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 British singer/songwriter Elton John, released by DJM Records. This was John's second straight #1 album in the US and yielded his first #1 single in both the US and Canada: "Crocodile Rock". "Daniel" was also a major hit from the album, giving him his second Canadian #1 single on the RPM Top Singles Chart and just missing the top slot south of the border, stalling at #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reaching #4 in the UK, one place higher than achieved by "Crocodile Rock". According to writer Philip Norman in his early 1990s authorized biography, "Elton," during a party in Los Angeles, John's friend Groucho Marx jokingly pointed his index fingers at the singer, as...