Singer
Elliott Murphy

Elliott James Murphy (born March 16, 1949) is an American rock singer-songwriter, novelist, producer and journalist living in Paris. Elliott Murphy was born in Rockville Centre, New York., grew up in Garden City, Long Island and began playing the guitar at age 12. His band The Rapscallions won the 1966 New York State Battle of the Bands. In 1971 he travelled to Europe and appeared in the Federico Fellini film Roma Returning to New York, in 1973 ... he secured a record contract with Polydor Records after being noticed by rock critic Paul Nelson. His debut album Aquashow (1973) was favorably reviewed in Rolling Stone, Newsweek and The New Yorker. Follow up albums included Lost Generation (1975) produced by Doors Producer Paul A. Rothchild, Night Lights (1976) and Just a Story from America (1977). Special guests on Murphy's album have included Bruce Springsteen, Mick Taylor, Billy Joel, Phil Collins, Sonny Landreth, David Johansen, The Violent Femmes, Cindy Bullens and Shawn Colvin. To date, he has released over thirty-five albums albums including, Affairs (1980), Murph the Surf (1982). In 1985 Jerry Harrison of the Talking Heads produced the album Milwaukee. Selling the Gold (1995) featured a duet, "Everything I Do", with Bruce Springsteen. The album also has a collaboration with the Violent Femmes. The albums Beauregard, Rainy Season, Soul Surfing and La Terre Commune (a duo with Iain Matthews) followed. Never Say Never...The Best of 1995-2005, a CD and DVD of performances was released in 2005. The year ended with Murphy Gets Muddy, an album of 9 classic blues covers and 5 Murphy blues originals. In early 2007 the album Coming Home Again was released in Europe. Murphy's 30th studio album, Notes from the Underground, came out in 2008 and he returned to the United States. A live CD/DVD-set "Alive in Paris" was released in the fall 2009 followed by the self-titled "Elliott Murphy" (2010), "Just A Story from New York" (2011) and "It Takes A Worried Man" which was produced by his son Gaspard Murphy. All Music Guide has rated over fifteen of his albums with 4 stars or more In addition to his music and song lyrics Murphy has written for Rolling Stone, Spin, Mucchio Selvaggio, Jam and various European magazines and has published Cold & Electric, a semi-autobiographical novel, in French, German and Spanish editions, as well as two short story collections (The Lion Sleeps Tonight and Where the Women Are Naked And The Men Are Rich) and in 2003 Café Notes (Hachette, France). In 2012 the complete version of Cold & Electric re-titled "Marty May" was published by Joelle Losfeld/Gallimard. On 1 October 2012 Elliott Murphy was awarded the Medaille de Vermeil de Ville de Paris in a ceremony at Hotel de Ville presided by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë for recognition of his career as a musician and author. See more [+]

40 Days And 40 Nights |||||

I really wanted to change I just didn't know how To make my ...

Euro-tour |||||

Some go down to the walking street Some go Hamburg window sh...

Bittersweet |||||

verse 1 Let me tell you about a girl I know Well she's got ...

Blissed Out In The Land Of Nod |||||

Are you feeling that down today? Is there nothing anybody ca...

Continental Kinda Girl |||||

Verse Have you seen her, she's dressed in red fur And she's ...

Cutting The Cake |||||

I was cutting the cake I was acting the clown I was making m...

Destiny |||||

Verse Standing on a mountain, words like a fountain Come and...

Eiffel Tower Blue |||||

I'm a man on a mission, to be kissing you I need a section o...

Green River |||||

Verse Lights were dancing, footsteps of a mouse On a postage...

Greetings From Sydney |||||

Verse Yesterday, man that's far away, thinking 'bout you any...

Hangin Out |||||

Verse Well after baby comes around we're gonna go downtown A...

I Wish I Was Picasso |||||

I wish I was Picasso so I could paint a portrait of you And...

Irish Eyes |||||

Raindrops dripping on a glass roof, leaves turning red and b...

Like A Great Gatsby |||||

Waiting for some dream lover like a great Gatsby And then I ...

Little Big Man |||||

I just found a place where the sun don't shine Where your fa...

Lost Generation |||||

The mother of the outlaw Thinks about the time he had the m...

Made In Freud |||||

Down by the harbor, they don't know your name See the girl w...

On Elvis Presleys Birthday |||||

Verse I can't say that I love this place where I live This p...

Ophelia |||||

Ophelia, I'm at your window And how beautiful you are Your e...

Razzmatazz |||||

verse 1 Traffic?s thick on the highway Deviation on my rig...

Sacrifice |||||

Sitting in a cafe watching girls walk by watching the sun br...

Tell Me |||||

To call you like this its too late I know when you gotta get...

The Eyes Of The Children Of Maria |||||

You and I we got our problems, you and I we got hope And we ...

Veronique The Actress |||||

Verse Veronique the actress plays no part, breaks my heart t...

Visions Of The Night |||||

Hey baby now your all alone Time to think about yourself Th...

Well Intentioned Pedestrians |||||

Verse Little baby with a broken cup, trying to fill it with ...

What The Fuck Is Going On |||||

Every day I got the blues - I don't want to say it But when ...

Worried Man Blues |||||

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a wor...

Nothing Can Take The Place Of You |||||

I moved your pictures from my wall And I replace them both l...

Doctor Of Mercy |||||

Well I was walking these streets and it was raining And I di...

And General Robert E Lee |||||

And you and me and General Robert E. Lee It was the greatest...

Dragon |||||

A dragon on your shoulder Chinese down your back When you ...

Angeline |||||

If there?s a blue moon over Kentucky There?s a chance we?ll ...

MENU