Someone Saved My Life Tonight tribute album "". Someone Saved My Life Tonight "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is an Elton John song from his album "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy." The song concludes side one of the album's narrative, chronicling the early history of John and lyricist, Bernie Taupin, and their struggles to find their place within the music industry. When released as the album's only single in 1975, it was the first to ever enter at the highest position in the history of music on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and entered the top 25 on the UK Singles Chart. In the
Long John Baldry from "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" was about the experience. Baldry had a brief relationship with lead-guitarist of The Kinks, Dave Davies. In 1978 his then-upcoming album "Baldry's Out" announced his formal coming out, and he addressed sexuality problems with a cover of Canadian songwriter Bill Amesbury's "A Thrill's a Thrill". Baldry died 21 July 2005, in Vancouver General Hospital, of a severe chest infection. He was survived by his partner, Felix "Oz" Rexach, a brother, Roger, and a sister, Margaret. Appearances On Other Albums TV Specials Long John Baldry John William "Long John" Baldry (12 January 1941