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Jim Collins began his radio career at 15 in Lawrence, Kansas. "It was a small operation out in the middle of a cow pasture. I had to water the cows before signing on the station each morning".

He first came to the Washington area in 1969 while stationed at Walter Reed Army Hospital. While an announcer with the Armed Forces Network, he also did weekends & swing as 'Mark West' at WPGC, a name he shed by the time he joined the station full time briefly for late nights then afternoons in late 1972. On 01/20/75 he became Program Director, a position he held until the 'The Great Strike (That Struck Out)' in May of 1977.

Following the strike, Jim became Vice President of Pop Promotion for Polydor Records in New York.  He returned to radio in the early '80's as Asst. PD of 66 WNBC, which was then the most listened to station in the nation.  There he also produced the weekly 'Music Magazine' feature and was the regular fill in host for the 'Imus in the Morning' program.

Jim passed away in the early '90's. This site is dedicated in his memory.

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Though the song had been recorded during the sessions for the 'Blue Moves' LP, it was released as a stand alone single on Elton's own label, Rocket Records (distributed in the US by MCA), the same label Kiki was signed to in 1974 and with which she had her only previous hit, 'I've Got The Music In Me' (another Taupin / John tune) . Many of the tracks on Elton's, 'Rock of the Westies' album had featured her backing vocals. So a duet between the pair in the vein of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell was a no-brainer. In real life however, her live-in partner was none other than Davey Johnstone of (wait for it...) the Elton John Band. Read more on the song.

The track has appeared on numerous compilation albums since, including 1977's, 'Elton John's Greatest Hits, Volume 2'. That was the same year he appeared on 'The Muppet Show' to duet with Miss Piggy on the song. Elton & Kiki would reunite on the song however when they performed it at Live Aid in 1985. Two years earlier, she had provided backing vocals on Elton's album, 'Too Low For Zero'. She would do the same on his 'The One' LP in 1992 and also join him again on another duet, 'True Love' on his 'Duets' set in 1993. Following 'Don't', Elton would not hit #1 on his own again for 21 years until his remake of 'Candle In the Wind' (though he did reach the top spot on 'That's What Friends Are For' with Dionne Warwick and 'friends' as well as 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me' with George Michael). See Elton & Kiki perform the tune at Live Aid.