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"Pinball Wizard" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by guitarist and primary songwriter Pete Townshend and featured on their 1969 rock opera album Tommy. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached No. 4 in the UK charts and No. 19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 .
The song "Pinball Wizard", performed by Elton John, was a major hit when released as a single. [1] Although the music for this song is performed by "The Elton John Band", as he was calling his musical team, the film depicts John being backed by The Who (dressed in pound-note suits).
This musical inspired Data East's production of a pinball machine called The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard, which used music, sound effects and artwork based on the original Broadway production; this machine was the third one after the 1975 pinball machine Wizard!
"Pinball Wizard" was a major hit when released as a single. This sequence in the film depicts Elton John being backed by the Who (dressed in pound-note suits); the band portrayed the Pinball Wizard's band for filming, [123] but on the music track and soundtrack album, the music was performed entirely by him and his regular touring band. [121]
It featured original artwork and photography, which used a pinball as its main motif, was designed by Tom Wilkes and Craig Braun and won the Best Album Package Grammy in 1974. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The art was by Richard Amsel , Robert Heindel , Jim Manos, Alex Gnidziejko, Wilson McLean , Doug Johnson, David Edward Byrd , Robert Grossman , Charles White ...
The album was released in May with the accompanying single, "Pinball Wizard", a début performance at Ronnie Scott's, [112] and a tour, playing most of the new album live. [113] Tommy sold 200,000 copies in the US in its first two weeks, [ 114 ] and was a critical success, Life saying, "for sheer power, invention and brilliance of performance ...
That year, he bought his first pinball machine — a 1970s-era Bally "Bow and Arrow" for $500. He then bought one based on "The Addams Family," the best-selling pinball machine of all time. And ...
Join Together (originally on The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend) 1990 [30] "Dogs" Townshend Daltrey Non-album single 1968 [31] "Dogs (Part Two)" Moon Instrumental Non-album single (B-side to "Pinball Wizard") 1969 [32] "Don't Look Away" Townshend Daltrey A Quick One: 1966 [9] "The Dirty Jobs" Townshend Daltrey Quadrophenia: 1973 [2 ...