Cornflakes & Classics A musical history of Elton John
1979

by

V4.2, May 2005

Copyright 1989, 2009 Paul Maclauchlan
Permission granted to copy this information if credit is given

Explanation of symbols: + Live  * Non-LP B-side    # guest appearance
		 $ If you have this I would love to hear it!   CB Concert broadcast

1979

Jan 10 1979

US TV - A Gift Of Song - The Music For UNICEF Concert

Other performers on the special: The Bee Gees, Andy Gibb, Abba, John Denver, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Rod Stewart, Olivia Newton-John, Donna Summer and Earth Wind and Fire.

Early 1979

AUSTRALIA EP - Star Trax
Rocket 6200-028

1. PART TIME LOVE
2. SONG FOR GUY
3. VICTIM OF LOVE
4. JOHNNY B GOODE

Feb 5 1979

UK LP - THE ELTON JOHN LIVE COLLECTION

1. +TAKE ME TO THE PILOT
2. +HONKY TONK WOMAN
3. +SIXTY YEARS ON
4. +CAN I PUT YOU ON
5. +BAD SIDE OF THE MOON
6. +BURN DOWN THE MISSION
7. +SKYLINE PIGEON
8. +BORDER SONG
9. +HONKY CAT
10. +LOVE SONG
11. +CROCODILE ROCK
12. +FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND / LOVE LIES BLEEDING
13. +ROCKET MAN
14. +BENNY AND THE JETS
15. +TAKE ME TO THE PILOT

Feb 5 to Apr 26 1979

A Single Man European tour with just Elton John and Ray Cooper. Elton John says he wants to tour without a band to force him to concentrate on his vocals and piano work.

In France, Elton John sings Iles Amore in French and I Love Paris In The Springtime.

Feb 5 1979

SWEDEN CONCERT - Concerthaus, Stockholm

Opening night of the Elton John & Ray Cooper A Single Man European tour

Feb 6 1979

SWEDEN CONCERT - Concerthaus, Stockholm

Feb 7 1979

DENMARK CONCERT - Tivoli, Copenhagen

Feb 8 1979

DENMARK CONCERT - Tivoli, Copenhagen

Feb 10 1979

GERMANY CONCERT - Musikhalle, Hamburg

Feb 11 1979

NETHERLANDS CONCERT - Congressgebau, Le Hague

Feb 12 1979

NETHERLANDS CONCERT - Doelen, Rotterdam

Feb 14 1979

NETHERLANDS CONCERT - Concertgebau, Amsterdam

Feb 15 1979

GERMANY CONCERT - Mozartsaal, Manheim

Feb 16 1979

GERMANY CONCERT - Deutsches Museum, Munich

Feb 18 1979

GERMANY CONCERT - Kongresshalle, Berlin

Feb 19 1979

GERMANY CONCERT - Opera House, Cologne

Feb 20 1979

FRANCE CONCERT - Theatre De Champs Elysees, Paris

First night of a six night theatre stand.

Feb 21 1979

FRANCE CONCERT - Theatre De Champs Elysees, Paris

Feb 22 1979

FRANCE CONCERT - Theatre De Champs Elysees, Paris

Feb 23 1979

FRANCE CONCERT - Theatre De Champs Elysees, Paris

Feb 24 1979

FRANCE CONCERT - Theatre De Champs Elysees, Paris

Feb 25 1979

FRANCE CONCERT - Theatre De Champs Elysees, Paris

Feb 26 1979

BELGIUM CONCERT - Queen Elizabeth Hall, Antwerp

Mar 1 1979

GERMANY CONCERT - Philipshalle, Dusseldorf

Mar 2 1979

GERMANY CONCERT - Rhein Main Halle, Wiesbaden

Mar 3 1979

SWITZERLAND CONCERT - Theatre Di Beaulieu, Lausanne

Mar 4 1979

SWITZERLAND CONCERT - Theatre Di Beaulieu, Lausanne

Mar 6 1979

FRANCE CONCERT - Theatre De Verdure, Nice

Mar 7 1979

FRANCE CONCERT - Theatre De Verdure, Nice

Mar 9 1979

SPAIN CONCERT - The Real Madrid Pavilion, Madrid

Mar 10 1979

SPAIN CONCERT - The Real Madrid Pavilion, Madrid

Mar 11 1979

SPAIN CONCERT - The Real Madrid Pavilion, Madrid

Mar 17 1979

SCOTLAND CONCERT - Apollo, Glasgow

Mar 18 1979

SCOTLAND CONCERT - Apollo, Glasgow

Mar 19 1979

SCOTLAND CONCERT - Odeon Theatre, Edinburgh

courtesy Steven Betts

Mar 21 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - City Hall, Newcastle

Mar 22 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - City Hall, Newcastle

Mar 23 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Guild Hall, Preston

Mar 26 1979

IRELAND CONCERT - Whitla Hall, Belfast

Mar 27 1979

IRELAND CONCERT - Whitla Hall, Belfast

Mar 29 1979

IRELAND CONCERT - National Stadium, Dublin

Mar 30 1979

IRELAND CONCERT - National Stadium, Dublin

Mar 1979

US 45
MCA 40993 (did not chart)

1. SONG FOR GUY
2. *LOVESICK
   • Arranged and Conducted by Paul Buckmaster. Ray Cooper: tambourine.

From the single's sleeve notes, written by Elton John:
"...As I was writing this song one Sunday, I imagined myself floating into space and looking down at my own body. I was imagining myself dying. Morbidly obsessed with these thoughts, I wrote this song about death. The next day I was told that Guy, our 17 year-old messenger boy, had been tragically killked on his motorcycle the day before. Guy died on the day I writing this song."

Lovesick was recorded for the album A Single Man.

April 2 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London

First night of a six night theatre stand.

April 3 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London

April 4 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London

April 5 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London

April 6 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London

April 7 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London

April 9 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Brighton Dome, Brighton

April 10 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Brighton Dome, Brighton

April 11 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Gaumont, Southampton

April 12 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Gaumont, Southampton

April 14 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Hippodrome, Bristol

April 15 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Hippodrome, Bristol

April 17 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Oxford Theatre, Oxford

April 18 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Coventry Theatre, Coventry

April 19 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Assembly Rooms, Derby

April 21 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Hippodrome, Birmingham

April 22 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Hippodrome, Birmingham

April 24 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Manchester Apollo, Manchester

April 25 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Manchester Apollo, Manchester

April 26 1979

ENGLAND CONCERT - Manchester Apollo, Manchester

Closing night of the Elton John & Ray Cooper A Single Man European tour

Apr 30 1979

UK 45
ROCKET XPRES 13 (UK: #42; 6 weeks)

1. *Are You Ready For Love PT I (8:31)
2. *Are You Ready For Love PT II

Features Philippe "Soul" Wynne on vocals with Elton John.

Apr 30 1979

UK 12
Rocket XPRES 1312 (UK: #42; 6 weeks)

1. *Are You Ready For Love (8:31)
2. *Three Way Love Affair (5:31)
3. *Mama Can't Buy You Love (4:03)

May 1 to 6 1979

Elton John performs 5 shows with Ray Cooper in Israel.

May 1 1979

ISRAEL CONCERT - Philharmonic Hall, Jerusalem

May 2 1979

ISRAEL CONCERT - Philharmonic Hall, Jerusalem

May 3 1979

ISRAEL CONCERT - Philharmonic Hall, Jerusalem

May 5 1979

ISRAEL CONCERT - Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv

May 6 1979

ISRAEL CONCERT - Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv

May 21 to 28 1979

Elton John and Ray Cooper continue the A Single Man series of concerts with an 8 show, two city "tour" of Russia. The Russian diplomats assigned to control the shows made two requests: Do not kick over the piano stool during Bennie And The Jets and do not perform Back In The USSR. Elton John did not kick over the stool. The shows were filmed for a TV documentary which was later released on the home video To Russia... With Elton.

May 21 1979

RUSSIA CONCERT - Bolshoi Concert Hall, Leningrad

The first of four shows in Leningrad. Venue also indicated as Great October Hall.

May 22 1979

RUSSIA CONCERT - Bolshoi Concert Hall, Leningrad

May 23 1979

RUSSIA CONCERT - Bolshoi Concert Hall, Leningrad

May 24 1979

RUSSIA CONCERT - Bolshoi Concert Hall, Leningrad

May 25 1979

RUSSIA CONCERT - Rossya Concert Hall, Moscow

The first of four shows in Moscow. The last show, on May 28, was broadcast live on BBC Radio 1.

May 26 1979

RUSSIA CONCERT - Rossya Concert Hall, Moscow

May 27 1979

RUSSIA CONCERT - Rossya Concert Hall, Moscow

May 28 1979

RUSSIA CONCERT & UK RADIO - Live Concert From Rossya Concert Hall, Moscow (BBC Radio 1)
"A Single Man In Moscow"; "Russian Bullet"

1. +Your Song
2. +Sixty Years On
3. +Daniel
4. +Skyline Pigeon
5. +Take Me To The Pilot
6. +Rocket Man
7. +Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
8. +Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
9. +Roy Rogers
10. +Candle In The Wind
11. +Ego
12. +Where To Now St. Peter?
13. +He'll Have To Go
14. +I Heard It Through The Grapevine
15. +Funeral For A Friend / Tonight
16. +Better Off Dead
17. +Idol
18. +I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself
19. +I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford)
20. +Bennie And The Jets
21. +Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
22. +Part Time Love
23. +Crazy Water
24. +Song For Guy
25. +Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
26. +Pinball Wizard
27. +Crocodile Rock
28. +Medley: Get Back / Back In the USSR (Lennon / McCartney)

The last of eight concerts in Russia.

Jun 1979

US 45
MCA 41042 (US: #9; 18 weeks)

1. *MAMA CAN'T BUY YOU LOVE
2. *THREE WAY LOVE AFFAIR

Jun 1979

US 12 - Thom Bell Sessions
MCA 13921

1. *MAMA CAN'T BUY YOU LOVE
2. *THREE WAY LOVE AFFAIR
3. *ARE YOU READY FOR LOVE

Are You Ready For Love features Philippe "Soul" Wynne on vocals with Elton John.

Aug 1979

UK 45
Rocket XPRES20 (did not chart)

1. MAMA CAN'T BUY YOU LOVE (4:03)
2. *Strangers (4:40)

Withdrawn single, 20 copies only.

Aug 1 1979

UK BOX SET (5 LP) - ELTON JOHN
DJM
Five individually titled albums with a poster

LP #1: EARLY YEARS
DJM LSP13833

1. LADY SAMANTHA
2. SKYLINE PIGEON
3. EMPTY SKY
4. BORDER SONG
5. I NEED YOU TO TURN TO
6. SIXTY YEARS ON
7. COUNTRY COMFORT
8. BURN DOWN THE MISSION
9. WHERE TO NOW ST. PETER
10. LEVON
11. MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER
12. FRIENDS

LP #2: ELTON ROCKS
DJM LSP13834

1. SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING
2. (GOTTA GET A) MEAL TICKET
3. SCREW YOU
4. TEACHER I NEED YOU
5. GROW SOME FUNK OF YOUR OWN
6. GREY SEAL [Version 2]
7. THE BITCH IS BACK
8. CROCODILE ROCK
9. THE CAGE
10. ELDERBERRY WINE
11. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY (WE'LL GO STEADY AGAIN)
12. STREET KIDS
13. MIDNIGHT CREEPER
14. PINBALL WIZARD

LP #3: MOODS
DJM LSP13835

1. I FEEL LIKE A BULLET (IN THE GUN OF ROBERT FORD)
2. MONA LISAS & MAD HATTERS
3. HIGH FLYING BIRD
4. TINY DANCER
5. THE GREATEST DISCOVERY
6. BLUES FOR BABY & ME
7. HARMONY
8. I'VE SEEN THAT MOVIE TOO
9. PINKY
10. IT'S ME THAT YOU NEED
11. INDIAN SUNSET
12. SWEET PAINTED LADY
13. LOVE SONG

LP #4: SINGLES
DJM LSP13836

1. YOUR SONG
2. ROCKET MAN
3. HONKY CAT
4. DANIEL
5. GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
6. CANDLE IN THE WIND
7. DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME
8. LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
9. PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM
10. SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT
11. ISLAND GIRL
12. BENNIE AND THE JETS

LP #5: CLASSICS
DJM LSP13837

1. FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND / LOVE LIES BLEEDING
2. THE BALLAD OF DANNY BAILEY 1909-34
3. TICKING
4. TEXAN LOVE SONG
5. CAPTAIN FANTASTIC & THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY
6. WE ALL FALL IN LOVE SOMETIMES
7. CURTAINS

Sep 1979

US 45
MCA 41126 (US: #31; 10 weeks)

1. Victim Of Love
2. *STRANGERS

Sep 14 1979

UK 45
Rocket XPRES21 (did not chart)

1. VICTIM OF LOVE (3:18)
2. *STRANGERS (4:40)

Sep 19 to Nov 11 1979

Forty-one show Back In The U.S.S.A. tour of America, by Elton John and Ray Cooper.

Sep 19 1979

US CONCERT - Gamage Hall, Tempe AZ

Opening night of Elton John and Ray Cooper's Back In The USSA tour.

Sep 20 1979

US CONCERT - Gamage Hall, Tempe AZ

Sep 22 1979

US CONCERT - Berkeley Community Theater, San Francisco CA

First of three nights.

Sep 23 1979

US CONCERT - Berkeley Community Theater, San Francisco CA

Sep 24 1979

US CONCERT - Berkeley Community Theater, San Francisco CA

Sep 26 1979

US CONCERT - Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles CA
"Universal Amphitheater Los Angeles"

1. +I Heard It Through The Grapevine
2. +I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford)
3. +Bennie And The Jets
4. +Tonight
5. +Better Off Dead
6. +Idol
7. +I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself

First night of a ten show stand.

Sep 27 1979

US CONCERT - Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles CA

Sep 28 1979

US CONCERT - Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles CA

Sep 29 1979

US CONCERT - Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles CA

Sep 30 1979

US CONCERT - Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles CA

Oct 2 1979

US CONCERT - Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles CA

Oct 3 1979

US CONCERT - Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles CA

Oct 4 1979

US CONCERT - Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles CA

Oct 5 1979

US CONCERT - Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles CA

Oct 6 1979

US CONCERT - Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles CA

Oct 9 1979

US CONCERT - Northrope Auditorium, Minneapolis MN

Oct 11 1979

US CONCERT - Auditorium Theatre, Chicago IL

Oct 12 1979

US CONCERT - Auditorium Theatre, Chicago IL

Oct 13 1979

US CONCERT - Elliott Hall Of Music, West Lafayette IN

Oct 15 1979

UK LP - VICTIM OF LOVE
ROCKET HISPD 125 (UK: #41; 3 weeks)

1. Johnny B. Goode
2. Warm Love In A Cold World
3. Born Bad
4. Thunder In The Night
5. Spotlight
6. Street Boogie
7. VICTIM OF LOVE

Oct 15 1979

US CONCERT - Boston Music Hall, Boston MA

Oct 16 1979

US LP - VICTIM OF LOVE
MCA 5104

Same songs as UK LP

Oct 16 1979

US CONCERT - Boston Music Hall, Boston MA

Oct 18 1979

US CONCERT - Palladium, New York City NY

First night of an eight night stand.

Oct 19 1979

US CONCERT - Palladium, New York City NY

Oct 20 1979

US CONCERT - Palladium, New York City NY

Oct 21 1979

US CONCERT - Palladium, New York City NY

Oct 23 1979

US CONCERT - Palladium, New York City NY

Oct 24 1979

US CONCERT - Palladium, New York City NY

Oct 25 1979

US CONCERT - Palladium, New York City NY

Oct 26 1979

US CONCERT - Palladium, New York City NY

Oct 27 1979

US CONCERT - Eisenhower Hall, West Point NY

Oct 29 1979

US CONCERT - Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor MI

Oct 30 1979

CANADA CONCERT - O'Keefe Centre, Toronto ON

Oct 31 1979

CANADA CONCERT - O'Keefe Centre, Toronto ON

Nov 2 1979

US CONCERT - Tower Theatre, Philadelphia PS

Nov 3 1979

US CONCERT - Tower Theatre, Philadelphia PS

Nov 4 1979

US CONCERT - Constitution Hall, Washington DC

Photos by Bruce Remer. Check out his Classic Rock Concert Photos.

Nov 5 1979

US CONCERT - Constitution Hall, Washington DC

1. +Back In The USSR
2. +Bennie And The Jets
3. +Better Off Dead
4. +Candle In The Wind
5. +Crazy Water
6. +Crocodile Rock
7. +Daniel
8. +Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
9. +Ego
10. +Funeral For A Friend
11. +Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
12. +He'll Have To Go
13. +I Feel Like A Bullet
14. +I Heard It Through The Grapevine
15. +I Saw Her Standing There
16. +I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself
17. +Idol
18. +Mama Can't Buy You Love
19. +Rocket Man
20. +Roy Rogers
21. +Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
22. +Sixty Years On
23. +Skyline Pigeon
24. +Song For Guy
25. +Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
26. +Take Me To The Pilot
27. +Tonight
28. +Twist And Shout
29. +Where To Now St. Peter?
30. +Whole Lotta Shakin
31. +Your Song

Nov 7 1979

US CONCERT - Grande Ole Opry House, Nashville TN

Nov 8 1979

US CONCERT - Civic Center, Atlanta GA

Nov 10 1979

US CONCERT - Moody Coliseum, Dallas TX

Nov 11 1979

US CONCERT - Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston TX

Closing night of Elton John and Ray Cooper's Back In The USSA tour.

Mid Nov to Dec 1979

Elton John and Ray Cooper tour Australia.

Nov 27 1979

AUSTRALIA CONCERT - Modern Palladium, Sydney

Dec 1979

US 45
MCA 41159 (did not chart)

1. JOHNNY B. GOODE
2. GEORGIA

Dec 1979

UK 45
Rocket XPRES 24 (did not chart)

1. JOHNNY B. GOODE (3:22)
2. THUNDER IN THE NIGHT (4:40)

Dec 1979

UK 12
Rocket XPRES 2412 (did not chart)

1. JOHNNY B. GOODE (3:22)
2. THUNDER IN THE NIGHT (4:40)

1979

UK FILM & VIDEO- TO RUSSIA ... WITH ELTON

1. +Video Medley: Bennie And The Jets / Pinball Wizard / Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting / Back In The USSR / Get Back
   • Montage with song clips.
2. +Your Song
3. +Daniel
4. +Funeral For A Friend / Your Starter For... / Tonight
5. +Part Time Love
6. +Bennie And The Jets
7. +Sixty Years On
8. +Candle In The Wind
   • Elton John solo from Russian talk show
9. +Better Off Dead
10. +Rocket Man
11. +I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself
12. +Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting / Pinball Wizard

Elton John & Ray Cooper filmed during their May 1979 Russian tour.

The film was promoted with the caption: "Elton John's Triumphant Tour of Russia.. On Film. A fantastic experience.. share the spectacle of Elton John's incredible concert tour of Russia."

1979

US TV - American Music Awards (ABC TV network)

Co-hosted by Elton John and Cher.

1979

UK LP - Fool's Party - Blue
Rocket Train 4

• #Victim
• #Love Songs

Elton John played keyboards, piano and contributed backing vocals to these songs on the album. The album was produced by Elton John and Clive Franks.