LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 9, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1972, ELTON JOHN RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘TINY DANCER’ IN NORTH AMERICA.THE SONG IS FROM THE ALBUM ‘MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER’ (ELTON’S 4TH ALBUM).
THE LYRICS WERE WRITTEN BY BERNIE TAUPIN, AND THEY WERE INSPIRED BY TAUPIN’S FIRST TRIP TO AMERICA. JOHN AND TAUPIN ARE BOTH FROM ENGLAND, AND THIS WAS THE FIRST ALBUM THEY WROTE AFTER SPENDING TIME IN THE US.HERE’S ELTON PERFORMING THE SONG IN 1971
