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The Rachel Hollis Podcast

489: BERNIE TAUPIN | "The Most Successful Partnership in History," Lyricist and Songwriting partner of Sir Elton John

The Rachel Hollis Podcast

Rachel Hollis

Personal Growth, Education, Personal Development, Relationships, Society & Culture, Health And Wellness, How To, Self-improvement

4.416.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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There was a gentleman who came, we were assigned to Dick James music as songwriters, the same publisher

0:08.0

as the Beatles, so it was kind of high profile. And this was the guy who had signed us to write

0:16.0

these songs for the middle of the road people that didn't work out. And as we started writing,

0:22.0

along came this guy called Steve Brown who was sort of the in-house hippie where everybody else was

0:28.0

straight laced. And he basically called a spade a spade and he said, you guys, you know, you have potential.

0:34.0

You cannot keep writing this crap for other people. It's no good and it's not going to work.

0:40.0

But I like some of this new stuff that you're doing, but you need to do it for yourselves.

0:46.0

And slowly but surely we realized that Regd White had to be the singer of these songs,

0:54.0

but he couldn't remain Regd White. We had to think of another name that was more appealing

1:00.0

hence he became Elton John.

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Hi, I'm Rachel Hollis and this is my podcast.

1:08.0

I spend so many hours of every single week reading and listening to podcasts and watching YouTube videos

1:15.0

and trying to find out as much as I can about the world around me.

1:19.0

And that's what we do on this show. We talk about everything, life and how to be an entrepreneur.

1:26.0

What happened to dinosaurs? What's the best recipe for fried chicken?

1:30.0

What's the best plan for intermittent fasting? What's going on with our inner child?

1:34.0

How's therapy working out for you?

1:36.0

Whatever it is my guests are into, I want to unpack it so that we can all understand.

1:42.0

These are conversations. This is information for the curious.

1:47.0

This is the Rachel Hollis podcast.

1:55.0

I feel like I'm having a little bit of an out of body experience because I can't believe I'm sitting with you.

1:59.0

Like I'm actually pretty.

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