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Author(s): David Buckley  
ISBN: 0233001832
ISBN-13: 9780233001838
Publisher: Andre Deutsch
Publication Date: 19 Feb 2007
Pages: 416pp (234 x 185mm)
Illustrations: 32 colour/bw photographs
Format: Hardback
Published Price: £20.00
Elton The Biography
by David Buckley  
Outline
One of music's true global superstars and most admired figures, Elton John has sold over an estimated 200 million albums worldwide to date, but is loved as much for his outrageous personality and witty outspokenness as for his music. Drawing on many first-hand interviews with his associates and musical collaborators, alongside exhaustive secondary research, this page-turning story of high drama and prodigious, enduring talent provides a fascinating and revealing portrait of the Queen Mum of Pop, and offers a new perspective on this extraordinary man.
Reviews
'The Elton who emerges from Buckley's biography is a lovable old cove - temperamental, to be sure, and still apt to throw tantrums, but definitely with his heart in the right place.' The Daily Telegraph

'A weighty celeb tome well worth reading.'  Record Collector
Contents
Intro; PART 1 1947-1971: 1) Early Life; 2) Teenage Kicks; 3) I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues; 4) First Steps; 5) My Gift Is My Song; PART 2 1972-1976: 6) Rocket Man; 7) Glam Mania; 8) Spectacle Spectacular; 9) Rock of the Westies; 10) Blue Moves; PART 3 1977-1985: 11) Old Hat: 12) In the Wilderness? 13) Watford FC; 14) Still Standing; 15) Going Straight? PART 4 1986-1995: 16) Drink, Drugs and Leather Jackets; 17) No Sacrifice; 18) Meeting Furnish; 19) Elton's Millions; 20) New Ventures; PART 5 1996-2006: 21) Tantrums and Tiaras; 22) Versace and Di; 23) Back to Basics; 24) Rehabilitation; 25) Sir Elton at 60.