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Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 50th- Elton & Bernie Taupin

1973 masterpiece “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” is a virtual greatest hits package unto itself. On its 50th anniversary Elton John & Bernie Taupin join me In the Studio for part one.
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Elton John- All the Girls Love Alice- London 1973

Elton John... test-drove some of his then-new songs in 1973 from his "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" album at London's venerable Hammersmith Odeon theater. Decades before Madonna liplocked Brittney Spears on stage, "All the Young Girls Love Alice".

Elton John- Levon- Foxboro MA 9-6-93

Elton John live September 1993 at Foxboro Stadium doing a note-perfect performance of "Levon".

Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 50th! Elton & Bernie Taupin 9-25

Co-writer Elton John, fresh off of his record-shattering multi-year "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" world tour, and lyricist Bernie Taupin, just now publishing his long-awaited autobiography "Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me", are my special guests here In the Studio on the golden anniversary of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", starting the week of September 25!

Elton John- Take Me to the Pilot- Foxborough MA 9-6-93

Elton John live at Foxborough Stadium outside Boston on September 6, 1993 performing “Take Me to the Pilot”.

Elton John- Philadelphia Freedom- Foxborough Stadium 9-6-93

Elton John himself confirms here that indeed he and lyricist Bernie Taupin did compose "Philadelphia Freedom" not in 1975 for the US bicentennial the following year, as has been erroneously mythologized for decades, but in fact 1973, twenty…

Sting-…Nothing Like the Sun

The Sting and I...We had already done multiple interviews when he was in The Police and now Sting had released three solo albums, including Fall 1987's "Nothing Like the Sun", by the time we reconvened in 1991. Sting had lost both parents by then, the most recent  his father, and was clearly wrestling with his star ascending amidst pain and personal loss.

Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs and Englishmen- with Leon Russell

Here are the first-person accounts by Joe Cocker and Leon Russell of a remarkable multi-media event, the Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen  US tour, concert film, and soundtrack double album.

Billy Joel- You May Be Right-w/Elton John 7-94

Billy Joel performs "You May Be Right" with Elton John July 1994 at The Meadowlands

Elton John- Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me 9-6-93

Elton John created quite a buzz  announcing his retirement from  live performance by simultaneously cushioning the considerable blow with news of a massive final tour. Tickets are already on sale for the Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour which…