Fifty years ago Friday, Elton John’s duet with Kiki Dee, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” became his first #1 hit in his native U.K., and it stayed on top for six weeks. To mark the occasion, Elton’s Rocket fan club has posted to YouTube for the first time a performance of Elton and Kiki performing the song back in November 1977.
The performance was filmed at the Empire Pool, Wembley, England. Elton says in the video, “We weren’t gonna do this number. [But] we found out that a certain person was in the country, so we panicked and we said, ‘Well, we must do it.’ So she has agreed to come on and sing it. It’s Kiki Dee, ladies and gentlemen.”
