Levon (song) for Me" (also known as "A Kiss for the Dying") features a kidnapper named "Levon Tostig". 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
Zachary Brooke (theologian) Zachary Brooke (theologian) Zachary Brooke (1716–1788) was an English clergyman and academic, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. The son of Zachary Brooke, a graduate of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (B.A. 1693-4, and M. A. 1697), and at one time vicar of Hawkston-cum-Newton, near Cambridge, was born in 1716 at Hamerton, Huntingdonshire. He was educated at Stamford school, and was admitted a sizar of St. John's College, Cambridge, 28 June 1734. He was subsequently elected a fellow there, proceeded B.A. in 1737, M.A. in 1741, B.D. in 1748, and D.D. in 1753. He was elected to