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The Story Behind How Grouch Marx, Oscar Wilde, and François Truffaut Inspired Elton’s John’s ‘Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only the Piano Player’
Written and recorded between June 5 and 19, 1972, Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Just the Piano Player was released in ’72 and went to No. 1 internationally, including in the UK and on the Billboard 200.