TINY DANCER
“Tiny Dancer” is a 1971 song by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It appears on John’s fourth album, Madman Across the Water, and was released as a single in 1972. In the U.S. it was certified Gold on 19 May 2005, and Platinum on 19 August 2011 by the Recording Industry Association of America. In the UK, “Tiny Dancer” has been certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of 200,000 copies, despite never being released as an official single. (More from Wikipedia)
Bernie Taupin though was living in Lincolnshire in eastern England. As I saw once on a television program, Taupin would send Elton John lyrics for a new song, and he would then write the music for it. The program showed the lyrics for “Tiny Dancer” that Elton had just gotten in the mail, and he mentioned some early ideas for the song and how he went about writing music. “Tiny Dancer” became a hit single and was included on Elton John’s fourth album, Madman Across the Water (1971).
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