Authors: Philip Norman
Second photo section, pages 9–16:
Wearing art student’s clothes—Rex Features (photographer: Dezo Hoffman). Beatlemania—Rex Features. With Ed Sullivan in New York—Rex Features (photographer: Suomen Kuvapalvelu).
Royal Variety Show
—Rex Features (photographer: Dezo Hoffman). Ringo’s wedding—Camera Press (photographer: Robert Freeman). George’s wedding—Keystone Press. Press conference—Keystone Press. John with Julian at Kenwood—Keystone Press. Allen Klein—United Press International. Linda, Paul, Yoko and John—Camera Press (photographer: Bruce McBroom). John and Yoko—Iain Macmillan. John and Yoko—John Hillelson Agency (photographer: Tannenbaum). Yoko outside Lennon’s house—Mercury Press Agency/Rex Features. Paul and Heather Mills—Rex Features. George with Olivia; Ringo performing—Richard Young/Rex Features.
Every effort has been made to acknowledge all those whose photographs have been used in this volume, but if there have been any omissions in this respect, we apologize and will be pleased to make the appropriate acknowledgment in any future editions.
INDEX
Abbey Road
,
436
–443
album sleeve of,
xxii
,
442
–443
Paul as impetus behind,
432
Abbey Road studios,
xix–xx
,
168
–169,
178
–179,
194
,
205
,
263
,
293
,
313
,
324
,
328
–329,
335
,
377
,
432
,
436
Aberfan disaster,
319
ABKCO Industries, Inc.,
406
,
415
,
423
,
425
,
427
,
447
“Across the Universe,”
xi
,
409
,
459
Aftermath
,
305
Agnew, Spiro T.,
332
“Alchemical Wedding,”
407
Ali, Tariq,
374
All Things Must Pass
,
xii
,
510
,
512
“All Those Years Ago,”
514
“All You Need Is Love,”
xxvii
,
335
,
362
,
370
Alpert, Herb,
512
Altamont Rolling Stones concert,
444
Anderson, Eric,
341
Anderson, Jim,
119
“And Your Bird Can Sing,”
305
“Another Day,”
482
Anti-Semitism,
130
Apple Boutique,
362
,
363
,
370
–371,
393
Apple Corps Ltd.
artistic freedom and,
367
Beatles, Ltd. renamed as,
364
boss sought for,
399
–400
concert on roof of,
xxv
,
411
expenditures at,
397
–398,
401
financial difficulties of,
399
,
406
,
412
formation of,
363
–364,
366
headquarters of,
390
–392
Klein’s reorganization of,
425
–427
security at,
390
,
398
vibes at,
393
–395,
430
Apple Electronics,
364
Apple Films,
364
–366,
397
,
408
,
425
Apple Foundation for the Arts,
368
,
392
,
397
,
425
Apple Music,
363
Apple Press,
397
Apple Records,
364
,
365
,
369
,
393
,
396
,
397
,
399
,
425
,
426
avant-garde experiments on,
395
inaugural releases of,
371
Apple Retail,
363
,
370
–371,
397
,
425
Archer, Jeffrey,
261
Ardmore and Beechwood,
164
,
165
,
182
–183
Armstrong, Neil,
433
breakup with Paul,
383
career pursued by,
216
,
269
,
308
,
382
liked by fans,
381
Paul’s first meeting with,
216
as Paul’s girlfriend,
217
,
238
,
269
,
272
,
293
,
308
,
309
,
366
,
381
–383
Asher, Mrs. Richard,
216
,
217
,
383
Asher, Peter,
216
,
309
,
364
,
369
,
425
,
426
Ashton, Billy.
See
Kramer, Billy J.
“Ask Me Why,”
420
Aspinall, Neil,
xxv
,
107
,
209
,
212
,
213
,
250
,
268
,
294
,
306
,
360
,
378
,
419
,
438
,
439
,
462
,
519
in Apple Corps,
364
,
366
,
369
,
399
,
426
Beatles first heard by,
106
as Beatles’ road manager,
145
–146,
151
,
154
,
171
,
177
,
201
–202,
218
,
229
,
245
,
312
,
328
,
357
,
426
as Best’s friend,
106
,
171
,
177
Asprey’s,
270
Asylum label,
467
ATV network,
200
,
422
–424,
442
,
493
Avedon, Richard,
115
B52s,
466
Babbs, Thurmond,
298
“Baby It’s You,”
194
Bach, Barbara.
See
Starr, Barbara Bach
Backbeat
(film),
162
“Back in the U.S.S.R.,”
388
,
390
“Back Off Boogaloo,”
522
Badfinger (The Iveys),
369
,
393
,
439
“Bad to Me,”
204
Baker, Ginger,
298
“Ballad of John and Yoko, The,”
430
–431
Ballard, Arthur,
41
,
50
,
57
,
58
,
83
Band on the Run
,
485
Bangladesh, concerts for,
xii
,
511
Banks, Jeremy,
395
Barber, Adrian,
163
Bardot, Brigitte,
373
Barratt, Brian,
316
Barrow, Tony,
150
,
153
,
198
,
200
,
207
,
229
,
289
,
296
Barry, John,
485
Bassey, Shirley,
513
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation),
22
,
24
,
107
,
166
,
182
,
190
,
192
,
230
,
264
,
332
,
334
–335,
358
,
359
,
485
Beach Boys,
225
,
292
,
299
,
325
,
365
,
388
Beardsley, Aubrey,
329
Beat Brothers, Beatles billed as,
117
,
118
,
147
,
253
analyses of,
223
as British national obsession,
222
,
261
–262
French indifference to,
237
–239
official outbreak of,
208
phenomenon named,
221
in U.S.,
240
,
244
,
246
–247,
251
–257,
267
–268
Beatles
album sleeves for,
xxii
,
224
,
277
,
292
,
300
,
312
,
329
–331,
395
–396,
442
–443
Apple Corps and.
See
Apple Corps Ltd.
as Beat Brothers,
117
,
118
,
147
,
253
Best with.
See
Best, Pete
breakup of,
xiii
,
439
–441,
443
,
446
–448,
453
,
481
,
482
,
510
,
515
,
521
–522
British press and,
xii
,
190
–192,
206
,
208
,
211
–214,
221
–223,
237
,
238
,
256
,
359
,
396
,
418
burning of records,
299
–300
capital investments of,
360
–361
cars owned by,
270
,
311
Christmas message,
234
–235
clothes,
31
,
85
–86,
100
,
110
,
157
,
252
,
306
,
311
–312
Decca audition of,
150
–153,
155
,
165
deported from West Germany,
102
,
103
drugs used by,
91
,
164
,
272
–274,
333
–334,
339
drummer lacked by,
84
as employers,
397
–398,
412
,
426
Epstein’s death and,
346
,
348
,
352
Epstein’s management of.
See
Epstein, Brian
European tours,
219
,
295
–297
fanmail for,
249
–250,
269
films of,
261
,
264
–267,
269
,
273
,
277
,
312
,
356
–361,
364
,
369
–370,
408
,
445
,
448
–449
finances of,
202
,
217
–218,
218
,
234
,
270
–271,
360
–361,
398
–399,
412
,
429
–430,
511
–512,
516
,
521
,
524
first LP,
193
–194
first Number One hit,
190
,
191
,
193
first single,
178
–179,
181
–184
first TV appearance,
190
first U.S. Top Hundred,
239
,
241
girls as fans of,
106
,
107
,
111
,
207
,
211
,
215
–216,
219
,
220
,
223
,
253
–255,
257
,
268
,
353
–355,
382
–383,
385
,
389
,
390
grandchildren of,
525
hairstyles of,
99
–100,
123
,
156
,
231
,
242
,
246
,
251
,
252
,
276
,
306
Hamburg clubs played by,
83
,
88
–103,
113
–118,
158
,
162
–164,
186
–188