"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (sometimes written "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)") is a song originally recorded by English musician #EltonJohn. John composed it with his long-time songwriting partner #BernieTaupin. It was released on John's best-selling album #GoodbyeYellowBrickRoad (1973) and as the first single. It has been covered by many artists and featured on motion picture, video game, and television soundtracks.
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Elton John
Released on April 10, 1970, Elton John's second album and first of many with Gus Dudgeon producing. #468 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time. Check out Elton John by Elton John on Amazon Music #eltonjohn #70smusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #rock #rockmusic #classicrock #bernietaupin #gusdudgeon
You Can't Make This Stuff Up ... · Elton JohnReleased on April 10, 1970, Elton John’s second album and first of many with Gus Dudgeon producing. #468 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time. Check out E…
"Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)" is a song written by English musician #EltonJohn and songwriter #BernieTaupin and performed by John. It was originally released on 17 April 1972 in the US, as the lead single to John's album #HonkyChâteau. The song first charted in the UK on 22 April, rising to No. 2 in the #UKSinglesChart and No. 6 in the US #Billboard Hot 100, becoming a major hit single for John. On 5 April 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtVBCG6ThDk
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is a song with music written by English musician #EltonJohn and lyrics by songwriter #BernieTaupin. It was originally recorded by John for his eighth studio album, #Caribou (1974), and was released as a single that peaked at number two on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart, and reached number 16 on the #UKSinglesChart. A version of the song recorded live as a duet between John and #GeorgeMichael reached number one in the UK in 1991.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI5xme5k5AQ
"Island Girl" is a 1975 song by English musician #EltonJohn. It was written by John and his songwriting collaborator #BernieTaupin and released as the first single from the album #RockOfTheWesties (1975). It reached number one for three weeks on the #Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. (John's final No. 1 single as a solo artist for 22 years), selling over one million copies. It also reached the top five in Canada and #NewZealand, as well as the top twenty in #Australia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpRZZmB9zB0
"Tiny Dancer" is a song written by English musician and composer #EltonJohn and lyricist #BernieTaupin, and performed by John. It was originally released on John's 1971 album #MadmanAcrossTheWater as its opening track, and was later produced and released as a single in 1972. In the United States, it was certified gold on 19 May 2005.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g4MSYK5d3A
"Levon" is a song written by English musician #EltonJohn and songwriter #BernieTaupin, and performed by John. It was recorded on 27 February 1971, and was released on John's 1971 album, #MadmanAcrossTheWater. Backing vocals are provided by #TonyBurrows. #PaulBuckmaster wrote the orchestral arrangements and conducted the orchestra. The song reached number 24 on the US #Billboard Hot 100, and peaked at number six on the Canadian #RPM singles chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KapghzaNqug
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is a song with music written by English musician #EltonJohn and lyrics by songwriter #BernieTaupin. It was originally recorded by John for his eighth studio album, #Caribou (1974), and was released as a single that peaked at number two on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart, and reached number 16 on the #UKSinglesChart. A version of the song recorded live as a duet between John and #GeorgeMichael reached number one in the UK in 1991.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsKqMNDoR4o
Elton John and Brandi Carlile Announce a Collaborative Album, ‘Who Believes in Angels?,’ With Title Track Out Now
#Variety #News #AndrewWatt #BernieTaupin #Brandicarlile #EltonJohn
Variety · Elton John, Brandi Carlile Announce Duo Album 'Who Believes in Angels?'
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" is a song by English musician Elton John, with music by John and #DaveyJohnstone and lyrics by #BernieTaupin, released as the first single from John's 17th studio album #TooLowForZero. It was the first single since 1975's "#SomeoneSavedMyLifeTonight" to feature the classic lineup of the #EltonJohnBand. The song became one of John's biggest hits of the 1980s in the United States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhVbh3rJpbE
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" is a song by English musician Elton John, with music by John and #DaveyJohnstone and lyrics by #BernieTaupin, released as the first single from John's 17th studio album #TooLowForZero. It was the first single since 1975's "#SomeoneSavedMyLifeTonight" to feature the classic lineup of the #EltonJohnBand. The song became one of John's biggest hits of the 1980s in the United States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6KYAVn8ons
Ted Tocks Covers
Ted Tocks Covers Hall of Fame - Year Five Inductees
Featuring #TheWho #PinkFloyd #EltonJohn #BernieTaupin and #DavidBowie
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Ted Tocks Covers · Ted Tocks Covers Hall of Fame – Year Five Inductees. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #TheWho #PinkFloyd #EltonJohn #BernieTaupin #DavidBowieIn January of 2021, Ted Tocks Covers began a fun tradition. Welcome to year five of the Ted Tocks Covers Hall of Fame. Once again, four significant acts will be added to the 16 groups, artists and …
"Crocodile Rock" is a song written by #EltonJohn and #BernieTaupin, and recorded in summer 1972 at the #ChâteauDHérouville studio in France (it was listed as "Strawberry Studios" in the album's credits), where John and his team had previously recorded the #HonkyChâteau album. It was released on 27 October 1972 in the UK and 20 November 1972 in the U.S., as a pre-release single from his forthcoming 1973 album #DontShootMeImOnlyThePianoPlayer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75r0nQu-hMs
"Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)" is a song written by English musician #EltonJohn and songwriter #BernieTaupin and performed by John. It was originally released on 17 April 1972 in the US, as the lead single to John's album #HonkyChâteau. The song first charted in the UK on 22 April, rising to No. 2 in the #UKSinglesChart and No. 6 in the US #Billboard Hot 100, becoming a major hit single for John. On 5 April 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6hNVizTDWA
"Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)" is a song written by English musician #EltonJohn and songwriter #BernieTaupin and performed by John. It was originally released on 17 April 1972 in the US, as the lead single to John's album #HonkyChâteau. The song first charted in the UK on 22 April, rising to No. 2 in the #UKSinglesChart and No. 6 in the US #Billboard Hot 100, becoming a major hit single for John. On 5 April 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtVBCG6ThDk
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is a #ballad written by English musician #EltonJohn and songwriter #BernieTaupin, and performed by John. It is the title track on John's album of the same name. The titular road is a reference to #LFrankBaum's #TheWizardOfOz film and book series. The song has been widely praised by critics; some consider it a strong contender for John's finest song ever. #RollingStone listed the song at No. 390 of its #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime in 2010.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TUSAKLkVCo
The many great covers on Rebekka Bakken’s “Always on My Mind” (2023), including Greg Brown’s “Brand New Angel”. #111Words #RebekkaBakken #AlwaysOnMyMind #Martinskirche #Basel #GregBrown #BrandNewAngel #NickCave #DonMcLean #PeterGabriel #RandyNewman #BobDylan #EltonJohn #BernieTaupin #PaulMcCartney https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-many-great-covers-on-rebekka.html
andrewjshields.blogspot.comThe many great covers on Rebekka Bakken’s “Always on My Mind” (2023), including Greg Brown’s “Brand New Angel""Always on My Mind", a 2023 album by Norwegian singer and pianist Rebekka Bakken, who is performing solo at the Martinskirche in Basel this ...
Ted Tocks Covers
Madman Across the Water
Originally posted on March 25, 2021
On this day in 1971, Elton John began a U.K. tour in support of his ‘Madman Across the Water’ album.
“Once a fool had a good part in the play
If it’s so, would I still be here today?
It’s quite peculiar in a funny sort of way
They think it’s very funny everything I say
Get a load of him, he’s so insane
You’d better get your coat, dear
It looks like rain”
Ted Tocks Covers · Madman Across the Water – It is quite peculiar in a funny sort of way. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #EltonJohn #BernieTaupin #MickRonson #BruceHornsby #GovtMule #BrandiCarlile‘Madman Across the Water’ is the title track of Elton John’s fourth studio album. Remarkably, the album was Elton’s third released in 1971. Few songwriting combinations were as consistently strong …
"The One" is the title track and first single released from English musician #EltonJohn's 1992 album of the same name. On bonus footage for the DVD release of his concert #LiveInBarcelona, John states that he felt an intense connection to #BernieTaupin's lyrics for the song, in light of his personal circumstances around the time of making the album, in particular the line "for each man in his time is #Cain until he walks along the beach".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85B_REWeNcM
"Your Song" is a song written by musician #EltonJohn and lyricist #BernieTaupin, and performed by John. It was John's first international Top 10 chart single. #YourSong was first released by American rock band #ThreeDogNight in March 1970 as an album track on #ItAintEasy. John was an opening act for the band at the time and allowed them to record it. They did not release it as a single as they wanted to let John, then an upcoming artist, have a go with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlPlfCy1urI