From The Inside is not just an ordinary biography. It is effectively an oral history using interviews conducted over a fifteen-year period with just about every musician, producer, sound engineer, manager and key figure that worked with Reg Dwight, before and when he was Elton John, both in Britain and America, up to 1979. It is their story, From the Inside; how they contributed to the success of Sir Elton during that time, and how they played an unwitting part in his rise to fame.

It is a collection of stories from the music makers, managers, executives and musicians that makes this book possible. They are the people who were there, observing what was going on and, in some cases, in close proximity to Sir Elton. It really is the story of those who still see him as an acquaintance or as a friend. It is the first time some of them have spoken out about their years working and sharing Sir Elton's life. Sadly, some of those contributors have passed now but their words and contributions live on in this book.

Nascido em Pinner, perto de Londres, na Inglaterra, em 1947, Elton John é considerado o nome de maior sucesso na música pop-rock dos anos 70. Cantor, pianista e compositor, conseguiu - quase sempre ao lado do letrista Bernie Taupin - manter nas décadas seguintes sua presença nas paradas de sucesso. Mais importante ainda, manteve seu grande prestígio, e influencia até hoje gerações de músicos no pop e no rock.

This Little Golden Book about Elton John - the Grammy-award winning singer, pianist, and composer known for hits including "Your Song" and "Benny and the Jets" - is an inspiring read-aloud for young children as well as their parents and grandparents who are Elton fans.

Elton John is a multi-award-winning artist who has sold more than three hundred million records worldwide. He is the top solo artist on Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists chart and the most successful male solo artist in the Billboard Hot 100 singles char's history with nine No. 1s and twenty-nine Top 10s. Elton devotes time to a number of charities, including hos own Elton John AIDS Foundation, which has raised over $565 million since it launched in 1992. He is married to David Furnish, and they have two sons.

In contrast, On Elton John approaches the artist seriously and analytically, while still couched in a highly accessible style. Matthew Restall offers a new way to explore John's career and music within the contexts of other artists and of sweeping shifts in popular culture during his lifetime. Each of the ten chapters is anchored to an Elton song, rooted in its pop culture history, and advances our understanding of his artistry by pairing him with figures ranging from his lyricist Bernie Taupin to Bennie (of the Jets), from "frenemy" David Bowie to artists like Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, and Dua Lipa, and from Princess Diana to Jesus. Restall contends that John's career offers us a novel way to see and understand the last half century of pop music and culture history - whether we call the era that of the album, of rock, or of postmodernism.

The yellow brick road of John's career has been long, winding and bumpy, but, as Restall argues, his success has come not just despite but because of those challenges. John's transformation from Reg to Elton to Sir Elton to Uncle Elton, from ugly duckling to bedazzled swan, from the world's largest AIDS fundraising organization, from tabloid punching bag to pop royalty, have all served as survival strategies that illuminate the era he has thereby navigated.

A must-have for fans, On Elton John will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in music history, popular culture, and the social issues of our era.

The first guide to Elton John's music to delve into the musical theory of how his unique song architectures and chord choices work, and why they affect us the way they do.

The first survey of Elton's work to take advantage of the publication of both Elton John's Me and Bernie Taupin's Scattershot, which shed light onto some of the most long-debated tracks from their last half century of joint output.

An album imbued with film heroes and heroines (Marilyn Monroe, Roy Rogers), unconventional female figures, fantasy characters invented by Taupin and brought to life by the incredible variety of Elton John’s musical scenarios, ranging from rock ‘n’ roll to pop, from country to music hall, in a vocabulary of genres that are unforgettable.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Making of an Epic Album tells the story of Elton’s masterpiece – an ambitious LP in the tradition of The Beatles’ “White Album” but recorded mostly in just 16 days in the studio! – with an historical approach. Through a large collection of vintage interviews, exclusive information and rare sources, all of which help to paint the most complete picture of this iconic rock album that continues to amaze and attract new buyers and listeners, the authors fill a gap in the Elton John bibliography with the first book dedicated to this record.

The aborted sessions in Jamaica, the return to the familiar Château d’Hérouville in France, the fast and efficient recording process by Elton and his band, the overdubbing and mixing decisions, the story behind the cover, the critical and commercial success of the album, its never-ending legacy: the volume explores all the aspects that made this a legendary record. All the songs – including the other material from the sessions and the single “Step into Christmas” – are analysed in detail through the words of their creators and the musicians who were in the studio with Elton, and for the first time their exact recording order and dates are also revealed. Some technical notes on the playing, from the musicians themselves and from some experts, enrich the song entries and add a further degree of accuracy. A must for all Elton John fans and rock music lovers alike.

Featuring the work of 19 remarkable photographers, alongside reminiscences about their encounters and collaborations with Elton, this volume presents rare and unseen images, album covers, outtakes, portraits, and live performances.

Elton: ICON is a visually stunning tribute to one of music's all-time legends.