CLAUDE BERNARDIN is a nationally honored watercolorist and a parochial school teacher. He is well known in rock-fan circles as one of the premier Elton John historians. TOM STANTON is publisher of the Elton John fan magazine East End Lights and is a nationally honored journalist. He is the co-owner and editor of five suburban Detroit weekly newspapers. He hosts the international Elton Expo.
[Elton John's] fans will welcome this slim volume as a definitive fact finding tool. Want to know about those funky frames the Elton wears on stage? The entry under 'Glasses' gives the entire history. Can't remember which album 'Philadephia Freedom' was on? Every song that Elton has recorded and information about it is included in the song section...highly recommended for public libraries... -Library Journal Rocket Man is a much needed addition to the study of this popular artist....filled with fascinating facts and trivia...belongs in major public libraries and those academic libraries with large popular culture and music collections. Anyone interested in the career of this enduring popular artist would also find it a welcome addition to a personal library. -H-Net Reviews �Elton John's� fans will welcome this slim volume as a definitive fact finding tool. Want to know about those funky frames the Elton wears on stage? The entry under 'Glasses' gives the entire history. Can't remember which album 'Philadephia Freedom' was on? Every song that Elton has recorded and information about it is included in the song section...highly recommended for public libraries... -Library Journal ?Rocket Man is a much needed addition to the study of this popular artist....filled with fascinating facts and trivia...belongs in major public libraries and those academic libraries with large popular culture and music collections. Anyone interested in the career of this enduring popular artist would also find it a welcome addition to a personal library.?-H-Net Reviews ?[Elton John's] fans will welcome this slim volume as a definitive fact finding tool. Want to know about those funky frames the Elton wears on stage? The entry under 'Glasses' gives the entire history. Can't remember which album 'Philadephia Freedom' was on? Every song that Elton has recorded and information about it is included in the song section...highly recommended for public libraries...?-Library Journal