"Love Letters'' by Ketty Lester Limited Edition Prints of Original Painting Editions And then we wrote a

And then we wrote a song on top of it

The song was inspired by Taupin's sighting of either a shooting star or a distant aeroplane

which featured Lincoln Mayorga's sparse piano arrangement and Earl Palmer on drums

The track features Richards playing in an open tuning on electric guitar

" The song reached No

"Love Letters'' by Ketty Lester Limited Edition Prints of Original Painting Editions And then we wrote aKetty Lester was born in Hope, Arkansas, one of a family of 15 children, and first sang in her church and school choirs. In the early 1950s she began performing at San Francisco's Purple Onion club. She later toured Europe as a singer with Cab Calloway's orchestra and with the Everly Brothers. Lester's recording of Love Letters, which featured Lincoln Mayorga's sparse piano arrangement and Earl Palmer on drums, rose to #5 in the Billboard Hot 100