The Beatles: The Authorized Biography

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1974 reprint. The Authorized Biography updated to include the Beatles' solo careers. (A later paperback reprint was published in 1978 by Mayflower; ISBN: 0-583-115306). [rear cover:] "This brilliant and penetrating biography has now been brought up to date to cover the years since the most successful pop group of all time broke up amid rows, bickering and legal tangles, and includes detailed accounts of the solo careers of John, Paul, George and Ringo. All the stuff of a modern rock legend is here . . from the time John had to sell his clothes to get back from Hamburg; to their visit to Buckingham Palace to collect their MBEs, the ultimate stamp of establishment approval —and then, the final tragic day the Beatles were dissolved in a court of law. This is the true and authorized version of that story —the meteoric rise of four working-class boys who became the greatest musical phenomenon of the 20th century, and whose records still sell in millions. 'There can be no doubt that this is the frankest authorized biography ever written.' -- THE SUNDAY TIMES" The Beatles - The Authorized Biography - Binding Strip / Front Board Half-title Books by Hunter Davies Title Page Printer's Imprint Dedication Contents Introduction PART ONE: Liverpool 1. John 2. John and the Quarrymen 3. Paul [photoplates 1-8] 4. Paul and the Quarrymen 5. George 6. George and the Quarrymen 7. John at Art College 8. From Quarrymen to Moondogs 9. Stu, Scotland and the Silver Beatles 10. The Casbah 11. Hamburg 12. Astrid and Klaus [photoplates 9-16] 13. Liverpool —Litherland and the Cavern 14. Marking time —Liverpool and Hamburg 15. Brian Epstein 16. Brian signs the Beatles 17. Decca and Pete Best 18. Ringo 19. Ringo with the Beatles PART TWO: London and the World 20. George Martin and Dick James 21. Touring [photoplates 17-24] 22. Beatlemania 23. USA 24. Britain and back to USA 25. The End of Touring 26. The Death of Brian Epstein 27. The Beatles, from drugs to Maharishi PART THREE: Today 28. Friends and Parents 29. The Beatles’ Empire 30. The Beatles and their Music [photoplates 25-32] 31. John 32. Paul 33. George 34. Ringo End Bit Appendix A —Complete Discogrpahy of Beatles’ Records Appendix B —The Beatles’ Finances