Me

by Elton John

  squash court

  staff

  studio

  wedding

  Woodward, Edward

  Wright, Steve

  Young, Neil

  Zeffirelli, Franco

  Zito, Richie

  picture acknowledgements

  All photographs are from the author’s family or personal collection, with the exception of the following:

  Here: © Edna Dwight

  Here: © Mercury Records Ltd

  Here: © Mike Ross / Lickerish Syndication

  Here: © Barrie Wentzell

  Here: photographs courtesy of Rocket Entertainment

  Here: photographs courtesy of Rocket Entertainment

  Here: photograph by David Larkham

  Here: photograph by Don Nix © OKPOP Collection / Steve Todoroff Archive

  Here: © Bob Gruen / www.bobgruen.com

  Here: © Anonymous / AP / Shutterstock

  Here: © Michael Putland / Getty Images

  Here: © Bryan Forbes

  Here: © MARKA / Alamy Stock Photo

  Here: © Sam Emerson (courtesy of Rocket Entertainment)

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  Here: © Sam Emerson (courtesy of Rocket Entertainment)

  Here: © Sam Emerson (courtesy of Rocket Entertainment)

  Here: © May Pang

  Here: © Mike Hewitson

  Here: © Terry O’Neill / Iconic Images

  Here: © Ron Galella / WireImage

  Here: © Northcliffe Collection / ANL / Shutterstock

  Here: © Chris Morris / Shutterstock

  Here: © Alan Cozzi / courtesy of Watford FC

  Here: © Richard Young

  Here: © Pete Still / Redferns

  Here: © Alan Berliner / Berliner Studio

  Here: photograph by Eugene Adebari

  Here: photograph by Herb Ritts © Herb Ritts Foundation

  Here: © Richard Young / Shutterstock

  Here: © AF archive / Alamy Stock Photo

  Here: © Greg Gorman

  Here: © KMazur / WireImage

  Here: © Mario Testino, David Furnish and Elton John, Paris, 1997

  Here: photograph by Charles Green

  Here: © David Furnish

  Here: © David Furnish

  Here: © David Furnish

  Here: © David Furnish

  Here: © David Furnish

  Here: © Sam Taylor-Johnson

  Here: © Sam Taylor-Johnson

  Here: © Johnnie Shand Kydd

  Here: © Matthew Baron

  Here: © James Turano

  Here: photograph by Greg Gorman © HST Global (courtesy of Rocket Entertainment)

  about the author

  Sir Elton John’s career achievements to date are unsurpassed. He is one of the top-selling solo artists of all time, with twenty-six gold and thirty-eight platinum or multi-platinum albums, and one diamond album. Elton’s many awards and honours include six Grammys, thirteen Ivor Novellos and a BRIT Award. In 2018 he was named the most successful male solo artist in the Billboard Hot 100 chart history. In 1992 he founded the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which has raised over $450 million in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. He is married to David Furnish, and they have two sons. You can sign up for email updates here.

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  contents

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  Prologue

  One

  Two

  Three

  Four

  Five

  Six

  Seven

  Eight

  Nine

  Ten

  Eleven

  Twelve

  Thirteen

  Fourteen

  Fifteen

  Sixteen

  Seventeen

  Epilogue

  Photographs

  Acknowledgements

  Index

  Picture Acknowledgements

  About the Author

  Copyright

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