After The Merv Griffin Show.

At NBC’s The Today Show, with Gene Shalit.

The great Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida, after my concert at UCLA.

Radio City Music Hall, with Liberace. (Photograph by Cindy Charkow)

My favourite cellist, Yo-Yo Ma.

David Gilmour and I relax at Hook End Manor after recording Persona. (Photograph by Michael Kamen)

My new Persona persona.

Frank Mills and I after performing my composition “Kitty on the Keys.”

With President Ronald Reagan at the Montebello Summit Conference.

Peter Ustinov and I after our concerts in Lethbridge, Alberta.

In New York with Neil Diamond.

Backstage at the Met with my favourite tenor, Plácido Domingo.

With Queen Sophía and King Juan Carlos of Spain.

Royal Command Performance in Edinburgh, with Linda Evans. (Photograph by Bernie Fiedler)

In Costa Rica with “Commandante Zero,” Edén Pastora. (Photograph by Joel Bell)

My Malibu neighbour and friend, Olivia Newton-John. (Photograph by John B. Simon)

At Arabesque in Acapulco, with Joan Collins. (Photograph by John. B Simon)

With Jack at my fiftieth birthday party.

My favourite trophy photo! At Windsor Castle with Queen Elizabeth and HRH Prince Philip.

My first dinner with Prince Philip, at a World Wildlife Foundation event. (Photograph by Graeme Rogers)