"I had worked as the personal assistant for Elton John in the early 1970s and was with him when he toured in America," Epps said. "That's how I met Gus Dudgeon, since he produced several of Elton ...

But for their second album, “Elton John” (1970), Elton sought out the producer of what he thought was the best song going (David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”), and that was Gus Dudgeon, who ...

Elton John's iconic track, "Bennie and the Jets," features audio from another rock icon's last performance in England before his 1970 death. ... Producer Gus Dudgeon was, ...

Elton John was already a success by the time he released his seventh studio album on Oct. 5, 1973. Still, the multiplatinum chart-topping Goodbye Yellow Brick Road elevated him from star to icon ...