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Portrait of Elton John

Composer

Elton John

381 works in the index

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Biography

Elton John was first known as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, a product of Pinner, in Middlesex, England. Some of his best-known work appears on the albums 'Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player' (1973), 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' (1973) , and 'Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy' (1973). He has also composed and performed the soundtracks to several movies, including “The Lion King” (1994), “The Road to El Dorado” (2000), and “Gnomeo & Juliet” (2011).

John's debut album “Empty Sky” was brought out by DJM Records in 1969, and produced by Steve Brown, of DJM’s staff.

From the days of the work on this album in 1968-69 until well into the 21st century, Elton John was half of a smoothly functioning partnership with lyricist Bernie Taupin. For example, that first album included the sing “Better Off Dead,” with lyrics that Taupin seems to have intended to show a folksy streak: “If the thorn of a rose is a thorn in your side/ then you’re better off dead if you haven’t yet died.” Taupin is reported to have been surprised at the music that John composed for such words. Given the buoyancy of the music, the words end up sounding like something from a comic opera.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Organ
Genres represented
Rock, pop, Pop, Country, Jazz
Works with composition dates
0 of 381

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Exercises — —— GuitarRock, pop 1
Comment S'asseoir Devant De Piano? — —— GuitarRock, pop 0
Paul Mac Cartney 'Let It Be' — —— GuitarRock, pop 0
Accords De 4 Sons — —— GuitarRock, pop 0
Charles Trenet 'La Mer' — —— Guitar, VoiceRock, pop 4
Musique Latino — —— GuitarRock, pop 1
Tableaux D'accords — —— GuitarRock, pop 1
Darn that Dream — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop 1
Candle In The Wind Goodbye England's Rose — —— VoiceRock, pop 2
Through the Storm — —— Piano, VocalRock, pop 1
Dream No. 2 — —— —— 1
Fanfare — —— Piano, Guitar, VoiceRock, pop 1
Madness — —— Piano, Guitar, VoiceRock, pop 0
Cold — —— Piano, Guitar, VoiceRock, pop 0
Pain — —— Piano, Guitar, VoiceRock, pop 0
Memory Of Love — —— Piano, Guitar, VoiceRock, pop 0
King Must Die — —— Piano, Guitar, VoiceRock, pop 2
Blue Eyes Blue — —— Piano, Guitar, VoiceRock, pop 1
Aura Lee — —— RecorderRock, pop —
Mary Had A Little Lamb — —— RecorderRock, pop —
This Old Man — —— RecorderRock, pop —
Mood Indigo — —— GuitarRock, pop —
Repertoire: — —— GuitarRock, pop —
Michel Berger 'Quand On Arrive On Ville' — —— GuitarRock, pop —
Arpeges Et Rhythmes En Double-croches — —— GuitarRock, pop —
On Joue?: — —— GuitarRock, pop —
Salsa — —— GuitarRock, pop —
Pedale: — —— GuitarRock, pop —
Ragtime: — —— GuitarRock, pop —
Jorge Ben 'Pais Tropical' — —— GuitarRock, pop —
Boogie-woogie — —— GuitarRock, pop —
Hubert Girand 'Sous Le Ciel De Paris' — —— GuitarRock, pop —
Eddy Mitchell 'Pas De Boogie-woogie' — —— GuitarRock, pop —
Technique De Jeu — —— GuitarRock, pop —
Queen Of Cities — —— PianoRock, pop 0
The Brig — —— PianoRock, pop —
Saturday Night's Alright Performed by Elton John — —— VoiceRock, pop —
Aren't You Glad You're You — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Blue Champagne — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Blue Prelude — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Broken Hearted Melody — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Bye Bye Baby — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Close To You — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Daddy — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Dear Ruby/Ruby My Dear — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop 1
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Everything Happens To Me — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Gone With The Wind — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —