02223cam a2200289 i 4500 771726310 TxAuBib 20191030120000.0 190805s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2019023108 9781250147608 HRD 30.00 1250147603 HRD 30.00 NjBwBT eng NjBwBT rda IMmBT TxAuBib rda John, Elton, author. Me [Book] : Elton John / Elton John. First US edition. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019. 374 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. 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 LA 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. 20191030. John, Elton. Rock musicians England Biography.