Levon (song) Levon (song) "Levon" is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin and recorded by Elton John. John recorded it on February 27, 1971 and released it on his fourth album, "Madman Across the Water". Backing vocals are provided by Tony Burrows. The song reached number 24 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100, and peaked at number six on the Canadian RPM singles chart. According to Gus Dudgeon, Bernie Taupin was inspired by The Band's co-founder, drummer and singer Levon Helm to name the song after him. The Band was apparently John and Taupin's favourite group at the time.
Zachary Leader Saul Bellow: To Fame and Fortune, 1915-1964", which was shortlisted for the Wingate Prize in the U.K. "The Life of Saul Bellow: Love and Strife 1965 to 2005" will be published in 2018. He has written and edited a dozen books, including both volumes of the Bellow biography, and is General Editor of "The Oxford History of Life-Writing", a seven-volume series published by OUP. A recipient of Guggenheim, Whiting, Huntington, Leverhulme and British Academy Fellowships, he is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Zachary Leader Zachary Leader (born 1946) is a professor of English Literature at the