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- Abbey Road Studios
- Academy Awards Viewing Party
- Ackles, David
- Adams, Bryan
- Adams, Ryan
- Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Chicago
- After Dark club, Los Angeles
- Aida musical
- AIDS/HIV
- And the Band Played On docudrama
- Elton’s work; see also Elton John AIDS Foundation
- fear of
- Princess Diana’s work
- in Russia
- Ryan White
- in South Africa
- in the Ukraine
- AIR company
- AIR Studios
- albums
- Bernie as sole lyricist
- Big Picture, The
- Captain and the Kid, The
- Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
- Caribou
- Diving Board, The
- Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only the Piano Player
- Elton John
- Empty Sky
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Honky Château
- Ice on Fire (‘Wrap Her Up’ as multiple writers)
- Made in England
- Madman Across the Water
- One, The (‘Runaway Train’ by John/Taupin/Romo)
- Peachtree Road
- Reg Strikes Back
- Rock of the Westies
- Sleeping with the Past
- Songs from the West Coast
- Too Low for Zero
- Tumbleweed Connection
- Wonderful Crazy Night
- Bernie plus other lyricists
- 21 at 33
- Blue Moves
- Fox, The
- Jump Up!
- Leather Jackets
- collaborations
- Duets (with various artists)
- Good Morning to the Night (with Pnau)
- Union, The (with Leon Russell)
- compilation albums
- To Be Continued …
- Elton John’s Greatest Hits
- disco album, Victim of Love
- live albums
- 11-17-70
- Here and There
- Live in Australia
- soundtracks and musicals
- Aida
- Billy Elliot
- Friends
- Lion King, The
- Muse, The
- Road to El Dorado
- Vampire Lestat, The
- Women Talking Dirty
- Alexandra, Princess
- Almost Famous film
- American Foundation for AIDS Research
- Anderson, Jon
- Andrews, Bernie
- Andrews, Julie
- Andy Williams Show
- Anne, Princess Royal
- ‘Are You Ready For Love’ (Bell/Bell/James)
- Armani, Giorgio
- Artem in the Ukraine
- Ashe, Arthur
- Ashen, John
- Atwell, Winifred
- Auger, Brian
- Average White Band
- Babylon, Guy
- ‘Back In The USSR’ (Lennon/McCartney)
- ‘Back To The Island’ (Russell)
- Bag O’ Nails pub
- Baldry, Long John
- Band, The
- Barbis, Eddi
- Barbis, Johnny
- Barnes, John
- Barron Knights, The
- Bassett, Dave
- Beach Boys, The
- Beatles, The
- Beck, Jeff
- Bell, Thom
- Bellotte, Pete
- Billy Elliot film
- Billy Elliot musical
- Birch, Bob
- Birdsong, Cindy
- Blauel, Renate
- after divorce
- album work
- divorce
- engagement
- wedding and reception
- Blissett, Luther
- Blue Mink
- Bluesology
- clubs
- Elton leaving band
- front artists
- in Hamburg
- inferiority
- with Long John Baldry
- low pay
- manager
- organ problems
- recordings
- starting out
- working for Tempest
- workload
- Blunt, James
- ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (Mercury)
- Bolan, Marc
- Bond, Isabel
- Bowie, David
- Boy club, Paris
- Branson, Richard
- Brant, Sandy
- Brett, Jeremy
- Brown, Steve
- Brown, Stuart
- Buck, Vance
- Buckmaster, Paul
- Burchett, Guy
- Burdon, Eric
- Burns, Shirley
- Byron, David
- Caddy, Alan
- Caesar’s Palace residencies, Las Vegas
- Million Dollar Piano, The
- Red Piano, The
- Callaghan, Nigel
- Carey, George, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Caribou Ranch studio, Colorado
- Cash, Rosanne
- Cedars-Sinai hospital, Los Angeles
- Chapman, Beth Nielsen
- Charles, Prince of Wales
- Charles, Ray
- Château d’Hérouville, France
- Chelsea FC
- Cher
- China (band)
- Clapton, Eric
- Clough, Brian
- cocaine
- Cohen, Leonard
- Collins, Phil
- ‘Come Back Baby’ (Dwight)
- concerts; see also tours
- benefit concerts
- Central Park, New York
- Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
- first Troubadour show
- Freddie Mercury Tribute concert
- George Michael’s Wembley shows
- Hollywood Bowl
- Las Vegas shows
- Madison Square Garden with John Lennon as guest
- Midsummer Music event, London
- Royal Variety Performance
- Cooper, Alice
- Cooper, Ray
- Cornelius, Don
- Corvettes, The
- Costello, Elvis
- Cox, Patrick
- Crosby, David
- Curtis, Richard
- Daily Mail
- Daily Mirror
- Dakota Building, New York
- Daldry, Stephen
- D’Amico, Antonio
- Dean, Elton
- Dee, Kiki
- Delaney and Bonnie
- Delfont, Bernard
- Denmark Street, London
- Denny, Sandy
- Derek And The Dominos
- Derek (EJ’s driver)
- Diamond, Neil
- Diana, Princess of Wales
- ‘Candle In The Wind’ (for Princess Diana)
- death
- Diana Effect
- falling out with Elton
- funeral
- at Prince Andrew’s birthday party
- reconciliation with Elton
- singing with Versace
- social ease
- at Versace’s funeral
- at Woodside party
- Dick James Music (DJM); see also James, Dick
- disco
- Disney Studios
- Divine
- ‘Don’t Give Up’ (Gabriel/Bush)
- Double Fantasy (Lennon/Ono)
- Dr John
- drag names
- DreamWorks
- Driscoll, Julie
- Dudgeon, Gus
- Duran Duran
- Dury, Ian
- Dwight, Roy
- Dwight, Sheila (EJ’s mum); see also Farebrother, Sheila (EJ’s mum)
- childrearing practices
- and ‘Derf’; see also Farebrother, Sheila (EJ’s mum)
- divorce from Elton’s dad
- and Elton’s dad
- Elton’s fear of
- Elton’s relationship with Linda Woodrow
- Elton’s sexuality
- house moves
- love of music
- support for Elton’s music career
- temper and sulks
- Dwight, Stanley (EJ’s dad)
- anger at Elton’s career choice
- catching Elton masturbating
- death
- divorce from Elton’s mum
- and Elton’s mum
- Elton’s relationship with
- hatred of rock ‘n’ roll
- illness
- love of football
- remarriage and family
- separation from Elton’s mum
- Dylan, Bob
- Dynamic Sounds Studios, Kingston, Jamaica
- Eagles, The
- Ebert, Roger
- Egerton, Taron
- Elizabeth II
- Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
- Elliot, Mama Cass
- Elton John AIDS Foundation
- Academy Awards Viewing Party
- in Africa
- Aretha at 25th anniversary gala
- Elton speaking to US Congress
- funds raised so far
- ‘Out of the Closet’ fundraiser
- Princess Diana as patron
- Rock and Royalty (Versace)
- Rush Limbaugh wedding
- in Russia
- Smash Hits tennis tournament
- starting
- in the Ukraine
- Elton John Band
- firing
- intuition and cohesion
- line-up changes
- original trio
- original trio plus
- Eminem
- Eurovision Song Contest
- Fairport Convention
- Fame, Georgie
- Farebrother, Fred (‘Derf’)
- death
- dinner with John Lennon
- Elton and David’s civil partnership ceremony
- Elton’s engagement to Renate
- Elton’s sexuality
- Elton’s Woodside house
- house moves
- LA Elton John Week
- lunch to meet David
- marriage to Elton’s mum
- Russian tour
- starting relationship with Elton’s mum
- support for Elton’s music career
- Farebrother, Sheila (EJ’s mum); see also Dwight, Sheila (EJ’s mum)
- Bob Halley issue
- criticism of Elton
- death
- Elton and David’s civil partnership ceremony and reception
- Elton’s engagement to Renate
- Elton’s Woodside house
- Elvis Presley
- falling out with family
- funeral
- against gay civil partnerships
- hating The Red Piano show
- house moves
- jealousy of David
- LA Elton John Week
- last meeting with Elton
- at lunch to meet David
- lunch with Elton at Woodside
- marriage to ‘Derf’
- mixed personality
- no interest in grandsons
- Russian tour
- Tantrums and Tiaras film
- temper and sulks
- Farm Aid concert
- Fontana, Wayne, and The Mindbenders
- football
- Forbes, Bryan
- Fotheringay
- France, SS
- Francis, Keith
- Franklin, Aretha
- Franks, Clive
- Friends soundtrack
- Fulham FC
- Furnish, David; see also John–Furnish relationship
- Billy Elliot musical idea
- biopic of Elton
- birth of son Elijah
- birth of son Zachary
- coming out to family
- Elton’s Farewell Tour
- Elton’s heart problems
- as Elton’s manager
- Elton’s near-fatal illness
- Elton’s seventieth birthday party
- friendship with Versace
- Gere and Stallone at Woodside
- helping others
- lunch to meet Elton’s family
- marriage to Elton
- meeting Elton
- musical interests
- Princess Diana’s funeral
- rehabilitation
- reservations about relationship with Elton
- Rocketman film
- security concerns
- Tantrums and Tiaras documentary
- ‘touring or parenting’ choice
- Women Talking Dirty film
- Furnish, Gladys
- Furnish, Jack
- Furnish-John, Elijah
- Furnish-John, Zachary
- Gaff, Billy
- Gaga, Lady
- Garcia, Jerry
- Garfunkel, Art
- Garnier, Laurent
- Gates, John
- Gavin, Pete
- gay clubs
- Geffen Records
- Geller, Uri
- Gere, Richard
- Gibb, Maurice
- Gibb, Robin
- Gilbert, John
- Gillespie, Dana
- Glotzer, Bennett
- Goldsmith, Harvey
- Graham, Bill
- Grateful Dead, The
- Greco, Buddy
- Grossman, Albert
- Guetta, David
- Guns N’ Roses
- Hall, Lee
- Halley, Bob
- Halley, Pearl
- Halperin, Bruce
- Hammond organs
- harpsichords
- Harrison, George
- Harrow Granada
- Harry, Prince, Duke of Sussex
- Harty, Russell
- Heart, Harry
- ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ (Axton, Durden Presley)
- Heartbreaker (Adams)
- Heath, Edward
- ‘He’ll Have To Go’ (Allison/Allison)
- Henley, Don
- Hepburn, Katharine
- Hewitson, Mike
- Hilburn, Robert
- Hill, Andy
- Hiller, Tony
- HIV/AIDS see AIDS/HIV
- Holly, Buddy
- Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Hoochie Coochie Men, The
- Hookfoot
- Houston, Whitney
- Howard, James Newton
- Hunt, Marsha
- Hurley, Elizabeth
- Hutton, Danny
- ‘I’m Not In Love’ (Stewart/Gouldman)
- Ink Spots, The
- Inkpen, Mick
- Inn On The Park, London
- Interview magazine
- Iovine, Jimmy
- Island Records
- Jackson, Michael
- Jackson, Steve
- Jagger, Mick
- Jahr, Cliff
- James, Dick; see also Dick James Music (DJM)
- American tour
- belief in Elton and Bernie
- Bernie’s poetry album
- court case against
- death
- debut single
- Elton and Bernie signing with
- Elton John album
- Empty Sky album
- end of contract
- Eurovision Song Contest
- turning down Jeff Beck offer
- James, Stephen
- John–Furnish relationship
- civil partnership
- EJ’s mother’s behaviour
- joint stag party
- morning of ceremony
- proposal
- reception plans
- David as manager
- early days
- first date
- first meeting
- Lev in the Ukraine
- marriage
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame episode
- son Elijah
- son Zachary
- wanting children
- John–Taupin relationship
- fifty years on
- first meeting
- friendship
- closeness
- EJ in rehab
- EJ’s 1968 suicide attempt
- EJ’s breakup with Linda
- EJ’s marriage to Renate
- EJ’s relationship with Linda Woodrow
- EJ’s seventieth birthday party
- EJ’s substance abuse
- life at Frome Court
- move back to Frome Court
- recording; see also albums; songs/singles
- Rocket Records
- songwriting
- albums see albums
- beginning of partnership
- Big Picture, The, disagreement about
- break from writing together
- early days
- improvements
- influences
- meeting with Steve Brown
- songs/singles see songs/singles
- writing again after break
- writing method
- on tour
- JOHN, ELTON
- LIFE EVENTS
- 1947, birth
- 1950s
- hearing Elvis for first time
- Reddiford School
- 1950s/1960s
- piano playing and lessons
- Pinner County Grammar School
- rock ’n’ roll, advent of
- Royal Academy of Music
- 1960s
- Victoria Wine job
- session work
- 1961, parents’ divorce and new partners
- 1962, Northwood Hills Hotel gig
- 1963, Mills Music publishing job
- 1967
- Liberty Records audition
- meeting Bernie Taupin
- 1968
- signed to DJM
- engagement to/breakup with Linda Woodrow
- suicide attempt
- Baldry telling him he is gay
- sexual awakening
- 1969
- meeting with Steve Brown
- Eurovision Song Contest
- Elton John Band formed
- 1970
- first US tour
- meeting Leon Russell
- losing virginity
- setting up home with John Reid
- coming out to family and friends
- John Reid becoming manager
- 1972
- changing name
- glandular fever
- 1973
- gorilla outfit at Stooges show
- meeting John Lennon
- 1974
- Rocket Records started
- starting to use cocaine
- New Zealand arrest
- aboard SS France
- on Lennon’s Walls and Bridges album
- Lennon onstage at MSG
- 1975
- breaking up with John Reid
- LA Elton John Week
- suicide attempts
- 1976
- meeting Elvis
- exhaustion
- Rolling Stone interview
- coming out to public
- buying Watford FC
- having Queen Mother to lunch
- 1977
- break from writing with Bernie
- working with Thom Bell
- retirement announcement at Wembley
- 1978, working with Gary Osborne
- 1980
- working with Tom Robinson
- hearing of John Lennon’s murder
- 1981
- meeting Princess Diana
- Prince Andrew’s birthday party
- 1983
- safari with Rod Stewart
- travel to China with Watford FC
- 1984, engagement and gets married to Renate Blauel
- 1985–1986, voice problems
- 1986, possible throat cancer diagnosis
- 1987
- throat surgery
- bulimia
- Sun newspaper vendetta
- 1988
- divorce from Renate
- Sotheby’s auctions
- 1990
- death of Ryan White
- asking for help
- 1990–1991, rehabilitation see John, Elton, rehabilitation
- 1991
- death of father
- death of Freddie Mercury
- meeting John Scott
- starting to work again
- 1992
- starting Elton John AIDS Foundation
- record collection auction
- 1993
- meeting David Furnish
- lunch to introduce David to parents
- 1994, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
- 1994/1997, The Lion King film and musical
- 1997
- fiftieth birthday party
- Gianni Versace’s murder and funeral
- hearing about Princess Diana’s death
- Princess Diana’s funeral
- 1998
- knighthood
- VH1 Divas Live show
- touring with Billy Joel
- end of business relationship with John Reid Enterprises
- 1999, heart problems
- 2001, Songs from the West Coast
- 2004, beginning Caesar’s Palace residency
- 2005
- civil partnership proposal to David
- civil partnership ceremony and reception
- 2007, sixtieth birthday party
- 2010s
- collaborations
- David becoming manager
- deaths of friends
- 2010
- Rush Limbaugh wedding
- birth of son Zachary
- 2011–2017, Million Dollar Piano shows, Las Vegas
- 2012, Good Morning to the Night album (with Pnau)
- 2013
- birth of son Elijah
- burst appendix
- 2014
- marriage to David
- mother’s death and funeral
- 2017
- ‘touring or parenting’ choice
- prostate cancer and aftereffects
- seventieth birthday party
- nearly lethal infection
- 2018–2019
- Rocketman film
- Farewell Tour
- AIDS work
- Academy Awards Viewing Party
- benefit concerts
- Elton John AIDS Foundation see Elton John AIDS Foundation
- Operation Open Hand
- royalty donations
- in Russia
- Ryan White
- US Congress, speeches to
- albums see albums
- band see Elton John Band
- bands, early; see also Bluesology
- bulimia
- childhood home environment
- children
- fear of parenting
- godchildren
- lessons from
- Lev in the Ukraine
- love of
- Noosa in South Africa
- options for having children
- paternal instinct kicking in
- preparing for first child
- privileges and burdens
- son Elijah born
- son Zachary born
- surrogacy
- ‘touring or parenting’ choice
- concerts see concerts; tours
- diaries
- eyesight
- family
- Auntie Win
- ex-wife see Blauel, Renate
- father see Dwight, Stanley (EJ’s dad)
- husband see Furnish, David; John-Furnish relationship
- mother see Dwight, Sheila (EJ’s mum); Farebrother, Sheila (EJ’s mum)
- Nan (maternal grandmother)
- paternal grandparents
- son Elijah
- son Zachary
- step-grandfather Horace
- stepdad ‘Derf’ see Farebrother, Fred (‘Derf’)
- Uncle Reg
- future, plans for the
- homes
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Holland Park, London
- Islington, Furlong Road
- Los Angeles
- Nice
- Virginia Water, Surrey
- Water Gardens, Edgware Road
- west London
- Woodside, Old Windsor see Woodside, Old Windsor
- homes, parental
- Croxley Green
- Frome Court
- Northwood
- Wiltshire
- interests outside music
- collecting things
- art
- books, comics, magazines
- enjoyment from
- furniture
- out of control
- photography
- records
- football
- shopping
- squash and tennis
- name
- as performer
- Farewell Tour
- fearlessness
- grand entrances
- headliner
- identity
- love of performing
- nerves
- onstage antics
- retirement decision
- walking out of concerts
- wardrobe and appearance
- personality traits
- bottling things up
- competitive streak
- fear of being alone
- fear of confrontation
- gift-giving, love of
- gregariousness
- helping others; see also John, Elton, philanthropy
- honesty
- orderliness
- self-appearance, insecurity about
- self-doubt/self-criticism
- stubbornness
- temper
- willingness to work with opposers
- pets
- philanthropy
- AIDS work
- benefit concerts
- charity singles
- collection sales donations
- lawsuit awards donated to charity
- Royal Academy of Music
- royalty donations
- physical appearance
- hair/wigs/hair-pieces
- wardrobe (offstage)
- wardrobe (onstage)
- record charts, following
- rehabilitation
- addiction meetings
- happiness
- helping others
- letter to cocaine
- at Lutheran Rehab Center, Chicago
- psychiatrist meetings
- walks in London
- romantic relationships
- Blauel, Renate see Blauel, Renate
- fleeting
- Furnish, David see Furnish, David
- Reid, John
- Scott, John
- Williams, Hugh
- Woodrow, Linda
- sexual exploration
- sexual naivety
- songs/singles see songs/singles
- substance abuse; see also John, Elton, rehabilitation
- alcohol
- cannabis
- cocaine
- television appearances
- tours see tours
- videos
- Watford FC
- Johnson, Michael
- Johnstone, Davey
- Jones, Mrs (piano teacher)
- Jones, Quincy
- Jopling, Jay
- Kanga, Skaila
- Katzenberg, Jeffrey
- Katzenberg, Marilyn
- Kenton Conservative Club
- Key, Robert
- Khan, Chaka
- Kiki and Herb
- King, Billie Jean
- King, Tony
- AA meetings
- after Freddie Mercury’s death
- Amsterdam drug fest
- Apple Records’ US manager
- drag name ‘Joy’
- dress and style
- EJ and Renate’s wedding
- EJ’s engagement to Renate
- EJ’s Farewell Tour
- EJ’s relationship with John Reid
- EJ’s substance abuse
- Elton and David’s civil partnership ceremony
- friends met via
- HIV/AIDS epidemic
- Hollywood Bowl 1973 concert
- homosexuality
- ‘I’m Not In Love’ gold disc
- John Lennon
- LA Elton John Week
- Las Vegas shows
- mescaline
- session work for EJ
- Kinison, Sam
- Kitt, Eartha
- Kloss, Ilana
- Knight, Gladys
- KPPC radio
- Kramer, Larry
- Krumlin Festival, Yorkshire
- LA Times
- LaBelle, Patti
- LaChapelle, David
- Lance, Major
- Larkham, David
- Latino Club, South Shields
- Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles
- Lawrence, Sharon
- Le Bon, Simon
- Leggatt, Julie
- Lennon, Cynthia
- Lennon, John
- Lennon, Julian
- Lennon, Sean
- Leonard, Pat
- ‘Let The Heartaches Begin’ (Macaulay and Macleod)
- Lev in the Ukraine
- Lewis, Jerry Lee
- Liberace
- Liberty Records
- Limbaugh, Rush
- Lindsay-Hogg, Michael
- Linley, Viscount David (now Earl Snowdon)
- Lion King, The
- Lippert, Patrick
- Little Richard (Penniman)
- London Clinic
- London Palladium
- Longdancer
- Los Angeles Elton John Week (1975)
- Los Angeles Free Press
- ‘Love Me Do’ (Lennon, McCartney)
- Lovelace, Linda
- Lowe, Tim
- ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’ (Lennon/McCartney) (EJ recording)
- Lulu
- McCartney, Paul
- McCormack, Eric
- McCreary, Peggy
- McIntosh, Robbie
- McKellen, Sir Ian
- MacKenzie, Kelvin
- Mackie, Bob
- Madonna
- Manuel, Richard
- Marble Arch label
- Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon
- Martha And The Vandellas
- Martin, George
- Marx, Groucho
- Meadows rehab facility, Scottsdale, Arizona
- Meaning of Life, The (Monty Python)
- Mee, Bertie
- Megson, Mr
- Meldrum, Molly
- Mellencamp, John
- Mendes, Sérgio
- Mercury, Freddie
- Michael, George
- Midlane, Kaye
- Mike Sammes Singers
- Milk and Honey (Lennon/Ono)
- Mills Music publishing
- Mind Games (Lennon)
- Minnelli, Liza
- Mirage, The
- Mitchell, Joni
- Montserrat studio
- Moon, Keith
- Moroder, Giorgio
- Morris, Jim
- Mothers Of Invention
- Move, The
- ‘Mr Frantic’ (Dwight)
- Mulcahy, Russell
- Murray, Dee
- Muse, The soundtrack
- Musicland shop
- Nash, Graham
- Nelson, Willie
- Newman, Nanette
- Nilsson, Harry
- Noosa
- Northwood Hills Hotel
- Nottingham Forest FC
- Nutter, Tommy
- Ogilvy and Mather
- O’Grady, Paul
- Olsson, Nigel
- One to One show
- Ono, Yoko
- Operation Open Hand
- Osborne, Gary
- Osborne, Jenny
- Osbourne, Sharon
- Page, Gene
- Pang, May
- Pappas, Connie
- Parade article
- Parkinson, Michael
- Passarelli, Kenny
- Peel, John
- Pell, Benjamin
- Perrin, Alain
- Petchey, Jack
- Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh
- Philips Records
- Phillips, Arlene
- Piena, Helen
- Pinner County Grammar School
- Plastic Penny
- Plumley, Eddie
- Pnau
- Pop, Iggy
- Pope, Roger
- Presland, Frank
- Presley, Elvis
- Presley, Lisa Marie
- Presley, Priscilla
- Price, Alan
- Price, Bill
- Proby, P. J.
- psychiatrists
- Puk studio, Denmark
- Punk Rock
- Putin, Vladimir
- Putot, Pierre
- Rainbow Theatre, London
- Reagan, Ronald
- Reavey, Annie
- Record Plant East studio, New York
- Reed, Lou
- Reeves, Martha
- Reid, John
- birthday party at Le Restaurant
- career climb
- deaths of friends
- drag name ‘Beryl’
- as EJ’s lover
- as EJ’s manager
- 1977 retirement announcement
- at concerts
- continuing after breakup
- ending DJM deal
- end of business relationship
- fight in Nice
- finances, arguments over
- firing staff
- Russian tour
- South Africa tour
- EJ’s marriage to Renate
- friendship with EJ’s mum
- LA Elton John Week
- Liberace concert
- Rolling Stone 1976 interview
- Tantrums and Tiaras documentary
- Renwick, Tim
- Rice, Tim
- Richard, Cliff
- Richards, Keith
- Richie, Janet
- ‘Ride A White Swan’ (Bolan)
- Ringler, Guy
- Road to El Dorado soundtrack
- Roberts, Tommy
- Robertson, Robbie
- Robinson, Smokey, and the Miracles
- Robinson, Tom
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Rock and Royalty (Versace)
- rock ‘n’ roll, advent of
- Rocket Records
- Rocketman film
- Rockwell, John
- Rolling Stone 1976 interview
- Rolling Stones
- Rose, Axl
- Rose, Howard
- Rosner, David and Margo
- Rotten, Johnny
- Royal Academy of Music
- Rubell, Steve
- Rufus
- Russell, Leon
- ‘Sand And Water’ (Chapman)
- Sasha the Soviet bodyguard
- Scott, John
- session work
- Sex Pistols
- Shears, Jake
- Shephard, Matthew
- Simon, Paul
- Sischy, Ingrid
- Smash Hits tennis fundraiser
- Smith, ‘Legs’ Larry
- Snowdon, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl
- Sobell, Michael
- songs/singles
- Bernie as sole lyricist
- ‘All The Nasties’
- ‘Amazes Me’
- ‘American Triangle’
- ‘Amy’
- ‘My Father’s Gun’
- ‘Border Song’
- ‘Candle In The Wind’ (for Princess Diana)
- ‘Cold As Christmas’
- ‘Country Comfort’
- ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’
- ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’
- ‘Ego’
- ‘Empty Garden’
- ‘Grow Some Funk Of Your Own’
- ‘Healing Hands’
- ‘Heartache All Over The World’
- ‘Hoop Of Fire’
- ‘I Fall Apart’
- ‘I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues’
- ‘I Never Knew Her Name’
- ‘I Think I’m Going to Kill Myself’
- ‘I Want Love’
- ‘I’m Always On The Bonk’
- ‘I’m Still Standing’
- ‘I’ve Been Loving You’
- ‘Kiss The Bride’
- ‘Lady Samantha’
- ‘Lady What’s Tomorrow’
- ‘Last Song, The’
- ‘Look Ma, No Hands’
- ‘Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters’
- ‘My Father’s Gun’
- ‘Nikita’
- ‘Philadelphia Freedom’
- ‘Rocket Man’
- ‘Sacrifice’
- ‘Sad Songs (Say So Much)’
- ‘Skyline Pigeon’
- ‘Someone Saved My Life Tonight’
- ‘Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word’
- ‘Take Me To The Pilot’
- ‘This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore’
- ‘Tiny Dancer’
- ‘We All Fall In Love Sometimes’
- ‘White Lady White Powder’
- ‘Your Song’
- Elton as lyricist, ‘Song for Guy’
- other lyricists
- ‘Are You Ready For Love’
- ‘Blue Eyes’
- ‘Can You Feel The Love
- Tonight?’
- ‘Chloe’
- ‘Don’t Trust That Woman’
- ‘Elton’s Song’
- ‘Hakuna Matata’
- ‘Legal Boys’
- ‘Little Jeannie’
- ‘Sartorial Eloquence’
- Sotheby’s auctions
- Soul Train
- South Harrow British Legion
- South Park cartoon series
- ‘Space Oddity’ (Bowie)
- Speakeasy club, London
- Springfield, Dusty
- Stacey, Bob
- Stackridge
- Stallone, Sylvester
- Starr, Ringo
- Starship plane
- Steampacket
- Steele, Polly
- Stewart, Billy
- Stewart, Dave
- Stewart, Rod
- art deco poster collection
- dancing
- drag name ‘Phyllis’
- EJ’s friendship with
- EJ’s wedding with Renate
- ending romances
- gigs together
- Johnny Rotten’s views on
- in Long John Baldry’s bands
- Stiff Records
- Stills, Stephen
- Sting
- Stone, Joss
- Stonewall charity
- Stooges, The
- Street-Porter, Janet
- Studio 54, New York
- Studio One club, Los Angeles
- Sun City, South Africa
- Sun newspaper
- ‘Surprise Surprise’ (Lennon)
- Tamla Motown label
- Taupin, Bernie; see also John–Taupin relationship
- 1970 American tour
- 1974 Madison Square Garden
- 1975 Dodger Stadium concerts
- ‘Candle In The Wind’ for Princess Diana
- Eurovision Song Contest
- friendship with John Lennon
- Maxine
- meeting Elvis
- move to Surrey
- opinion on Linda Woodrow
- poetry album
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Western US, interest in
- work with Alice Cooper
- Taupin, Maxine
- Taupin, Toni
- Taylor, Elizabeth
- Taylor, Graham
- Taylor-Wood, Sam
- Taymor, Julie
- ‘Tears Of A Clown’ (Cosby/Robinson/Wonder)
- television appearances
- Tempest, Roy
- Tendler, Arnold
- ‘That’s What Friends Are For’ (Bacharach) charity single
- Thomas, Chris
- Three Dog Night
- Timberlake, Justin
- Tonkin, Dr John
- Too 2 Much club
- Top of the Pops
- Top Ten Club, Hamburg
- Tornovoi, Vladislav
- tours
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1976
- 1979
- 1980
- 1983
- 1986
- 1995
- 2011
- 2012
- 2018–2019 Farewell Tour
- with Billy Joel
- with Leon Russell
- with Ray Cooper
- Russia
- Townshend, Pete
- Trident Studio, London
- Troggs, The
- Troubadour, Los Angeles
- Turner, Tina
- ‘Tutti Frutti’ (Penniman, LaBostrie)
- Vampire Lestat, The musical
- Vaughan, Stevie Ray
- Venables, Terry
- Versace, Allegra
- Versace, Donatella
- Versace, Gianni
- VH1 Divas Live/99
- Victoria Wine
- videos
- Voodoo Lounge (Rolling Stones)
- Vox Continental organs
- Wainwright, Rufus
- Walden, Barry
- Walker, Alan
- Walsh, Joe
- Warhol, Andy
- Warwick, Dionne
- Watford FC
- Watson, Tom
- Weisenfeld, Jason
- West, Mae
- Westgate-Smith, Mr
- Weston, Carol
- Weston, Doug
- Wham!
- ‘Whatever Gets You Thru The Night’ (Lennon)
- White, Andrea
- White, Jeanne
- White, Ryan
- Whitlock, Bobby
- Whitten, Bill
- William, Prince, Duke of Cambridge
- Williams, Hugh
- Williams, Ray
- Wilson, Brian
- Winfrey, Oprah
- Winter, Norman
- Winwood, Muff
- Winwood, Zena
- WNEW radio
- Women Talking Dirty soundtrack
- Wonder, Stevie
- Wood, Roy
- Woodrow, Linda
- Woodside, Old Windsor
- buying and moving in
- chapel
- Christmases
- civil partnership party
- collections sale
- disco
- EJ’s mum’s funeral
- EJ’s mum’s management
- entertaining and parties
- home
- Queen Mother’s visit
- recuperation at
- renovations
- squash court
- staff
- studio
- wedding
- Woodward, Edward
- Wright, Steve
- Zeffirelli, Franco
- Zito, Richie