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 October 1, 2012, Elliott Murphy was awarded the Médaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris in a ceremony at the Hôtel de Ville presided by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë for recognition of his career as a musician and author. On November 4, 2015 Elliott Murphy was decorated with the Chevalier Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in a ceremony at the Mairie of the 4th Arrondissement in Paris. In 2018 he was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame by Billy Joel A biography of Elliott Murphy, "Hardcore", written by Charles Pitter, was published in 2013. The Second Act of Elliott Murphy In 2015, the documentary film, The Second Act of Elliott Murphy, by Spanish director Jorge Arenillas, detailing the transition of Murphy's career from the US to Europe was released on Mirabal Films. The film won the Audience Prize award at the 2016 Dock of the Bay film festival in San Sebastian, Spain and included interviews with both Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel. Broken Poet In 2018, Elliott Murphy starred in the film, Broken Poet, by Spanish director Emilio Ruiz Barrachina, adapted from the Elliott Murphy short-story The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Also starring in the film are Marisa Berenson, Michael O'Keefe, Joana Preiss and a cameo appearance by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa. Discography and books Albums and EPs Aquashow (1973) Lost Generation (1975) Night Lights (1976) Just A Story From America (1977) Affairs (1980) Murph the Surf (1982) Party Girls / Broken Poets (1984) Milwaukee (1985) Change Will Come (1987) Après le Déluge (1987) If Poets Were Kings (1991) 12 (1990) US re-edition: Unreal City (1993) Selling the Gold (1995) Beauregard (1998) Rainy Season (2000) La terre commune with Iain Matthews (2001) Soul Surfing (2002) Soul Surfing – the Next Wave EP (2002) Strings of the Storm (2003) Murphy Gets Muddy CD/DVD (2005) Coming Home Again (2007) Notes from the Underground (2008) Elliott Murphy (2011) It Takes