Read When They Were Boys Online
Authors: Larry Kane
In our lives, with the instant fads and fading celebrity, with the one-hit-wonder musicians, and with many pretenders to the throne, fifty years is truly as close to forever as anyone could imagine.
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Best, Roag, Pete Best, and Rory Best.
The Beatles: The True Beginnings
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Davies, Hunter.
The Beatles: The Authorized Biography
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The Quarrymen
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Dogget, Peter.
You Never Give Me Your Money: The Battle for the Soul of the Beatles
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Ellis, Ron.
Ears of the City
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Epstein, Brian.
A Cellarful of Noise
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Fascher, Horst.
Let the Good Times Roll! Der StarclubâGrunder Erzahit
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Gannon, John, and Kevin Roach.
The Beatles: Living in the Eye of the Hurricane
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Geller, Debbie.
The Brian Epstein Story
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Gruen, Bob.
Sometime in New York City
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Harrison, George.
I, Me, Mine
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Harrison, George, with Derek Taylor.
Fifty Years Adrift
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Harry, Bill.
The Beatles Encyclopedia
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The George Harrison Encyclopedia
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The John Lennon Encyclopedia
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Lennon's Liverpool: In My Life, a Magical History Tour
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Liverpool: Bigger than the Beatles
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Mersey Beat
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The Paul McCartney Encyclopedia
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The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia
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Kane, Larry.
Ticket to Ride: Inside the Beatles' 1964 Tour that Changed the World
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Lennon Revealed
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Kessler, Jude Sutherland.
Shoulda Been There
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Kirchherr, Astrid, Matthew Clough, and Colin Fallow.
Astrid Kirchherr, a Retrospective
. Liverpool: University Press, 2010.
Leach, Sam.
The Rocking City: The Explosive Birth of the Beatles
. Gwynedd, UK: Pharaoh Press, 1999.
Leigh, Spencer.
The Beatles in Hamburg: The Stories, the Scene, and How It All Began
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It's Love That Really Counts: The Billy Kinsley Story
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Let's Go Down the Cavern, the Story of Liverpool's Mersey Beat
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Lennon, Cynthia.
John
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Lennon, John.
In His Own Write
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Lewisohn, Mark.
The Beatles Day by Day
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The Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Abbey Road Studio Session Notes
,
1962â1970
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Martin, George.
All You Need Is Ears
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Miles, Barry.
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
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Norman, Philip.
Shout: The Beatles in Their Generation
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Ono, Yoko.
Memories of John Lennon
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Pawlowski, Gareth L.
How They Became the Beatles 1960â1964: A Definitive History of the Early Years
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Porter, Alan J.
Before They Were Beatles: The Early Years 1956â1960
. Bloomington, IN: Xlibris, 2003.
Riley, Tim.
Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the MusicâThe Definitive Life
. New York: Hyperion, 2011.
Somach, Denny, Kathleen Somach, and Kevin Gunn.
Ticket to Ride: A Celebration of the Beatles
. New York: William Morrow, 1989.
Somach, Denny, Kathleen Somach, and Scott Muni, with Kevin Gunn.
Ticket to Ride: A Tribute to the Group that Symbolized the Sixties Era
. New York: William Morrow, 1991.
Spizer, Bruce.
The Beatles Are Coming! The Birth of Beatlemania in America
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The Beatles Records on Vee-Jay
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The Beatles for Sale on Parlophone Records
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The Beatles Story on Capitol Records, Part One: Beatlemania and the Singles
.
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The Beatles Swan Song: “She Loves You” and Other Records
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Sutcliffe, Pauline, and Douglas Thompson.
The Beatles Shadow: Stuart Sutcliffe His Lonely Hearts Club
. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, Pan Macmillan, 2001.
Taylor, Derek.
As Time Goes By
. New York: Quick Fox, 1974.
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It Was Twenty Years Ago Today
. Guildford, UK: Genesis, 1987.
Williams, Allan, and William Marshall.
The Man Who Gave the Beatles Away
. London: Elm Tree, 1975.
Abbey Road Studios,
281â282
,
334
Abner, Ewart,
336
Albert, Marsha,
340
American invasion,
368â370
Anderson, Jim,
117
Ankrah, Joe,
79â82
,
197
(quote),
198â199
,
218
,
250
,
365
(quote),
371
,
374
Anti-Semitism,
237
Apple Corps,
350
Appleby, Ron,
254
Art and artists. See
Kirchherr, Astrid
;
Sutcliffe, Stuart
As Time Goes By
(Taylor),
350â351
Ashton, William Howard,
26â27
,
153
Aspinall, Neil,
309â311
,
368
,
371
  Â
Barrow and,
345â346
  Â
Beatles' sex lives,
360â361
  Â
Bramwell and,
312
  Â
death of,
261â262
  Â
Decca Records disaster,
265
,
268
  Â
Mal Evans and,
317
  Â
Pete's ouster,
257â258
  Â
roadie,
309â310
  Â
Roag and,
251
  Â
Royal Command Performance,
361â362
  Â
the Casbah,
247
  Â
work ethic,
335
Baby boom. See
Bulge generation
Bach, Barbara,
262
“Bad to Me,”
49â50
Bailey Rae, Corrine, 1212
Baird, Julia (John's sister),
30
(quote),
41â45
,
47
,
200
,
329â330
Beatlemania,
364
  Â
John and Paul's first concert,
86
  Â
John and Paul's first meeting,
83â84
  Â
John and Stu Sutcliffe,
164
  Â
John's genius,
48
  Â
memories of George,
126
  Â
on Cynthia Lennon,
48â49
Banned songs,
32
Barber, Adrian,
172
Barrow, Tony,
16
,
229â230
,
309
(quote),
329
(quote),
342
(quote),
366â367
Beatlemania,
363
Beatles' sex lives,
360
  Â
Decca Records audition,
264â266
  Â
Epstein and,
224
(quote),
241â242
,
343â344
  Â
Epstein's death,
231
  Â
film techniques,
344â345
  Â
Live at the London Palladium
,
358
  Â
“Love Me Do,”
283
  Â
personality of,
345â346
  Â
promoting the group,
280
  Â
public relations,
280
,
342â344
,
356â357
  Â
Royal CommandPerformance,
342
(quote),
362
  Â
stress of popularity,
346
  Â
supporting role,
348â349
Beach Boys,
349
Beatlefan
magazine,
165
  Â
The Beatles Anthology
,
189
,
211
,
245â246
,
258
  Â
The Beatles: The True Beginnings
(Best),
251
“Be-Bop-A-Lula,”
180
Bedford, Dave,
260â261
“Being a Short Diversion on the Dubious
  Â
Origins of Beatles (Translated from the John Lennon),”
110
,
118
Best, Mona (mother),
15
,
26â29
,
368
  Â
Aspinall and,
249
  Â
Beatlemania,
364
  Â
Beatles' autobiography,
111
  Â
John and,
252
  Â
Pete's departure,
255
,
257â259
  Â
the Casbah,
146
,
246â249
  Â
the Cavern,
200â201
  Â
the makeover,
322
Best, Pete,
15
,
26
,
85
,
145
(quote),
368
  Â
American music,
60
  Â
Aspinall's death,
262
  Â
attack on,
353
  Â
Beatles' autobiography,
111
Bill Harry and,
118
  Â
childhood and education,
25
,
27â29
  Â
Ellis's memories of,
134
  Â
fans' attack on,
253â254
  Â
Fascher's friendship with the boys,
171
,
178
  Â
haircut,
187
  Â
Hamburg,
137
(quote),
140â141
,
145â146
,
179
,
249
  Â
Leach and Williams,
210
  Â
Litherland concert,
151
,
153â154
  Â
musical talent and popularity,
245â246
,
250â253
,
259â260
  Â
Neil Aspinall and,
310
  Â
Paris trip,
187â188
  Â
Ringo and,
274
  Â
Roag's protection of,
251
  Â
sex appeal,
250â251
  Â
the Casbah,
248â249
  Â
the Cavern,
200
  Â
Best, Vincent Roag,
249
,
251
,
253â254
,
256
,
258â259
,
262
,
311
,
368
  Â
Big Three,
203
,
214â216
,
277
,
286
,
288â289
,
292â293
,
374
Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas,
27
,
61â62
,
261
,
273
,
354
.
See also
Kramer, Billy J
.
Binnick, Bernie,
337
Biondi, Dick,
337
Birth of the Beatles
(Rose),
165
Black, Cilla,
227
Blackjacks,
246
Blavat, Jerry,
337
Bonis, Bob,
102
Boxing Day, 1960,
149â150
Boyd, Pattie,
134
Brainwashed
(album),
129
Bramwell, Tony,
16
,
33
,
145
(quote),
311â315
,
329
(quote),
330
,
366
,
368
  Â
background, childhood, and education,
72â73
  Â
Beatles' sex lives,
360
  Â
Decca Records audition,
279
  Â
equipment episodes,
309â310
  Â
George's conflict with Paul,
146â147
  Â
George's sensitivity and kindness,
130
,
134
  Â
hunger for pop music,
58â59
  Â
John and Paul's meeting,
83
  Â
Litherland concert,
149â152
,
154
  Â
Live at the London Palladium
,
359
  Â
McCartney family,
74
  Â
Parlophone sessions,
281
  Â
Pete Best,
245
(quote),
257
  Â
Stu Sutcliffe and John,
163
  Â
Teddy Boys,
204
(quote),
206
  Â
the Casbah,
247
  Â
the makeover,
325â326
  Â
the poll,
212
(quote),
213â214
  Â
work ethic,
335
Bridges, Lloyd,
338
British Invasion,
367
Brocken, Michael,
101
,
155â156
,
219
(quote),
220
,
259
Burroughs, Barbara,
207
Byrds,
349
Byrne, “Johnny Guitar,”
274
Caldwell, Allan,
96
,
246
,
274
.
See also
  Â
Rory Storm and the Hurricanes
;
Storm, Rory
Cameo-Parkway Records,
336â337
Campbell, Frank,
207
“Can't Buy Me Love,”
87
Capitol Records,
335â340
,
369â370
Carter, Chris,
264
(quote),
268
,
332
,
332
(quote)
Casanova Club,
103
,
165
,
207â208
Casbah,
29
,
111
,
146
,
246â249
,
252â253
,
368
Cash, Johnny,
60
Cavern,
55
,
80
,
120
,
122
,
152
,
178
,
191
,
197
(quote),
198â203
,
216
,
235
,
249â252
,
292â293
,
300
,
316
,
319
The Cavern
(Leigh),
199
CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
,
340
,
345
,
366
A Cellarful of Noise
(Epstein),
120
,
202â203
,
231
,
323
Chants. See
Joe Ankrah and the Chants