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Philip Norman has written the first in-depth biography of the last unchronicled rock legend, Elton John. His songs "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Rocket Man," "Candle in the Wind," and "Daniel" are classics. As a stage showman, Elton John is unrivaled. His dominance of the record charts, his flamboyance and extravagance, his triumphs and tragedies have kept him constantly in the public spotlight. Yet little has ever really been known of the piano-playing prodigy who began making music as a chubby schoolboy named Reggie Dwight. From his early days playing at a pub for pennies on Saturday nights to his glittery life as rock's new messiah in the 1970s, from an introverted singer-songwriter to a media darling, an impresario, a soccer-club chairman, an eccentric collector, and an intimate of celebrities, Elton John's professional life is explored in fascinating detail by Philip Norman.