50 Years Ago - 1973 Elton John released his sixth album Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player.
The title of the album came from friend and actor/comedian Groucho Marx. Elton was playing the piano at a party at Groucho's home; Groucho, who referred to him as 'John Elton', held out his middle and index finger in the style of a pistol. Elton then raised his hands and said "Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player" at Marx's gun imitation.
On the cover of the album, there is a movie poster advertising the Marx Brothers' 1940 film Go West as a tribute to Groucho Marx.
It was his second straight #1 album and it also gave him his first #1 on the Hot 100. "Crocodile Rock" also made #11 on the AC chart and was #7 for the year and was written as an overt homage to '50s records, and his vocal intentionally mimicked singer Bobby Vee.
"Daniel" was the other single from the album making #4 and #1 AC. Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics after reading an article about a Vietnam War veteran who had been wounded, and wanted to get away from the attention he was receiving when he came back home.
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