Me: Elton John

Resumen del libro

The Sunday Times bestseller with a new chapter bringing the story up to date. 'The rock memoir of the decade' - Daily Mail'The rock star's gloriously entertaining and candid memoir is a gift to the reader' - Sunday TimesIn his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life. Me is the joyously funny, honest and moving story of the most enduringly successful singer/songwriter of all time.

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 songwriting 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 the Queen; from friendships with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and George Michael to setting up his AIDS Foundation. 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. 'Self-deprecating, funny .

. . You cannot help but enjoy his company throughout, temper tantrums and all' - The Times'Racy, pacy and crammed with scurrilous anecdotes - what more could you ask from the rocket man' - Guardian (Book of the Week)'Chatty, gossipy, amusing and at times brutally candid' - Telegraph

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Sir Elton Hercules Johnx{0026}lt;/B , comendador de la Orden del Imperio británico, es uno de los solistas musicales más aclamados y exitosos de todos los tiempos. Nació el 25 de marzo de 1947 en Pinner (Middlesex, Reino Unido) y su nombre de pila fue Reginald Kenneth Dwight. Con solo tres años sorprendió a su familia sentándose al piano para tocar de oído el Vals de los patinadores . A los once años obtuvo una beca para estudiar en la Royal Academy of Music de Londres. El resto es historia. A lo largo de su carrera, ha obtenido 26 discos de oro, 38 de platino y multiplatino, y uno de diamante, con unas ventas que superan los 300 millones; asimismo, suyo es el single que más unidades ha despachado en la historia: Candle In The Wind , en 1997. Es el artista masculino en solitario que ha cosechado más ventas en todo el mundo, solo superado por Madonna y The Beatles. Ha sido galardonado con, entre otros, trece premios Ivor Novello, cinco BRIT Awards, seis Grammys, un Oscar y un Premio Tony. Desde que lanzó su primera gira en 1970, ha dado más de cuatro mil conciertos en más de ochenta países. Además de pertenecer a la Orden del Imperio británico, es Oficial de las Artes y de las Letras de Francia, miembro del Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll, Doctor x{0026}lt;I honoris causax{0026}lt;/I por la Royal Academy of Music de Londres y asimismo ha obtenido el reconocimiento de la Harvard School of Public Health por su labor contra el sida. Elton John es sin duda una leyenda viva de la música y una de sus más exuberantes superestrellas: ningún cantante ni compositor ha obtenido tantos éxitos y tan prolongados en el tiempo.x{0026}lt;/P