Lady Samantha Single: 1969

Elton's Early Taupin Ballad

Released as a 7-inch vinyl single in the UK on January 17, 1969, on Philips Records (catalogue: BF 1739 / 326 939 BF), Elton John’s “Lady Samantha” — backed with “All Across The Havens” — was one of his earliest professional singles. Written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin, this gentle ballad, his second single, six months before his first album, Empty Sky, came out. It appeared on its 1995 reissue as a bonus track. The single did not chart in the UK.

CRITIC REVIEW

This is Elton John. He's twenty- one, a singer and songwriter, and is out next week on Philips with "Lady Samantha". Quite a character is Elton, He was trained at the Royal Academy of Music for five years-writes music and his lyricist partner is Bernie Taupin, Elton was "discovered" by Beatles publisher Dick James who signed him up to an exclusive contract. He plays six instruments, used to be organist with Long John Baldry's backing group Bluesology, An all-rounder of music, then. With a highly promising future...

RECORD MIRROR January 18, 1969.

Track Listing

A: Lady Samantha

B: All Across The Havens

7", 45 RPM, Single, Mono – Philips BF 1739 – UK – 1969

International Variants

Germany – Hansa 14 273 AT – 1969

US – DJM Records 70,008 (promo) – 1969

US – DJM Records 70,008 – 1969

Production

A 'This' Production. Published by Dick James Music.

Chart Performance

No UK chart success.

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Sources

Information is drawn from my personal knowledge and supplemented by web sources, including Discogs, 45cat, AllMusic, Rate Your Music, Wikipedia and BBC Official Charts Company

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