Binding: Paperback
Description: Instant #1 NEW YORK Times Bestseller NOW Updated WITH A NEW Chapter In his first and only official autobiography music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life from his rollercoaster lifestyle as shown in the film Rocketman to becoming a living legend. Christened Reginald Dwight he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty - three he was performing his first gig in America facing an astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees a star - spangled T - shirt and boots with wings. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same again. His life has been full of drama from the early rejection of his work with song - writing partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart - topping superstar; from half - heartedly trying to drown himself in his L a swimming pool to disco - dancing with Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth; from friendships with John Lennon Freddie Mercury and George Michael to setting up his AIDS Foundation to conquering Broadway with Aida The Lion King and Billy Elliot the Musical. All the while Elton was hiding a drug addiction that would grip him for over a decade. In Me Elton also writes powerfully about getting clean and changing his life about finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father. In a voice that is warm humble and open this is Elton on his music and his relationships his passions and his mistakes. This is a story that will stay with you by a living legend.
Title: Me Elton John Official Autobiography
Author(s): John Elton
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781250770288
Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 10/27/2020
Category: Autobiography: Arts & Entertainment