He was given his first set of lyrics by Bernie Taupin, a struggling lyricist, to set them to music. Elton had a string of 7 albums - 'Honky château', 'Don't shoot me.', 'Goodbye yellow brick road', 'Caribou', 'Greatest Hits', 'Captain Fantastic' and 'Rock of the Westies'.Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947, in Pinner, England, classically-trained Sir Elton John began his career in various blues bands and as a session musician, before answering a newspaper ad by Liberty Records for aspiring songwriters. Actually I should have stopped at 1975's ' Rock of the Westies' which was Elton's last album to reach #1 at the Billboard's Album Charts. I would stop Elton John's discography at 1976's ' Blue moves'. 'Song for Guy' & 'Part-time love') 16 October 1976 'Sorry seems to be the hardest word') 22 October 1976ġ6. Here and there (live-album) 30 April 1976ġ5. Rock of the Westies ('Island girl') 24 October 1975ġ4. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy ('Someone saved my life tonight') ġ3. Elton John Greatest Hits - 8 November 1974ġ2. 'The bitch is back' & 'Don't let the sun go down on me') 28 June 1974ġ1. Goodbye yellow brick road (double-album) 5 October 1973ġ0. 'Daniel' & 'Crocodile rock') 26 January 1973ĩ. Don't shoot me I'm only the piano player (feat. Madam across the water (featuring 'Tiny dancer' & 'Levon') 5 November 1971ħ. on 17 November 1970 for a live radio broadcast on WABC-FM later WPLJ)Ħ. 17-11-70 (live-album) 9 April 1971 (recordeds at A&R Recording Studios in N.Y.C. Friends (sound-track) 5 March 1971 (UK)ĥ. Tumbleweed connection 30 October 1970 (UK)Ĥ. Elton John (featuring 'Your song') - 10 April 1970 (UK)ģ. Empty sky - released in the UK 6 June 1969 (only released in the US on 13 January 1975)Ģ. The original double-album itself was released as a single disc which meant the artist was not taken seriously by his Brazilian label Young-RGE.ġ. (text from Wikipedia).įinally, came ' Goodbye yellow brick road' in late 1973 and Elton had his first #1 (single) in Brazil.
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The lyrics are metaphorical - describing a pigeon that is flying high and free having been released from human hands, with the line in the 2nd verse, " but most of all please free me from this aching metal ring", possibly revealing a human longing to be released from a broken marriage and set free to pursue new, truer dreams and ambitions - a theme that would pop up in 1975's ' Someone saved my life tonight', using a similar metaphor of a butterfly flying free. Elton John had written the song in the style of a hymn. ' Skyline pigeon' turned out to be Elton John's biggest hit in Brazil maybe due to a Sao Paulo radio DJ called Helio Ribeiro who translated its lyrics into Portuguese and recited them in his daily radio show. charts and remained at the top for a staggering 20 weeks. By October ' Skyline pigeon' was #1 at the E.P.
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During the sessions for 'Don't shoot me.' Elton decided to re-record it with piano instead of the original harpsichord plus a full orchestra. featuring ' Skyline pigeon', a song that had first appeared in Elton's debut album ' Empty sky' in 1969 (released only in the UK). ' Don't shoot me I'm only the piano player' was next and it spawned 2 singles: ' Daniel' and ' Crocodile rock' - both had fairly air-play. It contained ' Rocket man' which charted well in late 1972. ' Honky Château' was the 1st Elton John album released by Young. After issuing ' Tumbleweed Connection' and ' Madam across the water' Fermata do Brasil decided to switch Elton John's records to Young Records, another small label under their management. Som/Maior dropped the DJM contract which was picked up by Fermata do Brasil that concocted Importa/Som, a brand-new label just to release the DJM's catalogue. ' Elton John' (featuring ' Your song'), his 2nd album for British independent label DJM Records was released in 1970 by small label Som/Maior and as far as I know it didn't get much airplay. Initially, Elton John was not an easy act to catch up in Brazil even though most of his early albums were released here a few months after the UK and USA.
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