The Beatles (21 page)

‘Wild Honey Pie’
76

‘With A Little Help From My Friends’
16
-
17

‘Within You Without You’
8
,
28
-
30
,
71

Yellow Submarine
45
,
65
; film
6
,
38
-
39
,
47

‘Yer Blues’
93

‘You Know My Name’
125

‘You Never Give Me Your Money’
136

‘You’ll Be Mine’
159

‘Your Mother Should Know’
56

Berry, Chuck
67
,
128

Black, Cilla
174
-
5

C
arroll, Lewis
18
-
19

Charles, Ray
117

Clapton, Eric
41
,
79
,
102
,
119
,
134

D
onovan
66
,
84
,
103

Dylan, Bob
99
,
178

E
astman, Linda
80
,
90
,
92
,
110
,
134
,
136
,
142
-
3

Epstein
36
,
41
,
43
,
44
,
64
,
162
,
165

H
arrison, George,
20
,
28
-
9
,
45
,
48
,
55
,
59
,
64
,
70
,
86
,
92
,
99
,
102
,
114
,
124
,
130
-
1
,
134
,
136
,
154
,
155
,
172
,
173
,
179
,
178
-
9

as composer
6

deteriorating relationship with Beatles
115
,
172
;

with PM 108 drugs
29
,
48

Eastern thought
28
,
79
,
113

George Harrison
172

meditation
96

religious view
124

songs by
28
,
45
,
54
,
55
,
61
,
79
,
86
,
99
,
102
,
113
,
119
,
124
,
126
,
129
,
131
,
178

visiting California
55
,

San Francisco
42
-
3

J
agger, Mick
41
,
100

L
eary, Timothy
23
,
127
-
8
,
129
,
179

Lennon, Cynthia
17
,
34

Lennon, John
6
-
7
,
13
,
16
-
17
,
19
,
20
-
21
,
26
-
7
,
35
,
36
,
45
,
47
,
56
,
57
,
71
,
78
,
80
-
1
,
90
,
92
,
93
,
94
,
103
,
105
,
127
,
133
,
134
,
135
,
138
,
139
,
164
,
165
,
173

aggressive tendencies
21

annoyed with PM
89

anti-semitism
43

death of mother
91

deteriorating relationship with Cynthia
93
,
95
,
112
;

with PM
108

diminishing role in Beatles
6
,

dissatisfaction with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
96

divorce
62
,
93
,
116

drugs
9
,
18
,
34
,
80
,
107
,
116

early writing with PM
118

early years
10
,
13

Imagine
155

laziness
34

marries Yoko Ono (and honeymoon)
121
-
3

moving to USA
95

plagiarism,
135

poetry, influenced by the
Goon Show
19

Rape
122

social change, views on
100
-
1

songs by
40
,
41
,
127
,
154
,
153
,
154
,
155

states of mind
12
,
13
,
83
,
93
,
153

sued for plagiarism
128

views on ‘All You Need Is Love’
41
,

‘Birthday’
92
,

‘Dig A Pony
111
,

‘Hello Little Girl’
164
,

‘Hey Jude’
62
,

‘Oh Darling’
132
,

‘Sun King’
137
,

‘Teddy Boy’
177
,

The Beatles
65
,

‘The End’
147
,

‘When I’m Sixty-Four’
32
;

the analysis of Beatles’ songs
57
-
8
,
71
-
2

visiting India
77
,
83
,
100
,
103
,
173

Lennon, Julian
18
,
62
,
63

Lennon/McCartney songs
see
Beatles Lyttleton, Humphrey
59

M
anson, Charles
86
,
98
,
105

Martin, George
14
,
19
,
20
,
32
,
37
,
38
,
41
,
58
,
109
,
118
,
126
,
154

McCartney, Paul,
19
,
20
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1
,
31
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2
,
33
,
35
,
37
,
45
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46
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47
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49
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50
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52
,
56
,
62
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3
,
66
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7
,
73
,
74
,
75
,
78
,
84
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5
,
87
,
92
,
94
,
96
,
97
-
8
,
105
,
126
,
129
,
130
,
136
,
142
-
3
,
144
,
145
,
155
,
165
,
169
,
174
-
5
,
177
,
181
,
180
-
1

conceives idea for
Sgt Pepper
14

conflict within Beatles
115
,
146

death, rumours of
71

early writing with JL
118

early years 10 first solo album
109

girlfriends
82
; Jane Asher
22
,
49
,
82

increasing influence in Beatles
7

jamming for Jefferson Airplane
42

leaves Beatles
108

McCartney
171

reconciliation with JL
152

songs by
7
,
84
,
160
,
171

views on ‘All We Need Is Love’
41
,

Anthology
150
,

‘Get Back’
120
,

‘Hello Goodbye’
44
,

‘Hey Jude’
62
,

‘The End’
147
; Beatles’ songs
89
visiting India
87
,

Moscow (meeting Putin)
68
,

San Francisco
42

writing songs
44

meditation
70
-
1

Melly, George
10

Milligan, Spike
19

O
ko, Yono
6
,
19
,
34
,
62
,
80
,
81
,
83
,
91
,
93
,
95
,
104
,
107
,
115
,
116
,
121
,
123
,
127
,
133
,
135
,
150
,
152
,
155
,
173

p
sychedelia
15
,
31
,
38
,
42
,
46
,
50
,
103
,
156
,
178

Q
uarry Men
91
,
157
,
163
,
164

R
ichard, Cliff (and Shadows)
161

Rolling Stones
74

S
cott, Jimmy
74

Shankar, Ravi
28
,
119

Sinatra, Frank
9

Spector, Phil
108

Starr, Ringo
20
,
21
,
45
,
89
,
90
,
92
,
96
,
130
,
133
,
135
,
154
,
155

dissatisfaction with Beatles
115

songs by
88
,
132

Summer of Love
38
,
41
,
100

T
ranscendental Meditation
64

V
ietnam War
40
,
67

W
ho, The
97

Wolfe, Tom
50

Y
ogi, Maharishi Mahesh
48
,
52
,
61
,
64
,
65
,
66
,
69
,
78
,
94
,
96
,
99
,
112

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

For interviews carried out specifically for this book I thank: Al Aronowitz, Diane Ashley, Marc Behm, Margo Bird, Tony Bramwell, Prudence Bruns, Iris Caldwell, Pattie Clapton, Allan Clarke, Maureen Cleave, Melanie Coe, Richard A Cooke, Nancy Cooke de Herrera, Meta Davis, Rod Davis, Pat Dawson, Richard DiLello, Royston Ellis, Peter Fonda, Johnny Guitar, Paul Horn, Kevin Howlett, Michael Hurll, Stephen James, Rod Jones, Tony King, Timothy Leary, Donovan Leitch, Julian Lennon, Dick Lester, John Duff Lowe, Angie McCartney, Roger McGough, Thelma McGough, Elliot Mintz, Rod Murray, Delbert McClinton, Denis O’Dell, Lucy O’Donnell, Alun Owen, Little Richard, Jimmy Savile, John Sebastian, Helen Shapiro, Don Short, Joel Schumacher, Lucrezia Scott, Derek Taylor, James Taylor, Doug Trendle, Dr John Turner, Jan Vaughan and Gordon Waller.

I also drew on past interviews conducted with Lionel Bart, Hunter Davies, John Dunbar, Cynthia Lennon, George Martin, Barry Miles, Spike Milligan, Roy Orbison, Ravi Shankar, Bruce Welch and Muriel Young.

For supplying information or setting up interviews I thank: Tony Barrow, Penny Bell, Gloria Boyce, Eleanor Bron, Lynne DeBernardis, Liz Edwards, Mike Evans, Peggy Ferguson, Roberta Freymann, Sarah Jane Freymann, Lynda Gilbert, Matt Godwin, Adrian Henri, Corinna Honan, Shelagh Jones, Andrew King, Martha Knight, Carol Lawrence, Mark Lewisohn, Brian Patten, Mrs Juan Mascaró, Robby Montgomery, Peter Nash, Iona Opie, Peter Rhone, Bettina Rose, Juliet Rowe, Phil Spangenberger, Alvin Stardust, Jean Stein, Sue Turner, Lisa Ullmann, Linda Watts and Paul Wayne.

I used facilities supplied by the following organizations: American Federation of Musicians, ASCAP, BMI, Beatles Shop (Liverpool), Bristol Library, Bristol Old Vic, British Library, Chiswick Library, Highland Bookshop and Wildlife Art Gallery (Traverse City, Michigan), National Newspaper Library, National Sound Archives, Nigerian High Commission, Performing Rights Society, Rochdale Library, Theatre Museum, UCLA Library and Westminster Library.

Finally, I would like to thank my agent Lisa Eveleigh who never gave up on the project and Piers Murray-Hill and Jonathan Goodman at Carlton Books.