Sir Elton John Served Cocaine-Spiked Food by Friends

Friends of Sir Elton John once spiked the flamboyant singer's food with cocaine in an effort to make him play longer. The revelation surfaces in a new documentary, 'Madman Across the Water: The Making of Elton,' which delves into John's rise to prominence in the US during the late '60s and early '70s.

According to Contactmusic, the 63-year-old said of the night in question, "I left at 7.30 in the morning and I thought, 'I've never stayed up until 7.30 before but I feel really good!' Years later I learned they had put cocaine in my food."

The unorthodox choice of condiment was made by Three Dog Night singer Danny Hutton, who said, "I might have forgot to tell him. Well, it certainly didn't hurt him. He went on to be quite successful."

Another high -- this time a legal one -- that Sir Elton experienced was hanging out with the likes of Bob Dylan and Brian Wilson. The knight-of-the-realm summed it up saying "in two months I met some of the greats of the music world, it was joyous."