECB50LOVE. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Bell, classically trained as a musician, sang as a teenager with Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates fame). Bell's first big break in soul music came with Cameo Records in Philadelphia where he worked as a session player and arranger. [2] Elton is seen meeting John Reid at Mama Cass's house in Los Angeles, but they actually met at a Motown Records Christmas party in London in December 1970. [88] [89]

World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], Leroy Bell". St. Louis, Missouri: National Archives. 2011 . Retrieved December 24, 2022– via Ancestry.com.The Thom Bell Sessions (internationally titled as The Thom Bell Sessions '77) is an EP recorded by Elton John in the second half of 1977, but was not released by MCA Records until June 1979.