I think it might be Nik Kershaw as I know he has worked with Elton in the past and wrote Chesney's song.
My first thought was Nick Lowe, but then I remembered that Elvis Costello had a hand in writing both songs.
I'm guessing Elvis Costello because I know he wrote Girl's Talk and famously collaborated with Macca...i'm a huge fan BTW.
anymore than that. Kershaw went through my mind because he wrote The One and Only, but didn’t get a connection to Nikita?
Ah, he played guitar did he?. I thought maybe keyboards but of course Sir Elton would do that. Strange because Nik Kershaw was a Synth Popper mainly.
I forgot to mention that I heard an interview with Sammy Hagar , at this time , he and Eddie hated each other . I think they made up , but not sure .
Today would've been John Lennons 80th birthday. He only lived half of that after being murdered 40 years ago in December
UltraMono the new album from Idles was released a couple of weeks ago Likely to be scooping a lot of awards in 2020 and very much worth a listen.