TINY
DANCER
ELTON
JONES
SONGWRITERS:
BERNIE TAUPIN & ELTON JOHN
COUNTRY:
U. K.
ALBUM:
MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER
LABEL:
UNI RECORDS
GENRE:
SOFT ROCK
YEAR:1971
Sir Elton Hercules John CH Kt CBE (born Reginald
Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, pianist, and
composer. Collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967 on more than 30 albums, John has sold over 300 million
records, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all
time. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100,
including seven number ones in the UK and nine in the US, as well as seven
consecutive number-one albums in the US. His tribute single "Candle
in the Wind 1997", rewritten in dedication
to Diana, Princess of Wales, sold
over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history
of the UK and US singles charts. He has also produced records and occasionally
acted in films. John owned Watford
F.C. from 1976 to 1987 and from 1997 to
2002. He is
an honorary life president of the club.
Raised in the Pinner area of Greater London, John learned to play piano at an early age,
and by 1962 had formed Bluesology,
an R&B band with whom he played until 1967. He met his longtime musical partner Taupin in
1967, after they both answered an advert for songwriters. For
two years, they wrote songs for artists including Lulu,
and John worked as a session musician for artists including the Hollies and the Scaffold.
In 1969, John's debut album, Empty Sky,
was released. In 1970, his first hit single, "Your Song",
from his second album, Elton
John, became his first top ten in both the UK and
the US. His most commercially successful period, 1970–1976, included Honky Château (1972), Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) and his
first Greatest Hits compilation — the latter
two listed among the best-selling albums worldwide. John
has also had success in musical films and theatre, composing for The Lion King and its stage
adaptation, Aida and Billy Elliot the Musical.
John has received five Grammy Awards,
five Brit Awards;
including for Outstanding Contribution to Music;
two Academy Awards,
two Golden
Globes, a Tony Award,
a Disney Legends Award, and the Kennedy
Center Honor. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him 49th on its list of 100 influential musicians of the rock
and roll era. In 2013, Billboard ranked him the most successful male solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time
Artists, and third overall, behind the Beatles and Madonna. He was
inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, and is
a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth
II for "services to music and
charitable services" in 1998.
John has been involved in the fight Against AIDS since the late 1980s. In 1992, he established the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and a
year later he began hosting his annual Academy Awards Party,
which has since become one of the biggest high-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry. Since its inception, the foundation has raised over
£300 million. John has performed at a number of royal events, such as the funeral of Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey in 1997, the Party
at the Palace in 2002 and the Queen's Diamond
Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace in 2012.
Madman Across the Water is the fourth studio
album by Elton John,
released in 1971 through DJM and Uni Records.
The album was the
fourth studio album released by John, as well as his third album to be released
in 1971, at which point John had been rising to prominence as a popular music
artist. The album contains 9 tracks, each composed and
performed by John and with lyrics written by songwriting partner Bernie Taupin.
There
were two singles released from Madman Across the Water, "Levon"
and "Tiny Dancer." It was
certified gold in February 1972, followed by platinum in March 1993, and 2×
platinum in August 1998 by the RIAA.
The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Blue jean baby, LA
lady
Seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed
Pirate smile
You'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must've seen her
Dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me
Tiny dancer in my hand
Jesus freaks out in
the street
Handing tickets out for God
Turning back she just laughts
The boulevard is not that bad
Piano man he makes
his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on
She sings the songs
The words she knows
The tune she hums
But oh how it feels
so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you and you can hear me
When I say softly, slowly
Hold me closer, tiny
dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today
Hold me closer, tiny
dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today
Blue jean baby, LA
lady
Seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed
Pirate smile
You married the music man
Ballerina, you must've seen her
Dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me
Tiny dancer in my hand
But oh how it feels
so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you and you can hear me
When I say softly, slowly
Hold me closer, tiny
dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today.
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