With a string of hit singles and multi-platinum albums to his credit, he has featured in the best sellers worldwide, in addition to appearing live in all major territories (he was the first Western rock star to play the former Soviet Union), founding his own record label, and even serving on the board of directors of Watford Football Club!

This lavishly illustrated celebration of Elton John's 25 years in the charts features over 200 pictures along with a comprehensive biography, plus details of tours and record releases from throughout the spectacular history of one of popular music's true superstars.

Four sections to this encyclopedia feature:

• Elton A-Z - highliting explanations, details, and anecdotes related to aspects of his career and life, with entries on celebrity friends, important places, and a wide variety of topics.
• Albums - presenting a chronological, behind-the-scenes look at Elton John's more than 35 albums up to and including 1995's Made in England
• Performances - listing his concert tours year by year and highlighting major performances such as John Lennon's final stage appearance in a 1974 show, a 1979 concert in Russia, and a little-publicized 1992 tribute
• Songs - listing alphabetically more than 500 songs recorded or written by Elton John

Elton John is the singer and songwriter superstar who single-handedly accounts for some 10 percent of international music sales. And his life has attracted the kind of interest reserved exclusively for such high-profile celebrities. For the first time it is told here by someone who knew him intimately. Through a lively mix of personal experience, human drama, rock history and social comment, Gary Clarke traces Elton's life from the late 1970s to the 1990s.

The tale he tells is controversial, tracking the riotous fast lane in the professional rock-star circuit as much as the extravagant and extraordinary events of Elton John's personal, day-to-day life: the drugs, the guys and the entourage, the battles and the bravado, as well as his sudden and traumatic marriage to Renate Blauel, a German tape operator. With great compassion he also describes, in intimate detail, the softer side of Elton, the strong relationship he had with his mother, and most especially his triumph over drug excesses.

Inisghtful and direct, poignant and sometimes shocking, Elton, my Elton is written from the heart with great candour and affection and with exclusive, insider access to Elton John's innermost secrets. It is an exciting, amusing and often risqué exposé of his roller-coaster, high sparkling, colourful life - and equally of his love affairs, doubts and occasional deepest despair.

»Gewissenhaft recherchiert, kritisch geschrieben und spannend zu lesen gelingt hier ein Bildnis der Zwischentöne im Aufstieg des Popgenies, wie es in der Öffentlichkeit noch nie zu erfahren war.«

Elton John's Flower Fantasies is a celebration of Elton John's style, infused with his personality and creativity as well as his love of flowers. With Caroline Cass, he speaks of his devotion to flowers and how they are displayed throughout his houses. Color is a major theme of the arrangements, which bring together both simple, bold statements and surprising and beautiful combinations.

Elton John's Flower Fantasies provides an inside view of Elton John's homes, with their breathtaking collections arranged in a series of extraordinary rooms infused with his highly individual personality. Each room is adorned with paintings and objets d'art that complement the magnificent arrangements. Many of Elton's trademark possessions - hats, jewelry, clothes, shoes and spectacles - are also on display, making each photograph a charming personal affair.

And it's not just slices of pure pop like Daniel, Crocodile Rock and Sacrifice which make Essential Elton compelling reading - there are also the moments of shameless extravagance, charity and vanity which made headlines around the world.

These are the reasons why Sir Elton John truly is Rock Royalty.

From 'Your Song' to 'Candle In The Wind 97', tracing the many highs, number ones, sell-out tours and classic rock moments, A Little Bit Funny begins in a nondescript English suburb and ends in the flowering gardens of Buckingham Palace.

Illustrated throughout with more than seventy rare and classic photographs of the star, his spectacular stagewear, homes and possessions, this is the ultimate Elton John biography.

Este libro que usted tiene entre las manos, escrito por el loterato, cantautor y letrista salmantino, Juan Mari Montes, alumbra con prosa ágil y atractiva estos sucesos artisticos y vitales del gran cantante y compositor británico.

Comprehensive in scope and masterfully told, Philip Norman,s biography of th inimitable, legendary Elton John searches out the man behind the performer in glittering costumes and sky-high boots. Norman explores the draining addictions, the failed marriage, attempted suicides, and a multimillionaire;s supposed money troubles. He examines Elton's cumpulsions and coming out. He illuminates the creative drive that continues prodigiously and brilliantly to produce new music. What emerges is a frank, sympathetic portrait so truthful that Elton himself has said, "He's got me spot on."

In between we've seen it all, the glittering costumes, the indestructable classics, the sky-high boots, the draining addictions, the failed marriage, the coming out. Sir Elton also includes insights on that birthday party, and the TV documentary Tantrums and Tiaras.

This is the new, revised and updated edition of Philip Norman's acclaimed biography, a frank yet sympathetic portrait that explores the superstar's paradoxes and attributes - from the rise to success to the attempted suicides, from unsuccessful hair transplants to hte ground-breaking celebrityt auction, from Watford football club chairman to Versace shopaholic.

Comprehensive, engaging, and full of fascinating anecdotes, His Song is the definitive volume about this remarkable artist. Author Elizabeth J. Rosenthal reveals the full stories behind all of Elton's recordings; offers a complete chronicle of his concert tours, including his 1979 tour of the Soviet Union and those with fellow piano superstar Billy Joel in the 1990s; divulges how he grew from a meek, unassuming man into a personality powerhouse and major superstar; and gives the untold story behind his flamboyant costumes and why he wore them.

His Song also examines the ebbs and flows of this outstanding artist's career. It discloses the reason for Elton's commercial downturn and his difficult business relationship with David Geffen; his "coming out," first as a bisexual and finally as a gay man; his addictions to drugs, alcohol, bulimia, and sex; his relationship with AIDS sufferer Ryan White; and much more. It also tells the true story regarding his performance at Princess Diana's funeral and his rewriting of "Candle In The Wind," which went on to become the biggest-selling single in music history. Supplemented by more than forty photographs and a complete discography, His Song is essential reading for any fan of Elton John and his celebrated career.

Not only does Elton John own beautiful things, he clearly appreciates them and ensures that they are well looked after. John Newman feels paternal towards his charges and told us that he felt sad when he first heard that Elton John was going to sell most of his cars "... you do become attached to them... [I call them] my babies... I've had complimets over the years on how clean they are kept, its not just [how they] look, you do have to listen and feel for problems, the fleet has to be ready at all times, because you never know which car Elton is going to choose..." Newman takes each car out on a regular basis and ensures that they are ready at a moment's notice and that everything (including the sound systems and air conditioning etc.) works perfectly at all times.

Derek Baulcombe told us "... It's a pleasure to drive them all..."