Elton John

As his enormous success with Goodbye England's Rose' proves, no performer sums up the popular mood better than Elton John. The book examines the private and public life of this showbiz persona, revealing the man behind the music. It charts his career from his early days with Bluesology to his chart-busting albums like 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' in the 1970s to his triumphant successes in the 1990s. His famous clashes with the press over his private life, and his charity work, are fully documented.