Who had a hit single with 'Crocodile Rock`'n 1972?
Crocodile Rock Crocodile Rock "Crocodile Rock" is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and recorded in summer 1972 at the Château d'Hérouville studio in France (it was listed as "Strawberry Studios" in the album's credits), where John and his team had previously recorded the "Honky Château" album. It was released on 27 October 1972 in the UK and 20 November 1972 in the U.S., as a pre-release single from his forthcoming 1973 album "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player", and became his first U.S. number-one single, reaching the top spot on 3 February 1973, and stayed there
Eagle Rock (song) toured Australia during 1972 and was so inspired by Daddy Cool's hit single "Eagle Rock" that, with lyricist Bernie Taupin, he wrote "Crocodile Rock". The cover of John's 1973 album "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player", which featured "Crocodile Rock", has a photo of Taupin wearing a "Daddy Who?" promotional badge. Taupin is also seen wearing Daddy Cool memorabilia on albums "Tumbleweed Connection" and "Honky Chateau". In 1998 Australia Post issued a special-edition set of twelve stamps celebrating the early years of Australian Rock 'n' Roll, featuring Australian hit songs of the late 1950s, the 1960s and the