A Single Man

A Single Man is the twelfth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1978, two years after his intended last album Blue Moves, and one year after the release of Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II. It is the first album John created without his longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin or his longtime Producer Gus Dudgeon. As Gary Osborne was an unknown at the time, many people have misinterpreted the album's title to imply that Elton wrote the entire album himself. The only returning members of John's band are percussionist Ray Cooper and guitarist Davey Johnstone, the latter only played on one song on the album. The hit "Song for Guy" was a tribute to Guy Burchett, a young Rocket Records messenger who was killed in...