"the ""Here and There"" original LP and 1995 CD reissue, and a video concert version on the ""Elton 60 – Live at Madison Square Garden"" DVD release. Crocodile Rock ""Crocodile Rock"" is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and recorded in summer 1972 at the Château d'Hérouville studio in France (it was listed as ""Strawberry Studios"" in the album's credits), where John and his team had previously recorded the ""Honky Château"" 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"
"11 August 1973, rose to No. 12, and stayed in the Top 40 for nine weeks. It was the only single by Elton John that failed to make the Top 10 in the three-year, 13-hit period between May 1972 (""Rocket Man"") and October 1975 (""Island Girl""). It was the only Elton John single that failed to go gold or platinum in the three-year, 11-hit period between December 1972 (""Crocodile Rock"") and October 1975 (""Island Girl""). Despite only being a modest success compared to his other hits, it remains one of his best-known songs. The song has been a staple of"
"toured Australia during 1972 and was so inspired by Daddy Cool's hit single ""Eagle Rock"" that, with lyricist Bernie Taupin, he wrote ""Crocodile Rock"". The cover of John's 1973 album ""Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player"", which featured ""Crocodile Rock"", has a photo of Taupin wearing a ""Daddy Who?"" promotional badge. Taupin is also seen wearing Daddy Cool memorabilia on albums ""Tumbleweed Connection"" and ""Honky Chateau"". In 1998 Australia Post issued a special-edition set of twelve stamps celebrating the early years of Australian Rock 'n' Roll, featuring Australian hit songs of the late 1950s, the 1960s and the"
"in the 1970s, and also as a solo artist, he released several successful albums and singles. The group reached the peak of their commercial success in 1972 with the release of their album, ""It's Just Begun"", which featured two hit singles: the title track and ""Troglodyte (Cave Man)"", which was a large hit in the US, peaking at #6 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The track stayed in the chart for 14 weeks and was a million seller by June 30, 1972, and received a gold disc award from the RIAA.. Castor released ""It's Just Begun"" in 1972. Africa Bambaataa"
"The Crocodiles The Crocodiles was a New Zealand pop/new wave band formed in 1979 with lead singer Jenny Morris, who went on to commercial success as a solo artist in Australia; and later included drummer Barton Price, who subsequently joined Sardine v and then Models. The Crocodiles top 20 hit single in New Zealand was ""Tears"" in 1980 from debut album, ""Tears""; a second album, ""Looking at Ourselves"", appeared in November. The band relocated to Australia in February 1981 but disbanded in July without further releases. Fane Flaws was guitarist and Bruno Lawrence was drummer for Blerta (1971–1975); Flaws and"
"for three weeks. In the U.S., it was certified Gold on 5 February 1973 and Platinum on 13 September 1995 by the RIAA. In Canada, it topped the chart as well, remaining at No.1 on the ""RPM 100"" national singles chart for four weeks from 17 February – 10 March. It was the first song released as a single on the MCA label (catalogue #40000) after MCA dissolved its Uni, Decca, Kapp and Coral labels. (John had previously been with the Uni label.) ""Crocodile Rock"" is dominated by a Farfisa organ, played by John. The lyrics take a nostalgic look"
"the catalogs of Decca, Uni and Kapp were reissued in the US on the MCA label under the supervision of veteran Decca producer Milt Gabler. The first MCA Records release in the US was former Uni artist Elton John's ""Crocodile Rock"" single in 1972, which appeared on a plain black and white label. Immediately following this the US MCA label used a black with curved rainbow design until the late 1970s. This design was directly inspired by the US Decca label of the 1960s. In December 1972, Neil Diamond, another Uni artist, reached superstar status with his first MCA release,"
"Troglodyte (Cave Man) ""Troglodyte (Cave Man)"", originally released as ""Troglodite"", is a 1972 funk song by The Jimmy Castor Bunch. In the USA, it peaked at #4 on the R&B charts and #6 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. ""Billboard"" ranked it as the No. 80 song for 1972. The song, especially the intro ""What we're gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time"", has been heavily sampled in hip-hop music and dance music. A character introduced in the song, Bertha Butt (""one of the Butt Sisters""), was featured in many later Castor Bunch songs, including ""The"
"The first MCA Records release in the US was former Uni artist Elton John's ""Crocodile Rock"" in 1972. In 1973, the final Decca pop label release was issued. In 1973, Stein stepped down from the company he founded and Wasserman took over as chairman and chief executive officer, while Sidney Sheinberg was appointed president and chief operating officer of MCA. Other executives within MCA were Lawrence R. Barnett, who ran the agency's live acts division during its glory agency years in the 1950s and 1960s, and Ned Tanen, head of Universal Pictures. Tanen was behind Universal hits such as ""Animal"
"single of all time, confirmed by the Guinness Records. The early seventies also marked the deaths of rock legends Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, gospel great Mahalia Jackson and Cass Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas. The decade also saw the plane crash in 1977 in which three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed. Elton John became the decade's biggest solo pop star, releasing diverse styles of music that ranged from ballads to arena rock; some his most popular songs included ""Crocodile Rock"", ""Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"", ""Bennie and the Jets"", ""Philadelphia Freedom"" and ""Don't Go Breaking My"
"a Crocodile"" with its original lyrics has been subsequently recorded by several singers including Jerry Lewis and Rolf Harris. The 1953 Jerry Lewis version became one of the top-10 best-selling children's records that year. An early Disney demo of the vocal version sung by Henry Calvin was added as a bonus track on later releases of the ""Peter Pan"" soundtrack including the 1997 CD release. The song also appears on a 1965 recording by Billy Cotton and his band with vocals by Rita Williams and on the soundtrack of the 2007 film ""Rogue"" sung by The Paulette Sisters. Never Smile"
"Clapton's Derek and the Dominos on a UK tour. Lewie stayed with Brett Marvin until 1973, its mainstream hit single being ""Seaside Shuffle"", another Lewie composition, released under the moniker Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs. The record did little on first release in 1971, but in 1972 a re-release reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart, aided by a marketing and distribution agreement for the song between Terry Dactyl's record label, Sonet, and Jonathan King's UK label. A subsequent Lewie-composed Terry Dactyl track ""On a Saturday Night"" reached 42 in the UK in 1973 and a cover version was"
"Jimmy Nail. The series is currently being re-screened on UK channel, Drama, as of February 2016. Crocodile Shoes Crocodile Shoes is a British 7-part television series made by the BBC and screened on BBC One in 1994. The series was written by and starred Jimmy Nail as a factory worker who becomes a country and western singer. The show's eponymous theme tune ""Crocodile Shoes"" became a chart hit for Nail, as did the album of the same name. A sequel, ""Crocodile Shoes II"", followed in 1996 and the theme tune ""Country Boy"" was a hit for Nail too. Paddy McAloon"
"Never Smile at a Crocodile ""Never Smile at a Crocodile"" is a comic song with music by Frank Churchill and lyrics by Jack Lawrence. The music, without the lyrics, was first heard in the Walt Disney animated film ""Peter Pan"". Following the film's release in 1953, the sung version with Lawrence's lyrics went on to become a children's song classic. Churchill, who had composed most of the soundtrack for Disney's 1937 ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"", composed ""Never Smile at a Crocodile"" in 1939 when ""Peter Pan"" was already in the planning stage. However, work on four other Disney"
"a streak of seven consecutive U.S. number-one albums. The album reached number two in the UK, and spawned the hit singles ""Rocket Man"" and ""Honky Cat"". The pop album ""Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player"" came out at the start of 1973 and reached number one in the UK, the U.S. and Australia, among other countries. The album produced the hits ""Crocodile Rock"", his first US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 number one, and ""Daniel"", which reached number two in the U.S. and number four in the UK. Both the album and ""Crocodile Rock"" were the first album and single,"
"not last long before dissolving, Morris beginning her solo career, Price joining Sardine v and then Models, with Backhouse becoming a session musician with artists including Renée Geyer, Joe Walsh, Jenny Morris, Dave Dobbyn, Tim Finn and Vince Jones and immersing himself in a cappella gospel music. Dasent became a film composer, Flaws became a successful video and film director. The Crocodiles The Crocodiles was a New Zealand pop/new wave band formed in 1979 with lead singer Jenny Morris, who went on to commercial success as a solo artist in Australia; and later included drummer Barton Price, who subsequently joined"
"films ""Crocodile Dundee II"", ""Adventures in Babysitting"", ""Problem Child"" and its sequel ""Problem Child 2"". The clip for that song was used in the opening titles for ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) music block ""rage"". A cover of the song was recorded again by Iggy Pop who teamed up with Aussie rockers Jet which was released as a single in July 2008, as a tribute to rock and roll legend Johnny O'Keefe. The song was released as a CD single and download on 19 July 2008 and peaked at number 66 on the ARIA Singles Chart. In 1958 the song was"
"Cracklin' Rosie ""Cracklin' Rosie"" is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond in 1970, with instrumental backing by L.A. sessions musicians from the Wrecking Crew, including Hal Blaine on drums, Larry Knechtel on keyboards, Joe Osborn on bass, Al Casey on guitar and Gene Estes on percussion - arranged by Don Randi, and was included on his album ""Tap Root Manuscript"". In October 1970, the song became Diamond's first American #1 hit on The Billboard Hot 100, and his third to sell a million copies. It was his breakthrough single on the UK Singles Chart, reaching #3 for four"
"In 1972 he got together a trio of session singers, Martin Lee, Nicky Stevens and Lee Sheriden. Sheriden was already known to Hiller as a songwriter and had a solo career. Lee had a solo single to his name and was a budding songwriter. Stevens had been classically trained, but had since adapted her vocals and was performing as a cabaret singer. The trio began recording together, but their first single, ""Rock Me Baby"", to be released at the end of 1972, was cancelled due to the release of the song by David Cassidy. Finally their first two singles ""Happy"
"""Crocodile Rock"". ""Can We Fix It?"" was voted 42nd by Channel 4 viewers in November 2003 as one of the 100 worst singles of all-time, despite the song reaching No. 1 in the UK. Additionally, many people had covered this theme several times to celebrate a special tribute to the show. Nonetheless, the song was rated 8/10 by ""Stylus Magazine"", saying ""kids TV themes getting to number one is a thing to be savoured, especially when a) it stops pretentious tosh like ""Stan"" from reigning at the top of the charts b) when it actually has a much better 2-step"
"prior to de Freitas joining the band, the song was re-recorded for the album with him playing drums. The band's second single, ""Rescue"", was released a year later on 5 May 1980 and became the band's first song to chart when it reached number 62 on the UK Singles Chart. Scottish band Idlewild covered the track ""Rescue"" on their single ""These Wooden Ideas"" in June 2000. In late 2001 American singer-songwriter Kelley Stoltz released the album ""Crockodials"", which is a track by track cover version of the original ""Crocodiles"" album. Writing for ""NME"" in 1980 Chis Salewicz described the album"
"single. In 1972 ""How Can I Be Sure"" was recorded for the album ""Rock Me Baby"" by David Cassidy ""Eddie Brigati and Felix Cavaliere [were] two of the great musical influences of my teenage years [when] I thought [the Rascals] were just about the best American pop band...[That song] brought back so many memories of that [time] for me."" (Another Rascals' hit: the Cavaliere/ Brigati composition ""I've Been Lonely Too Long"", was also remade by Cassidy for ""Rock Me Baby"": concurrent with the album's recording Cassidy's producer Wes Farrell would acquire ownership of the entire Rascals song catalogue). Released as"
"intentionally mimicked singer Bobby Vee. ""High Flying Bird"" was designed to sound like a Van Morrison record, and ""Midnight Creeper"" was a tip of the hat to the Rolling Stones. John toured Australia during 1972 and was so inspired by Daddy Cool's hit single ""Eagle Rock"" that, with Taupin, he wrote ""Crocodile Rock"". The cover of this album has a photo of lyricist Taupin wearing a ""Daddy Who?"" promotional badge. ""Don't Shoot Me..."" was also, according to John, the first album during which he felt comfortable experimenting with his vocal performances and style. The album's title comes from something Elton"
"It's Just Begun It's Just Begun is the second album by the Jimmy Castor Bunch, released in 1972 on RCA Records. ""It's Just Begun"" and ""Troglodyte (Cave Man)"" have each become staples in hip-hop sampling. Songs from the album have been sampled more than twenty-five times. The song is considered by some to be one of the first disco songs. The album hit #11 on the R&B charts and #27 on the ""Billboard"" 200. ""Troglodyte (Cave Man)"" hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 R&B. ""Troglodyte (Cave Man)"" has made its impact felt as well, making its way"
"from Murphey and Charlie Daniels. Cherokee Fiddle ""Cherokee Fiddle"" is a song written by Michael Martin Murphey. Murphey's version of the song went to number 58 on the Hot Country Singles chart in 1977. Based on a talented Choctaw fiddle player named ""Scooter"" who would play solo (and drink) as the narrow gauge train pulled into the station in Silverton, Colorado. It was later recorded by American country music artist Johnny Lee. It was released in October 1982 as the first single from the album ""Sounds Like Love"". The song reached number 10 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart."
"the group in January 1971. The two other group members, bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford, wanted a greater role in the band's future. Fogerty, in an attempt to keep things together, insisted Cook and Clifford share equal songwriting and vocal time on what became the band's final album, ""Mardi Gras"", released in April 1972, which included the band's last two singles, the 1971 hit ""Sweet Hitch-Hiker"", and ""Someday Never Comes"", which barely made it into the ""Billboard"" Top 20. Cook and Clifford told Fogerty that the fans would not accept ""Mardi Gras"" as a CCR LP, but he"
"""Crocodile Rock"" and ""Daniel""). On the Us, Hot 100, it went to No.2, behind both Top of the World by The Carpenters and The Most Beautiful Girl by Charlie Rich. On the US Easy Listening chart, it rose to No. 7 and spent 18 weeks on the charts. In Ireland, it reached No. 4; in the UK it peaked at No. 6. The song's flip side is a song called ""Screw You"", though the US release re-titled the song ""Young Man's Blues"" so as not to offend American record buyers. John's """" had this song done as a duet with"
"Bertha Butt Boogie"" (1975). The song sold over half-a-million copies, and has been certified gold by the RIAA. The following songs have sampled some part of ""Troglodyte"": Troglodyte (Cave Man) ""Troglodyte (Cave Man)"", originally released as ""Troglodite"", is a 1972 funk song by The Jimmy Castor Bunch. In the USA, it peaked at #4 on the R&B charts and #6 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. ""Billboard"" ranked it as the No. 80 song for 1972. The song, especially the intro ""What we're gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time"", has been heavily sampled in hip-hop"
"Crocodiles (album) Crocodiles is the debut album by the English post-punk band Echo & the Bunnymen. It was released on 18 July 1980 in the United Kingdom and on 17 December 1980 in the United States. The album reached number 17 on the UK Albums Chart. ""Pictures on My Wall"" and ""Rescue"" had previously been released as singles. Recorded at Eden Studios in London and at Rockfield Studios near Monmouth, ""Crocodiles"" was produced by Bill Drummond and David Balfe, while Ian Broudie had already produced the single ""Rescue"". The music and the cover of the album both reflect imagery of"
"a million-selling single. (Elton John said the ""hook"" in his best-selling single ""Crocodile Rock"" was inspired by Ward's ""Speedy Gonzales"" vocal.) In 1963, songwriter-producer Perry Botkin Jr. hired Jackie Ward to make a demo recording of ""Wonderful Summer"", a song he wrote with co-writer and co-producer Gil Garfield. The purpose of a demo is to persuade ""name"" singers to record a song by demonstrating how it might be done. After recording Ward's vocal at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, Botkin thought it might sound better if her voice was higher-pitched, so he sped up the recording by wrapping splicing"
"Eagle Rock (song) ""Eagle Rock"" is an Australian rock song, released by Daddy Cool in May 1971 on the Sparmac record label. It went on to become the best-selling Australian single of the year, achieving gold status in eleven weeks, and remaining at No. 1 on the national charts for a (then) record ten weeks. ""Eagle Rock"" also spent 17 weeks at the No. 1 spot on the Melbourne Top 40 Singles Chart. The song was re-released by Wizard Records in 1982, and reached No. 17 on the Australian singles charts. In New Zealand the song has charted three times."
"the Rock single as the 60th best-selling song in 1972. In 1982, ""Layla"" was re-released as a single in the United Kingdom, and peaked at number four. This time the whole seven-minute single charted, containing the trailing two-thirds which is instrumental only. Critical opinion since has been overwhelmingly positive. Dave Marsh, in ""The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll"", wrote that ""there are few moments in the repertoire of recorded rock where a singer or writer has reached so deeply into himself that the effect of hearing them is akin to witnessing a murder or a suicide... to"
"Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player is the sixth studio album by Elton John. Released in January, 1973 by DJM Records, it was John's sixth normal studio album release, and was his second straight No. 1 album in the US, yielding his first No. 1 single in both the US and Canada: ""Crocodile Rock"". ""Daniel"" was also a major hit from the album, giving him his second Canadian No. 1 single on the ""RPM"" Top Singles Chart and just missing the top slot south of the border, still reaching a"