Origins Quiz — Sunday, October 11, 2026

What 1971 song did Bernie Taupin write early in his courtship of Maxine Feibelman? She was the seamstress who mended the band's clothes on its first American tour. She married him that March, with Elton John as best man, and the lyric's 'seamstress for the band' is her. (Two words: 4, 6 letters)

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