Who is the Tiny dancer

(from Elton John's hit song?)

Who wrote  Tiny Dancer?

Who wrote  Tiny Dancer?

Elton John brought Tiny Dancer to life, but his long-time songwriting collaborator, Bernie Taupin, wrote the lyrics. In 1967, Bernie answered an ad placed by Liberty Records in the New Musical Express paper for a singer/songwriter. As fate would have it, Elton John, then known only by his birth name Reg Dwight, answered the same ad.

Who is the  Tiny Dancer??

Who is the  Tiny Dancer??

On the album, the credits for Tiny Dancer include the words, “With love to Maxine.” Bernie Taupin married Maxine Fiebelman in 1971, the same year he wrote the song. Fiebelman, a proficient seamstress, would sew patches on Elton’s stage clothes.

A bit more about Elton John..

A bit more about Elton John..

Born on March 25, 1947, in Middlesex, England, Elton John got an early start in music at age four. At this young age, he taught himself how to play the piano. Seven years later, John won a youth scholarship to attend London’s Royal Academy of Music.

Tony Danza or Tiny Dancer?

Tony Danza or Tiny Dancer?

We can thank the popular TV series Friends for spreading a misquoted song lyric. In a 1996 episode, Lisa Kudrow’s flighty character Phoebe proclaims her favorite romantic song, Tiny Dancer, is about actor Tony Danza. Attempting to convince her friends of the true meaning of the song, she sings the line, “Hold me close, young Tony Danza.”

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