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Index
Abbey Road
, 11, 12, 13, 62; later
“Attica State,” 40;
The U.S. vs.
Lennon songs similar to songs on,
John Lennon
soundtrack
8, 12, 18, 34, 49, 60, 65, 68
version, 119
Acoustic
, 116–17
Attica State Prison, New York, 40
“Across the Universe,” 31, 110; David
Bowie version, 70
B-52s, The, 75
Aerosmith, 74
“Baby’s Heartbeat,” 8, 10
“Ain’t That a Shame,” 68
“Back Off Boogaloo,” 46
“Aisumasen (I’m Sorry),” 49, 116
Badfinger, 27, 30
Alexander, George, 4
“Bad to Me,” 3, 75
“All By Myself,” 64, 65
“The Ballad of John and Yoko,”
“All You Need Is Love,” 9, 48
8–9, 40
Alomar, Carlos, 70
The Ballad of John and Yoko
(proposed
“America,” 36–37
musical), 109, 117
American Graffiti
, 65
“The Ballad of New York City (John
“Amsterdam,” 10
Lennon-Yoko Ono),” 36, 40
“Angela,” 42
Beat Brothers, The, 62, 63
“Angel Baby,” 66, 69, 97–98, 111
Beatles, The, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14,
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 117, 119
21, 23, 28, 31–32, 46– 47, 62–63,
“Another Day,” 32
73–74, 84, 85, 99, 107–10
Apollo, New York City (theater), 117
The Beatles
.
See
White Album
Apple Corps., 19
The Beatles Anthology
, 107–10
Apple Records, 4, 10
The Beatles Anthology 2
, 99, 108, 116
Approximately Infinite Universe
, 44
The Beatles Anthology 3
, 14
Around Grapefruit
, 4
The Beatles Live at the BBC
, 108
“As Time Goes By,” 112
The Beatles Live! At the Star Club
, 73
Atlantic (record label), 76
“Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy),” 77–78
180 Index
“Beautiful Boys,” 78, 79
“Child of Nature,” 28
“Be-Bop-A-Lula,” 66, 68
“Chinese Laundry Blues,” 100
“Beef Jerky,” 61
“Chuck ’n’ Bo,” 43–44
“Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite,”
Clapton, Eric, 7, 14, 35
48, 78
“Cleanup Time,” 76
“Be My Baby,” 66, 70, 111–12
Clinton, George, 115
Berry, Chuck, 2, 3, 43, 101; Lennon
Cloud Nine
, 109
accused of plagiarizing from, 62,
Cochran, Eddie, 75
65, 68
“Cold Turkey,” 11–13, 14, 15,
Beyond the Fringe, 2
18, 35, 40, 42–43, 44, 84, 107;
“Beyond the Sea,” 100
Acoustic
version, 117; Cheap Trick
Big Three, The, 115
version, 115;
Live In New York City
Black Jacks, 3
version, 96
“Black Sails,” 56
“Come and Get It,” 12
“Bless You,” 59
“Come Together,” 65, 68, 118;
Live
Blondie (music group), 75
In New York City
version, 96
“Blue Moon,” 100
Congressional Black Caucus, 38
“Blue Suede Shoes,” 14
Cooke, Sam, 79
“Bony Moronie,” 69
“Cookin’ (In the Kitchen of Love),”
Booker T. and the MG’s, 61
72, 117
“Born in a Prison,” 40;
Live In
“Cool Water,” 58
New York City
version, 96
Covered #1
(tribute album), 107
“Borrowed Time,” 90
Cox, Kyoko.
See
Kyoko
Bowie, David, 70
Cox, Rosemary.
See
Kyoko
“Boys and Girls,” 110
Crazy Gang, The, 2
“Bring It on Home to Me,” 21,
“Crippled Inside,” 27–28
68–69
Crosby, Bing, 29
“Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple),”
“Cry Baby Cry,” 76
50–51, 52, 75
Bronstein, Stan, 101