Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player is the sixth studio album by Briti… Read Full Bio ↴Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player is the sixth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John.
This was Elton's second straight #1 album in America and yielded his first #1 single there - "Crocodile Rock". According to writer Philip Norman, Elton's friend Groucho Marx jokingly pointed his index fingers at Elton John during a get together in California as if holding a pair of six-shooters. Elton John put up his hands and said, "Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player," so naming the album. Along with "Crocodile Rock" Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player contained more songs with a pop flavour, including "Elderberry Wine" (the B-side of the "Crocodile Rock" single), "I'm Gonna Be a Teenage Idol", and "Teacher I Need You". Many long-time fans however, lamented this change, wishing he had stayed true to his original roots of simple piano ballads which were the staple on most of his earlier albums. The album contained two top-ten U.S. pop singles, "Daniel" and "Crocodile Rock", with the latter reaching number one. It sold about 14 million copies worldwide. This is the one of only two albums to feature the band of Elton John, Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray and Nigel Olsson without percussionist Ray Cooper. The other album is Breaking Hearts.
When MCA Records re-issued this album on cassette tape in the 1980s, "Midnight Creeper" and "High Flying Bird" were swapped in the album running order.
"I'm Gonna Be a Teenage Idol" was written for/about Marc Bolan.
This was Elton's second straight #1 album in America and yielded his first #1 single there - "Crocodile Rock". According to writer Philip Norman, Elton's friend Groucho Marx jokingly pointed his index fingers at Elton John during a get together in California as if holding a pair of six-shooters. Elton John put up his hands and said, "Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player," so naming the album. Along with "Crocodile Rock" Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player contained more songs with a pop flavour, including "Elderberry Wine" (the B-side of the "Crocodile Rock" single), "I'm Gonna Be a Teenage Idol", and "Teacher I Need You". Many long-time fans however, lamented this change, wishing he had stayed true to his original roots of simple piano ballads which were the staple on most of his earlier albums. The album contained two top-ten U.S. pop singles, "Daniel" and "Crocodile Rock", with the latter reaching number one. It sold about 14 million copies worldwide. This is the one of only two albums to feature the band of Elton John, Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray and Nigel Olsson without percussionist Ray Cooper. The other album is Breaking Hearts.
When MCA Records re-issued this album on cassette tape in the 1980s, "Midnight Creeper" and "High Flying Bird" were swapped in the album running order.
"I'm Gonna Be a Teenage Idol" was written for/about Marc Bolan.
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Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player
Elton John Lyrics
Blues For My Baby And Me Your old man got mad when I told him we…
Crocodile Rock I remember when rock was young Me and Suzie had so…
Daniel Daniel is travelin' tonight on a plane I can see the…
Elderberry Wine There's a fly in the window A dog in the yard And…
Have Mercy on the Criminal Have you heard the dogs at night Somewhere on the hill Chasi…
High Flying Bird You wore a little cross of gold around your neck I…
I'm Gonna Be a Teenage Idol Well, there's slim times when my words won't rhyme And the…
Midnight Creeper Walk a mile in my tennis shoes Tina Turner gave me…
Teacher I Need You I was sitting in the classroom Trying to look intelligent In…
Texan Love Song I heard from a friend you'd been messing around With a…
Peter Harthen
on Sacrifice
not like todays crap
Peter Harthen
on Sacrifice
Even at 56 years old, this music still sounds so good to me, how music should sound.....