Elton John will record a duet next month with teenage Newcastle country singer Catherine Britt.

He confirmed last week the pair will sing together on the ballad "Where We Both Say Goodbye", a song co-written by the 19-year-old Britt.

"I just got an e-mail from Elton's e-mail person," Britt said. "I knew we were going to do a duet, but I thought it would be one of his songs."

"He asked me to send some songs of mine, so I sent him two originals, and he's ended up choosing one of them to record."

"For him to turn around and respect my songwriting, I can't really comprehend that. It is going to be really cool for me to hear him singing my song."

The knight and the girl from Knights territory were introduced in Sydney in 2002 after John heard, and was impressed by, Britt's debut album, "Dusty Smiles And Heartbreak Cures".

After meeting backstage at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, they kept in touch via e-mail. Britt described "Where We Both Say Goodbye" as: "A really sad song, where they both say goodbye - it's a typical country love song."

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