In the before blues section there was an evocative photo of rural black Americans dancing in a dirt poor juke joint—the caption was along the lines of "some negroes 'cut the pigeon wing' and 'do the eagle rock'".

[9] The 1913 song "Ballin' the Jack" has the line "Stretch your lovin' arms straight out in space / Then do the Eagle Rock with style and grace".

[10] In May 2001, Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) celebrated its 75th anniversary by naming the Best Australian Songs of all time, as decided by a 100-strong industry panel, "Eagle Rock" was declared second behind the Easybeats' "Friday on My Mind".

In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Eagle Rock" was ranked number 21.

[13] 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?"

[15][16] It was also used in the opening scenes of the 2005 horror movie Wolf Creek,[16] in the 2011 Australian film Red Dog and in the television series Dossa and Joe.

[17] Ross Wilson actually performed the song as part of the pre-game entertainment at the 1996 ARL Grand Final in which Manly won their 6th rugby league premiership.

'[19] It is commonly attributed to a group of mining engineering students, who at the time were residents of St John's College within the University of Queensland campus.

St John's has had the eagle as its mascot since its founding in the early 20th century which lends support to their claim that they began the practice.

Daddy Cool Additional credits Australian comedian and singer Kevin Bloody Wilson wrote a parody of the song, "Me Beer's Cut Off", for his 2009 album Excess All Areas.