Bernie Taupin has written hundreds of songs with Sir Elton John, dozens  have been hits, Bernie Taupin is one of the great  lyricists of our time.

Bernie was talented at mood, romantic, whimsical, philosophical and caustic lyrics.

He always found just the right words to make a song stick firmly in a listener's brain.

Taupin's essential songs:

  • "Daniel"
  • "Your Song"
  • "Crocodile Rock"
  • "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
  • "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
  • "Bennie and The Jets"
  • "Candle in The Wind"
  • "Border Song"
  • "Rocket Man"
  • "Tiny Dancer"

"Crocodile Rock"  is a  story of a guy in the '50s and '60s who frequented a restaurant where the patrons loved an unusual and most obscure dance called the Crocodile Rock, however;  this unknown little dance forever vanished into history and no one cared anymore, even his girlfriend.

Lp 'Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player' - "Crocodile Rock":


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