Captain Fantastic: Elton John's Stellar Trip Through the '70s

New York: Ballantine, 2017. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x10. First edition. Jacket faintly rubbed. 2017 Hard Cover. In August 1970, Elton John achieved overnight fame with a rousing performance at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. Over the next five years, the artist formerly known as Reginald Dwight went from unheard of to unstoppable, scoring seven consecutive #1 albums and sixteen Top Ten singles in America. By the middle of the decade, he was solely responsible for 2 percent of global record sales. One in fifty albums sold in the world bore his name. Elton John's live shows became raucous theatrical extravaganzas, attended by all the glitterati of the era.