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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
Gotta Be This Or That — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
I Thought About You — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
If Love is Good To Me — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Imagination — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
It's Anybody's Spring — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop 1
It's The Talk Of The Town — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Let's Get Away From It All — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Lush Life — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Me, Myself And I — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop —
Sometone Saved My Life Tonight — —— VoiceRock, pop 1
Don't Let The Sun Go Down — —— VoiceRock, pop —
Man — —— VoiceRock, pop 3
Someday Out The Of The Blue — —— VoiceRock, pop —
House — —— VoiceRock, pop 0
Something About The Way You Look — —— VoiceRock, Country, pop —
Don't Go Breakin' My Heart — —— VoiceRock, pop —
American Triangle — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop 0
Ballad Of The Boy In The Red Shoes — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop 0
Birds — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop 0
Dark Diamond — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop 0
Look Ma, No Hands — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop 0
Love Her Like Me — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop 0
Mansfield — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop 0
Original Sin — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop 0
The Emperor's New Clothes — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop 0
The Wasteland — —— Piano, VoiceRock, pop 0
Sad Song (Say So Much) — —— PianoRock, pop —
If The River Can Bend — —— GuitarRock, pop 0
The Live In You — —— PianoRock, pop —
They Call Her The Cat — —— PianoRock, pop 0
Blue Hands — —— —Rock, pop —
Can You Feel The Love Tonight? , full score — —— —— —
The Lion King: Soundtrack Highlights — —— —— 1
The Lion King - Selections from — —— —— 1
The Ballad Of Blind Tom — —— Piano, Guitar, Vocal— 1
Dream #1 — —— Piano, Guitar, Vocal— 1
Dream #2 — —— Piano, Guitar, Vocal— 1
Dream #3 — —— Piano, Guitar, Vocal— 1
Oceans Away — —— Piano, Guitar, Vocal— 1
Oscar Wilde Gets Out — —— Piano, Guitar, Vocal— 1
Sorry seems to be the hardest world — —— Piano— 1
The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room — —— Piano, Guitar, Vocal— 1
Pop and Rock Legends: Elton John — —— —— 1
Circle of Life - Full Score — —— —— 1