Research Catalog

Title

Elton John : the bitch is back / Mark Bego.

Author

Bego, Mark.

Publication

Beverly Hills, CA : Phoenix Books, c2009.

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Details

Description

viii, 375 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 24 cm.

Summary

"Elton John's parents knew early on he was a music prodigy--they just had no idea that their classically-trained son, Reggie Dwight, would transform from a shy, introverted schoolboy to one of the world's most extraordinary and outrageous pop-rock superstars in the world. Elton John has sold over 200 million records and has had more than 56 top-40 singles. He has won five Grammys, and Academy award, a Golden Globe, and a Tony, Rolling Stone magazine ranks Elton #49 on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. In a marketplace that regularly disposes of its pop icons, Elton John has been a musical force for decades, bringing his incomparable genius to venues as diverse as Broadway and Las Vegas. There is no one quite like Sir Elton John, and this is his story"--Cover, p. 2.

Subject

• John, Elton
• Rock musicians > England > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-366), discography (p. 367-373]), and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : Sir Elton John -- Reg Dwight of Watford -- Crocodile rock -- Bluesology -- The songwriting years -- Your song -- Madman across the water -- Rocket man -- Dancing down the yellow brick road -- The bitch Is back -- Captain Fantastic & the Pinball wizard -- Sorry seems to be the hardest word -- A singular man -- I'm still standing -- I fall apart and go It alone -- Like candles in the wind -- Glitter and be gay.

ISBN

• 9781597776325 (hardcover)
• 1597776327 (hardcover)

LCCN

^^2009034496

OCLC

• 318414577
• SCSB-12034233

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library