“there was nothing bigger”: Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 102.
“My mum, Annie”: Author interview with Marie Crawford, 11/1/97.
“various decoy routes”: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.
BEATLEMANIA!: Daily Mirror, 10/14/63.
“Screaming girls launched themselves”: “Siege of the Beatles,” Daily Herald, 10/14/63.
“It was exactly the story”: Author interview with Don Short, 8/11/63.
“impropriety”: “I said there had been no impropriety in this association. To my very deep regret I have to admit that this was not true.” Letter from John Profumo to Harold Macmillan, 6/4/63.
“considerable sexual license”: “Even during the Victorian high noon, the upper and upper-middle classes had always allowed themselves considerable sexual license.” Melly, Revolt Into Style, p. 37.
“All over Britain… incredible scenes”: “This Week’s Beatlemania,” Melody Maker, 11/2/63.
“hundreds slept in the streets”: Ibid.
“midnight panic”: “It’s really here… BEATLEMANIA,” Sunday People, 11/27/63, p. 1.
girls “fainted—and got hurt”: “And 50 policemen were struggling to control the singing, screaming crowd.” Ibid.
“Thousands of girls battled”: “60 Teenagers Hurt in Cinema Stampede,” Sunday People, 11/3/63.
“thousands[,] of screaming fans”: Davies, Beatles, p. 182.
By coincidence, “the commotion”: “We couldn’t believe all the commotion at Heathrow Airport when we arrived.” Ed Sullivan in Pritchard & Lysaght, The Beatles, p. 140.
430–31 Sullivan had some idea: “Instead of paying the $5,000 that had been asked originally, [Sullivan] was forced to ante up $50,000.” Goldman, Elvis, p. 203.
Cliff Richard… had “died”: Davies, Beatles, p. 192.
“He was fourteenth on the bill”: John Lennon, 1967 interview, in Anthology, p. 116.
“We prefer to wait”: Melody Maker, 6/15/63.
“a fuckin’ shitty pop movie”: Wenner, Lennon Remembers, p. 79.
during his first meeting with the Beatles: “We piled into a cab and went to EMI Studios, where we gathered in an empty office.” Walter Shenson, 4/84, AGA.
“Oh, I don’t know”: “I met with them; John was the spokesman.” Author interview with Walter Shenson, 4/22/99.
“I really found myself”: Ibid.
“I’ll do it for nothing!”: Ibid.
“We laid out the terms”: Ibid.
“He was talking percentages of record albums”: Walter Shenson, 4/84, AGA.
“He wanted to see a script”: “I was dreading the day that someone finally said, ‘What are you going to make?’ ” Ibid.
“the most banal nonsense”: Author interview with Walter Shenson, 4/22/99.
“And Brian came up with”: Wenner, Lennon Remembers, p. 79.
Shenson was appalled: “I said, ‘Why Alun Owen?’ ” Walter Shenson, 4/84, AGA.
“I think it should be an exaggerated”: Author interview with Walter Shenson, 4/22/99.
“They were nervous”: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.
BEATLES ROCK THE ROYALS: Daily Express, 10/5/63, p. 1.
434–35 “it was impossible to go home”: Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 109.
“Overflowing ashtrays”: Braun, Love Me Do, p. 52.
“It was such a buzz”: George Harrison in Anthology, p. 109.
“There was no homeliness”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 103.
“obligatory period of post-war austerity”: Wheen, The Sixties, p. 14.
“So many factors commingled”: Green, Days in the Life, p. viii.
“It seemed great to me”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 115.
Although by no means an intellectual: Author interview with Lionel Bart, 1/16/98.
“an intuitive brightness”: “Now I’m bright enough but mine is an intuitive brightness.” Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 106.
“Coming in from the provinces”: Green, Days in the Life, p. 48.
“Every man who ever met Jane”: Author interview with Alistair Taylor, 1/17/98.
a pale, creamy complexion: “Her mass of Titian-coloured hair cascaded around her face and shoulders, her pale complexion.” C. Lennon, A Twist, p. 121.
“We thought she was blonde”: Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 110.
“She was smart and sexy”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/8/97.
“something about seeing them together”: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.
“Both of them came with plenty”: Author interview with John Dunbar, 1/13/98.
every night “out and about”: “They were always together.” Ibid.
“It was really like culture shock”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 106.
“For a young guy”: Ibid.
“I invited the whole industry”: Walter Hofer, 3/83, AGA.
“a good TV attraction”: Ed Sullivan in Pritchard & Lysaght, The Beatles, p. 140.
“plus five round-trip”: Ibid.
“to get over this hurdle”: Author interview with Roland Rennie, 8/7/97.
“But L.G. wasn’t asking anymore”: Author interview with Paul Marshall, 8/28/97.
According to a 1997 interview: “For whatever reason, I said, ‘Okay.’ ” Alan Livingston, Arena archives.
700,000 copies: “Advance orders for the disc…” NME, 11/3/63.
Even at Capitol: “For an artist that had a following, you might press twenty-five, fifty thousand.” Alan Livingston, Arena archives.
“After a while,” Bernstein recalled: Spitz, The Making of Superstars, p. 190.
“Girls are fainting”: “Beatsville,” Melody Maker, 11/9/63.
“rampaging fans”: Lewisohn, 25 Years in the Life, p. 29.
“Getting them inside”: “Beatsville,” Melody Maker, 11/9/63.
In Sunderland: “The Beatles manage their escape from the Sunderland Theater,” Braun, Love Me Do, p. 43.
George Martin arrived backstage: Author interview with Alistair Taylor, 1/17/98.
“a great album”: “Here They Come Again—Stand By for New Records,” Melody Maker, 11/23/63.
“a knockout”: “Beatles Tell the Secrets Behind Their Golden Tracks,” NME, 11/15/63.
“The second album was slightly better”: George Harrison in Anthology, p. 107.
It was influenced, John recalled: “He described [it] as ‘me trying to do a Smokey Robinson.’ ” Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 148.
“We were all very interested in American music”: Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 107.
“one of the all-time great poets”: Wenner, Lennon Remembers, p. 168.
Paul “sounded like a woman”: George Harrison in Braun, Love Me Do, p. 49.
“a failed attempt at a single”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 83.
something “artistic”: “With the Beatles is the first [album cover] where we thought, ‘Hey, let’s get artistic.’ ” George Harrison in Anthology, p. 107.
Freeman posed the Beatles: Freeman, Yesterday: The Beatles, p. 8.
“shockingly humorless”: “Certainly EMI were strongly opposed to its use.” Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 157.
“it would damage their image”: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.
“I’d never seen anything like it”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/8/97.
On that first day alone: NME, 11/29/63.
The Cavern sponsored the chartered excursion: “We had about 30 Cavernites on that plane.” Author interview with Bob Wooler, 10/30/97.
By the last week in November: Record Retailer, 11/28/63.
The next week “She Loves You”: Disc, 11/30/63.
NME’s album chart: “Best Selling LPs in Britain,” NME, 12/4/63.
“the switchboard just went totally wild”: “Carroll James Remembers,” Beatlefan, April-May 1984, pp. 8–9.
“There came a time”: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.
“the craziest Xmas greeting”: NME, 12/6/63.
“Thank you, Ringo”: The Beatles Christmas Record, Official Beatles Fan Club, 12/63.
“Somebody asked us”: Ibid.
“I started getting jelly babies”: Disc, April 1964.
“it felt dangerous”: “It was like being in a zoo on stage!” Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 106.
“gone right off jelly babies!”: The Beatles Christmas Record, 1963.
“on the cusp of showbiz”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 135.
“genuine”: In Michael Braun’s Love Me Do, Paul observes: “Quite a few people mention the word genuine” to describe the Beatles. “Which we’re not,” John responds (p. 32).
“a resident show”: Author interview with Peter Yolland, 1/12/98.
Delfont suggested he accept: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 101.
“drive him crackers”: Ibid., p. 102.
“a shambles, just chaos”: Author interview with Alistair Taylor, 1/17/98.
“quite revolutionary”: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.
“When I left Liverpool”: John Lennon, 1971 interview, in Anthology, p. 109.
“brand-new Jaguar XK-E”: Author interview with Frieda Kelly Norris, 10/5/97.
“My idea was to make the Beatles”: Author interview with Peter Yolland, 1/14/98.
“I used to wake up”: Author interview with Nigel Walley, 3/7/98.
“They’re not listening”: Author interview with Pete Shotton, 1/19/98.
Pan Am Flight 101: Pan American Airways flight logs.
“been over the moon”: C. Lennon, A Twist, p. 103.
a crowd of four thousand: “Four thousand girls… had arrived at London Airport.” Braun, Love Me Do, p. 90.
“boom[ed] out over the public address system”: New York Times, 2/6/64.
new pleated mohair suits: “Beatles New Suits for USA,” NME, 2/7/64.
“nothing like it”: Paul McCartney in Badman, Off the Record, 2/6/64, p. 78.
“In Liverpool, when you stood”: Fawcett, John Lennon: One Day at a Time, p. 115.
“with a mess of ideas”: Mimi Smith, AGA (undated).
“he thought we were winners”: George Harrison in Badman, Off the Record, p. 78.
Since just after takeoff: “Every half hour the stewardesses on the plane would carry a product to Epstein, who would then write a polite, ‘No’ to the manufacturer.” Nora Ephron, “Enter the Beatles,” New York Post, 2/9/64.
“Going to the States was a big step”: Davies, Beatles, p. 195.
Paul was also overheard: Braun, Love Me Do, p. 91.
“The pilot had rang ahead”: Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 116.
Shouts—whoops and cheers: “Just listen to that, fellers!” C. Lennon, A Twist, p. 105.
All day they had been urging listeners: Melody Maker, 2/15/64.
“Not even for kings”: “3,000 Fans Greet British Beatles,” New York Times, 2/8/64, p. 25.
“some punches were exchanged”: “Beatles In, Town Knows It,” Daily News, 2/8/64, p. 14.
“As far as I can tell”: Giuliano, Dark Horse, p. 47.
“We had heard that our records were selling”: George Harrison in Badman, Off the Record, p. 79.
“All right then”: Braun, Love Me Do, p. 94.
“Will you sing something”: Beatles Press Conference, transcript, 2/7/64.
“contagious… Beatle wit”: New York Times, 2/8/64, p. 49.
“Hey, I dig your hat”: George Harrison in Badman, Off the Record, p. 79, and in Pritchard & Lysaght, The Beatles, p. 149.
“The Beatles are coming”: Murray Kaufman in Pritchard & Lysaght, The Beatles, p. 146.
“Who are you?”: Badman, Off the Record, p. 80.
“the Beatles were lifted”: Ephron, “Enter the Beatles,” New York Post, 2/9/64, p. 27.
“I remember… getting into the limo”: Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 116.
It came as quite a shock: “The Plaza management was petrified.” Braun, Love Me Do, p. 96.
Exhausted from their flight: The Beatles: Their First American Visit (video), 1991.
“We wanted to hear the music”: John Lennon, 1964 interview, in Anthology, p. 119.
“We phoned every radio [station]”: “Epstein had to stop us.” Ibid.
“This is the Beatles’ station!”: WINS-AM archives, 2/7–8/64.
“[He] was as mad as a hatter”: Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 119.
George’s temperature: “Beatles Prepare for Their Debut,” New York Times, 2/9/64.
Wendy Hanson: “Capitol called me from Los Angeles and said, ‘Can you please get us an English secretary. We need someone for Epstein. We want to impress him.’ ” Wendy Hanson, 11/27/83, AGA.
“a rather nouveau-riche family”: Ibid.
“trolled with a bunch”: Nicky Byrne, 2/84, AGA.
A sculptor in London: NME, 4/3/64.
“Brian’s made a terrible mess”: Nicky Byrne, 2/84, AGA.
By the time Brian arrived: “When it dawned on Brian what had happened, it started to make him physically ill.” Braun, Love Me Do, p. 129.
“smoking night and day”: “Bootleggers Trying to Capture a Share of Success,” New York Times, 2/17/64, p. 20.
“Seltaeb was… in a business”: Walter Hofer, 3/83, AGA.
“all sorts of gear”: Nicky Byrne, 2/84, AGA.
“cruise past the Apollo”: Author interview with Paul McCartney, 5/27/97.
the label’s pressing plants: Dave Dexter in Pritchard & Lysaght, The Beatles, p. 155.
Otherwise, Meggs put himself: New York Times, 2/17/64, p. 20.
“vintage Coca-Cola”: Braun, Love Me Do, p. 103.
“asking dumb questions”: R. Spector, Be My Baby, p. 77.
John and George quickly developed serious crushes: Ibid., p. 72.
There was no chance of that: “Thank you for your recent request for tickets… and [we] are very sorry to tell you that so many ticket requests already have been received that we are unable to send you any at this time.” Letter, CBS TV Network, Ticket Bureau, CBS archives.
“It’s from Elvis!”: “America Gets the Beatle Bug from John, Paul, Ringo & George,” NME, 2/14/64.
“these youngsters from Liverpool”: The Ed Sullivan Show, 2/23/64, CBS archives.
“We weren’t happy”: Paul McCartney in Badman, Off the Record, p. 82.
“Finally,” George recalled: George Harrison in ibid.
“just stopped by to get a look”: WWDC radio interview, Carroll James, 2/11/64.
“having a row”: Wendy Hanson, 11/27/83, AGA.
“he sung rounds”: Ibid.
“Now, yesterday and today”: The Ed Sullivan Show, 2/9/64, CBS archives.
“crazy girls, who were going bananas”: Goldman, Lives of John Lennon, p. 159.
“a record, according to the A. C. Nielsen Company”: “Sullivan Show Scores,” New York Times, 2/11/64.
“a fad”: “The Beatles and Their Audience,” New York Times, 2/10/64.
“false modal frames”: Ibid.
“seemed downright conservative”: Washington Post, 2/10/64.
“Visually they are a nightmare”: Newsweek, 2/11/64.
BEATLES BOMB ON TV: New York Herald Tribune, 2/10/64.
“fucking soft”: Braun, Love Me Do, p. 109.
“If everybody really liked us”: John Lennon, 1964 interview, in Anthology, p. 120.
“vicious attack”: “He considered the reviews a vicious attack.” Brian Sommerville, 7/3/84, AGA.
“Before Epstein came here”: Braun, Love Me Do, p. 114.
Ostensibly, the conference was called: “Next morning we had another press conference when the news was released that we’d signed to make 3 films.” The Beatles in America (pamphlet; no copyright page or numbering).
“false modal frames”: Beatles press conference transcript, 2/10/64.
Three opening acts: “We had Tommy Roe and that groovy group the Chiffons.” The Beatles in America.
Murray the K showed up: “I broadcast my entire show from the Beatles’ dressing room.” Murray Kaufman in Pritchard & Lysaght, The Beatles, p. 152.
In most theaters-in-the-round: “Because it was an ice rink, there was no way to come up from under the stage.” Carroll James, “Fab Four on the Radio,” Beatlefan, April-May 1984, p. 9.
So Harry Lynn: “Harry Lynn said to me, ‘Your job is to keep everybody diverted.’ ” Ibid.
“The reaction was so overwhelming”: Paul McCartney, radio interview, 2/11/64, also cited in Goldman, Lives of John Lennon, p. 160.
“an obstacle course”: Goldman, Lives of John Lennon, p. 160.
“went berserk”: “The crowd went berserk with delight.” “America Gets the Beatle Bug,” NME, 2/14/64.
“All the Beatlemania ingredients”: Ibid.
“That night, we were… pelted”: George Harrison in Badman, Off the Record, p. 85.
“the ring-side seem like Omaha Beach”: Braun, Love Me Do, p. 119.
“Ringo, in particular”: Goldman, Lives of John Lennon, p. 160.
“the acoustics were terrible”: George Harrison in Grandstand interview, BBC-TV, 2/22/64.
“They could have ripped me apart”: “We’ve Got ’Em Luv, and It’s All Gear,” LIFE, 2/17/64, p. 34.
“What an audience!”: Braun, Love Me Do, p. 130.
“champagne party and masked”: British embassy invitation.
This was precisely the kind of function: “We always try to get out of those crap things.” George Harrison in Badman, Off the Record, p. 85.
as the boys made their entrance: “The whole ballroom of dancers sort of swirled around us when we came in.” The Beatles in America.
“So, what do you do?”: NME, 2/14/64.
“full quota of chinless wonders”: Martin, All You Need, p. 162.
“like something in a zoo”: Ringo Starr in Badman, Off the Record, p. 85.
“exchange pleasantries”: Brian Sommerville, 7/3/84, AGA.
“slightly drunk woman”: Braun, Love Me Do, p. 122.
But as the raffle presentation wound down: Daily Express, 2/13/64.
“What the hell do you think”: Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 120.
“This lot here”: Daily Express, 2/13/64.
John started for the door: Louise Harrison in Badman, Off the Record, p. 86.
“They were very sad”: Harry Benson in ibid.
“some giant three-ring”: George Martin in Anthology, p. 155.
“The only place we ever got any peace”: George Harrison in ibid.
“simply another theater”: Brian Sommerville, 7/3/84, AGA.
By February 3, a deal had been struck: “I have spoken to Sid Bernstein… and Brian Epstein… have both agreed…” Letter, Brown Meggs to Carnegie Hall, 2/3/64.
American Federation of Musicians: NME, 2/14/64.
“Yells and shouts”: “The Night Carnegie Hall Went Berserk,” Melody Maker, 2/22/64.
“looked the audience sternly”: New York Times, 2/13/64.
“thumping, twanging rhythms”: “2,900 Voice Chorus Joins the Beatles,” New York Times, 2/13/64.
“They are worth listening to”: “Hiram’s Report,” New Yorker, 2/22/64, p. 23.
“I hear they write”: “Plaque and Luncheon Celebrate a 50th Birthday for ASCAP,” New York Times, 2/14/64.
“Miami was like paradise”: Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 120.
“bathing beauties”: The Beatles in America.
“Beatle Central”: Rayl, Beatles ’64, p. 51.
“cozzies”: “Get your cozzies on!” Paul McCartney in ibid., p. 123.
“It was a big time”: “Miami was incredible.” Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 162.
“rock ’n roll gods”: Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 123.
Mau Mau Lounge: “The boys went to the Mau Mau Lounge… and were knocked out by the Coasters.” Melody Maker, 2/22/64, p. 11.
“the most brilliant place”: Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 120.
But the relaxed, unfettered lifestyle: “Even when we go swimming… the fans toss autograph books at us.” The Beatles in America.
stashed in the back: Norman, Shout!, p. 230.
borrowed from one of the local… affiliates: “We told Brian we wanted a pool, and the guy from the record company had one.” Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 123.
On the rare days: NME, 2/21/64.
By February 15: Billboard, 2/15/64.
Columnist Nat Hentoff: “Gold Drain,” NME, 2/21/64.
Paul felt compelled: “I think Clay is going to win.” Rayl, Beatles ’64, p. 53.
“It was a big publicity thing”: George Harrison in Anthology, p. 123.
“who could talk at the rate of”: Mailer, The Fight, p. 13.
“Get a load of them Beatles”: “The Beatles and Clay Spar a Fast Roundelay,” New York Times, 2/19/64.
“Where the fuck’s Clay?”: Remnick, King of the World, p. 158.
“Hello there, Beatles!”: New York Times, 2/19/64.
“didn’t know who they were”: Hauser, Muhammed Ali: His Life and Times, p. 63.
“insisted on having fun”: Mailer, The Fight, p. 11.
“Get down… worms”: Harry Benson in Badman, Off the Record, p. 87.
“with his gloved hand”: Rayl, Beatles ’64, p. 53.
here Poem: “Clay recited a topical epic.” New York Times, 2/19/64.
“with great reluctance”: Mailer, The Fight, p. 75.
“Clay mesmerized them”: Harry Benson in Badman, Off the Record, p. 87.
“Vied you do that?”: Hoffman, With the Beatles, p. 118.
More than one reporter: Press conference, Heathrow Airport, 2/22/64, Beatles interview. Project.
“healthy and British”: New York Times, 2/23/64.
“flattered”: Ibid.
“Earning all these dollars”: George Harrison in Grandstand interview, BBC-TV, 2/22/64.
the $253,000 check: Rayl, Beatles ’64, p. 54.
Barclays Bank Review: New York Times, 3/2/64.
The U.S. market was flooded with singles: Dusty Springfield at number 15, Dave Clark Five at number 33, Searchers at number 80. Cashbox, 2/24/64.
“With this transition”: History of British Rock Vol. 3 sleeve notes, Sire Records, 1975.
Big Night Out: “In addition to sketches, they will sing five songs.” NME, 2/28/64.
Ringo… flying home: Lewisohn, 25 Years in the Life, p. 40.
Most of the numbers were slated: “Some—for the soundtrack—were required before the film went into production.” Lewisohn, Sessions, p. 39.
“we knew they were good”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 163.
A version of “Can’t Buy Me Love”: Ibid., p. 162.
“It was the first ballad”: Ibid., p. 122.
“I think it was John”: Dick James in Badman, Off the Record, p. 90.
488–89 “the middle eight is mine”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 123.
“tired and depressed”: “But on Tuesday evening, George was tired and depressed.” NME, 2/28/64.
Grudgingly, he’d devoted an hour: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 110.
Daily Express… front-page news: Daily Express, 2/26/64, p. 1.
Dick James… cuff links: Lewisoh, Sessions, p. 40 (illustration).
a gorgeous Rolex: “I am still wearing the watch that I was given by Mr. Epstein.” George Harrison in Anthology, p. 134.
“a black New York girl-group song”: Sheff, Playboy Interviews, pp. 204–5.
It was John’s first attempt: MacDonald, Revolution in the Head, p. 86.
The symmetry of their voices: “recorded—at their request—together on one microphone.” Lewisohn, Sessions, p. 40.
“dripping with chords”: NME, 2/1/64.
“a bit of a formula song”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 163.
“The Beatles didn’t get totally immersed”: George Martin in Anthology, p. 124.
“We don’t stop until we’re confident”: “People Behind the Beatles,” NME, 3/6/64.
With time to spare: “By the time we did A Hard Day’s Night we would certainly put the basic track down and do the vocals afterward.” George Martin in Anthology, p. 124.
George had begun to experiment: “For the first time ever on record, I play a twelve-string guitar.” NME, 2/13/64.
an instrument so new: “Harrison’s was only the second of these instruments to be made.” MacDonald, Revolution in the Head, p. 85n.
The plan was to keep everything simple: Alun Owen in Badman, Off the Record, p. 92.
“The director knew we couldn’t act”: John Lennon, 1964 interview, in Anthology, p. 129.
“the Beatles fell right into it”: Author interview with Walter Shenson, 4/22/99.
“high-speed pseudodocumentary”: Ward, Rock of Ages, p. 278.
“disarming and refreshing”: Yule, Man Who Framed the Beatles, p. 7.
“little jokes, the sarcasm”: “Alun picked up a lot of little things about us.” Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 128.
“We were like that”: John Lennon, 1970 interview, in Anthology, p. 128.
an ungodly hour: “Getting up early… wasn’t our best talent.” Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 128.
“the lads never touched the script”: Beatlefan, February-March 1985, p. 12.
“frantically”: “We read [the script] frantically in the car.” “A Frank Talk by the Boys,” NME, 3/27/64.
“You never knew”: Victor Spinetti in Pritchard & Lysaght, The Beatles, p. 165.
“We’d make things up”: Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 129.
“Dick just went on shooting”: Victor Spinetti in Beatlefan, February-March 1985, pp. 12–13.
most of which Paul had written: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 111.
“too soft”: Author interview with Billy J. Kramer, 12/16/97.
492–93 “I could talk to him”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 113.
“Their bedrooms were next door”: Author interview with John Dunbar, 1/13/98.
“the laboratories”: Pearce Marchbank in Green, Days in the Life, pp. 32–33.
“Somehow it wasn’t to do”: Paul McCartney in ibid., p. 46.
1.7 million copies: NME, 3/13/64.
“Well, here it is!”: “Single Reviews,” NME, 3/13/64.
scores of singles: “Yes! You Can Hold My Hand” by the Beatlettes, “Beatle Fever” by Brett and Terry, “The Beatle Dance” by Ernie Maresca, “The Boy with the Beatle Haircut” by the Swans, “A Beatle I Want to Be” by Sonny Curtis, “The Beatles” by the Buddies, “We Love You Beatles” by the Carefrees.
A start-up label, Top Six: NME, 1/31/64.
Even Decca, at the behest: “Decca Signs Ex-Beatle,” ibid.
The original demo tape: “I told Jay Lasker ‘I need those tapes back,’ and Vee-Jay could never find them. ‘You know how it is…. ’ ” Author interview with Roland Rennie, 8/7/97.
Brian pleaded with EMI: “Cap Throws Block vs. Veejay’s [sic] Beatles,” Variety, 2/12/64.
“Tell Me If You Can”: “We’ve recorded a composition that Paul McCartney and I wrote.” NME, 3/20/64.
“Brian didn’t get very good deals”: George Harrison in Anthology, p. 98.
“wasn’t astute enough” Paul McCartney in ibid.
“long-term slave contracts”: Ibid.
“We had fifty times as many offers”: Rayl, Beatles ’64, p. 55.
a minimum guarantee of $20,000: Author interview with Sid Bernstein, 1977.
“no fewer than one hundred”: Standardized GAC contract for the Beatles, 5/64.
sold forty thousand copies: New York Times, 4/6/64.
“scrappy”: “The drawings were very scrappy because I’m heavy-handed.” John Lennon, 1964 interview, in Anthology, p. 134.
“There’s nothing deep in it”: Ibid.
descendent of the Daily Howl: “It started back in my school days. When I was about fourteen.” NME, 3/27/64.
“gobbledegook”: “I used to hide my real emotions in gobbledegook.” John Lennon, 1964 interview, in Anthology, p. 134.
“cultural earthquake”: Green, Days in the Life, viii.
“a laugh a minute”: Public Ear, BBC, 3/22/64.
“worth the attention”: Times Literary Supplement, 3/25/64.
Carl-Alan award: NME (ceremony photo), 3/27/64.
Record sales were astronomical: Billboard’s “Hot 100,” 4/11/64.
Everyone at NEMS was posted there: “He came into the office at Argyll Street.” Brian Sommerville, 7/4/83, AGA.
“I stuck out my hand”: From a recollection reprinted ad infinitum over the years, but probably originally from an account in the magazine Tit Bits, 1965.
“You can’t turn your back”: Brian Sommerville, AGA.
“He turned up after I was famous”: John Lennon, 1972 interview, in Anthology, p. 180.
“It was casting a sprat”: Author interview with Don Short, 8/11/97.
“Whenever fashions changed”: C. Lennon, A Twist, p. 117.
Much later, Twiggy: “Twiggy told me much later she copied Pattie.” Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/12/97.
“When we started filming”: Pattie Boyd in Davies, Beatles, p. 201.
“semi-engaged”: “Pattie… declined [George’s] offer.” Giuliano, Dark Horse, p. 62.
“confident about [his] relationship”: Eric Swayne in Badman, Off the Record, p. 96.
“Cyn and I had to dress”: Pattie Boyd in Davies, Beatles, p. 202.
“It was all so romantic”: Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 128.
UA, which never even saw: Walter Shenson, 4/84, AGA.
“There was something Ringo said”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 164.
“abusing the English language”: Author interview with Walter Shenson, 4/22/99.
“Ringo would always say”: George Harrison in Anthology, p. 130.
“I was just talking”: Ringo Starr in Grandstand interview, BBC-TV, 2/22/64.
John promptly wrote it down: “John always used to write them down.” Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 130.
“Ringoism”: Sheff, Playboy Interviews, p. 148.
“We’ve just got our title!”: Author interview with Walter Shenson, 4/22/99.
“I’m afraid we’re going to need a song”: Ibid.
They had already shot: “We filmed the scene where all the fans run into the train station.” Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 129.
The “strident” chord: “The ‘strident’ chord was the perfect launch.” George Martin in Lewisohn, Sessions, p. 43.
“because I couldn’t reach the notes”: Sheff, Playboy Interviews, p. 148.
“in the world of commerce”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 20.
“There are only a few journalists”: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.
“painted a new rainbow”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 86.
“He’s one of those people”: John Lennon, 1964 interview, in Anthology, p. 140.
“fact-gathering expedition”: “We were allowing ourselves five days… for a fact-gathering expedition.” D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 116.
“I am homosexual”: Ibid., p. 117.
“my personal assistant”: Ibid.
“The entire office took to him”: Author interview with Tony Bramwell, 8/8/97.
“a potboiler”: Derek Taylor in Anthology, p. 115.
Queer Jew: Coleman, Lennon, p. 203.
“My early days at NEMS”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 144.
“The heat was immediately on”: Ibid., p. 142.
His throat was especially sore: “My throat was so sore…. I was a smoker in those days, too.” Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 139.
“didn’t like it one bit”: “I got quite a fright when I saw Ringo sink to his knees.” Neil Aspinall in Badman, Off the Record, p. 101.
“Imagine, the Beatles”: George Harrison in Badman, Off the Record, p. 101.
postponed immediately: “I don’t want to do the tour without Ringo.” George Harrison in D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 146.
“Brian argued with us”: Paul McCartney in Badman, Off the Record, p. 101.
“bullied by Brian Epstein”: George Harrison in D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 146.
“It might have looked”: NME, 6/12/64.
“Humpity-Dumpity”: NME, 5/15/64 (advertisement).
There are various versions: “Brian called me and I went down to his office.” Beatlefan, Oct.-Nov. 1984, p. 22. “It was EMI asking if I could come down to the studio.” Baker, Beatles Down Under, p. 19. “The phone rang. It was George Martin.” Badman, Off the Record, p. 102.
“I nearly shit”: Beatlefan, Sept.-Oct. 1994, p. 12.
“mischief and carrying on”: Ibid.
“Wherever we went”: Wenner, Lennon Remembers, pp. 84–86.
“his head was a balloon”: Beatlefan, Sept.-Oct. 1994, p. 13.
“the most relaxing and happy”: C. Lennon, A Twist, p. 127.
“happy families time”: Ibid., p. 128.
“in the eye of a hurricane”: Solt & Egan, Imagine, p. 63.
“He played well”: Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 139.
“the Four Fabs”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 146.
“at least 100,000 cheering”: NME, 5/12/64.
“Fuck off, yer bald old crip!”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 149.
CHILD DYING: Ibid., p. 147.
“We’d been sitting”: George Harrison in Anthology, p. 139.
Fierce crosswinds: Baker, Down Under, p. 24.
“back of a flat-bed”: Neil Aspinall in Anthology, p. 140.
“the J. F. Kennedy position”: George Harrison in D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 159.
“you might get shot”: John Lennon, Adelaide press conference, 6/12/64.
“It was like a heroes’ welcome”: Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 140.
“a bitterly cold day”: Variety, 6/24/64.
“nearly twice as many”: New York Times, 6/13/64.
“horrendous”: Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 140.
“madness we had not seen”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 161.
the girls fainting: “Hundreds of youngsters fainted and… sustained minor injuries.” New York Times, 6/13/64.
“screamed so hard”: Ibid.
“frightening, chaotic”: Baker, Down Under, p. 57.
Description of premiere: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 132.
“behaved like delighted”: Author interview with Walter Shenson, 4/22/99.
“off-beat”: “Off-Beat Film on Beatles,” The Times (London), 7/8/64.
“exercise in anarchy”: Sunday Times, 7/12/64.
“delightfully loony”: Daily Express, 7/8/64.
“a whale of a comedy”: “The Four Beatles in ‘A Hard Day’s Night,’ ” New York Times, 8/12/64.
“I dug A Hard Day’s Night”: John Lennon, 1970 interview, in Anthology, p. 128.
“We knew it was better”: Ibid., p. 129.
“not as good as James Bond”: John Lennon, Liverpool interview, 7/10/64.
the movie opened to critical success: NME, 7/10/64.
“with a record 160 prints”: “On the British Movie Scene,” New York Times, 8/2/64.
“would gross at least a million”: NME, 7/10/64.
“That’s the stuff!”: “Beatles Still Love to Play Jokes,” NME, 7/17/64.
“It was extraordinary”: “They were absolutely terrified.” Sunday Times (special Beatles issue), 1983.
“[Friends] kept coming down”: Press reception transcript, Liverpool, 7/10/64.
“one or two little rumors”: Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 144.
Paul had settled a paternity claim: Goldman, Lives of John Lennon, p. 150.
“with astonishing nonchalance”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 179.
“Being local heroes”: John Lennon, 1967 interview, in Anthology, p. 144.
their “own people”: Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 144.
“Miles away from Speke”: Sunday Times (special Beatles issue), 1983.
“Did you ever imagine”: Press conference with Gerald Harrison, 7/10/64.
“You want to get some teeth”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 181.
a 1:30 A.M. flight: Lewisohn, Chronicle, p. 165.
“really weird characters”: C. Lennon, A Twist, p. 114.
“People were ringing”: Author interview with Nigel Walley, 3/11/98.
“select”: C. Lennon, A Twist, p. 114.
“They were the hardest-working entertainers”: Author interview with Ray Ennis, 10/1/97.
“By the time we were getting drunk”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 183.
she’d suffered a nervous collapse: “Last Monday she went to a hospital with cuts on her arms.” New York Times, 7/25/64.
“Aw, fuck off”: George Harrison in D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 183.
“very edgy and nervous”: Ibid.
“was the epitome of great talent”: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.
“a send-off”: Author interview with Ken Partridge, 1/18/98.
“He tried hard to conceal”: Ibid.
“It had a disastrous effect”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/9/97.
“He was always putting pills”: Author interview with Billy J. Kramer, 12/16/97.
“Brian was far too uptight”: Author interview with Ken Partridge, 1/18/98.
“on jukeboxes in a hundred thousand joints”: Kansas City Times, 10/18/64, p. 1.
“America was now very aware”: Neil Aspinall in Anthology, p. 146.
“and now it was perceived”: Rayl, Beatles ’64, p. 66.
“Communist… pact”: “Beatlemania Analyzed,” Seattle Times, 8/22/64.
“It scares you”: Los Angeles Times, 8/19/64.
“I saw two girls”: “We Couldn’t Get into Beatlesville!” NME, 8/21/64.
“No sooner had the Beatles moved”: Walter Hofer, 3/83, AGA.
“total madness”: Author interview with Larry Kane, 12/24/97.
“Security was just awful”: Ibid.
“exasperated sheriff’s deputies”: “Youngsters Swarm Over Hotel,” Las Vegas Review-Journal (story and photo caption), 8/20/64.
“pinned in their dressing room”: “Beatles Bat It Out for Seattle,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 8/22/64.
“a frozen T-bone”: Author interview with Art Schreiber, 3/3/98.
“dull-sounding big beat”: Vancouver Sun, 8/24/64.
“screaming, weeping ecstasy”: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 8/22/64.
“It felt like an earthquake”: Author interview with Larry Kane, 12/24/97.
“They were real players”: Author interview with Bill Medley, 5/7/98.
“we don’t want [the fans] quiet”: John Lennon, 1966 interview, in Anthology, p. 150.
“vibrated like crazy”: Author interview with Art Schreiber, 3/3/98.
“After a few days of circling”: Author interview with Larry Kane, 12/24/97.
“Lennon was a fiend”: Author interview with Art Schreiber, 3/3/98.
George put it, “rattle”: “Pop stars shouldn’t rattle their audience.” George Harrison in Anthology, p. 145.
“We were being asked about it”: John Lennon, 1972 interview, in Anthology, p. 145.
“We couldn’t help ourselves”: John Lennon from 1968 and 1972 interviews in Anthology, p. 145.
“It was all perfectly respectable”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 198.
“Mal knocked on my door”: Author interview with Larry Kane, 3/15/02.
the Beatles steered clear: “… but no one caught anything.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 8/22/64.
A makeshift barricade: Author interview with lobby manager, Edgewater Hotel, 9/4/97.
Girls were eventually discovered: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 8/22/64.
Later the Beatles learned: “Ringo told me they did it, and how they were all very proud of it.” Author interview with Larry Kane, 12/24/97.
“explosive situation”: Variety, 9/9/64.
“to jam up against”: Vancouver Sun, 8/24/64.
“If you don’t stop”: Paul McCartney, from a bootleg recording, Empire Stadium, 8/22/64.
“It was pretty scary”: Author interview with Chris Hutchins, 8/6/97.
“Dozens of fans stormed”: NME, 9/4/64.
In Boston on September 12: Boston Globe, 9/13/64.
“The police were truly awful”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 224.
“surged toward the stage”: “Police Hard Put to Quell Charge of Beatle Fans,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, 9/16/64.
“as did a brass railing”: “Ohio Girls Rush Beatles and Police Interrupt Show,” New York Times, 9/16/64.
“Sit down, sit down”: “Bye Bye Beatles Fans, Police Sigh,” Cleveland Press, 8/15/64.
“hurricane of boos”: Cleveland Plain Dealer, 8/16/64.
“It touched off a kind of screaming”: Author interview with Art Schreiber, 3/3/98.
Several windows were shattered: Cleveland Plain Dealer, 8/16/64.
The police were reluctant: “The Beatles, now dressed again and not at all pleased at having to push on, did return and Cleveland got its concert.” D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 227.
“Welcome to you in the trees!”: Audiotape, Hollywood Bowl, 8/23/64.
“a gorgeous California night”: Author interview with Larry Kane, 12/24/97.
A lot of importance: “It seemed so important and everybody was saying things.” John Lennon, 1964 interview, in Anthology, 150.
“They were great as a live band”: George Martin in Anthology, p. 150.
“not much of the mop-haired”: “Beatle Fans—Hollywood Bowl Chapter,” Los Angeles Times, 8/24/64.
“almost too well behaved”: John Lennon in Jim Steck interview (audio), 8/25/64.
“best-looking” starlets: David Gerber in Rayl, Beatles ’64, p. 100.
“very casual”: Author interview with Larry Kane, 12/24/97.
“We saw a couple of film stars”: John Lennon, 1966 interview, in Anthology, p. 150.
“was a very expensive”: George Harrison in D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 203.
“about eight feet tall”: Ibid., p. 150.
Ringo, who came dressed: “I had a poncho and two toy guns.” Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 150.
“I wish we had real guns”: NME, 10/11/64.
Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee: “John was receiving visitors like Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee.” Ibid.
“harangued and hassled”: Derek Taylor in Rayl, Beatles ’64, p. 108.
“absolute privacy”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 204.
“It was bad from the get-go”: Author interview with Larry Kane, 3/8/02.
“Beatlemania [was] in full frenzy”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 204.
“the whole of Hollywood paparazzi”: George Harrison in Anthology, p. 150.
“Tell him to drop his camera”: John Lennon, 1964 interview, in ibid., p. 153.
The next day, predictably: “Beatles Leave L.A. Gasping,” Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 8/24/64.
In Baltimore: Rayl, Beatles ’64, p. 194.
“That was horrendous”: George Harrison in D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 204.
But at the old Muhlbach: Author interview with Art Schreiber, 3/3/98.
“Older women would come up”: Ibid.
“After most shows, you couldn’t”: Wendy Hanson, 11/27/83, AGA.
“The Beatles hated that”: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.
“reminded him of Brigitte Bardot”: Author interview with Art Schreiber, 3/3/98.
“This is it!”: Rayl, Beatles ’64, p. 123.
the city hit them: “The Beatles reeled.” D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 207.
The Plaza Hotel now knew: “They stayed at the Delmonico because Ed Sullivan lived there and could get them a suite.” Sid Bernstein, from notes for Spitz, Making of Superstars.
But when their limo pulled: “Beatles Reach Town: It’s Fan, Fan, Fantastic,” New York Post, 8/29/64.
“a screaming success”: “Concentration of Screaming Teen-Agers [sic] Noted at Hotel,” New York Times, 8/29/64.
Paul had discovered him first: “We loved him and had done [so] since his first album which I’d had in Liverpool.” Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 187.
“And for the rest of our three weeks”: John Lennon, 1964 interview, in Anthology, p. 114.
“one of the most memorable”: George Harrison in ibid., p. 112.
“I’m sure this kind of thing”: Paul McCartney in ibid., p. 158.
“I’d started thinking about”: John Lennon, 1970 interview, in ibid., p. 158.
“He made us feel”: White, Rock Lives, p. 199.
“I think it was Dylan”: John Lennon, 1970 interview, in Anthology, p. 158.
“When I met Dylan”: John Lennon, 1971 interview, in ibid.
“How about something… organic?”: Rayl, Beatles ’64, p. 134.
“We first got marijuana”: George Harrison in Anthology, p. 158.
“But what about your song”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 187. John says: “Bob Dylan had heard one of our records where we said, ‘I can hide,’ and he understood, ‘I get high.’ ” John Lennon, 1969 interview, in Anthology, p. 158.
“a skinny American joint”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 188.
“my official taster”: Rayl, Beatles ’64, p. 135.
As Paul recounted: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 188.
“We were just legless”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 212.
“he’d been up there”: Rayl, Beatles ’64, p. 135.
“It may not seem the least bit”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 189.
“Get it down, Mal”: D. Taylor, Fifty Years, p. 212.
“He kept answering our phone”: John Lennon, 1969 interview, in Anthology, p. 158.
“I’ll probably open”: Beatles press conference, Cow Palace, San Francisco, 8/19/64.
$5.8 million in U.S. rentals: United Artists, six-week rentals accounting.
By October 1964, EMI: “Sidelights: Profit Is Spelled with a Beatle,” New York Times, 10/25/64.
“largely due to Beatle [sic] records”: Time, 10/2/64, p. 112.
Variety also reported: “Epstein Values 1/4 Beatles Slice at $4,000,000,” Variety, 11/11/64.
Now he turned down $10 million: Ibid.
“this one in color”: Disc, 9/26/64.
It seemed ridiculous to try: “A lot of it was… thinking this was the way things were done if the record company needs another album.” Neil Aspinall in Anthology, p. 161.
“a lousy period”: John Lennon, 1964 interview, in Anthology, p. 160.
“Basically,” Paul explained: Paul McCartney in ibid., p. 159.
“the moon and June stuff”: Melody Maker, 2/1/64.
“We got more and more free”: Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 160.
“version of ‘Silhouettes’ ”: Sheff, Playboy Interviews, p. 147.
“too way out”: John Lennon in Melody Maker, 2/1/64.
“[wouldn’t] know quite what to make”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 175.
“No one was allowed to record”: Author interview with Tony Crane, 10/7/97.
“The ideas were there”: Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 159.
“played live so often”: George Harrison in ibid., p. 160.
“kick things around”: “We’d go up to a little room, get our guitars out and kick things around.” Ibid., p. 159.
“It was like a little blessing”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 174.
“was never a good song”: Sheff, Playboy Interviews, p. 148.
“a typical happy”: “Beatles Next Album,” NME, 11/13/64.
one of his favorite records: John Lennon, 1974 interview, in Anthology, p. 160.
“I told [the other Beatles]”: “Secrets of the House of Lennon,” NME, 12/4/64.
“lousy”/“sounded like an ‘A’ side”: “I said to Ringo, ‘I’ve written this song but it’s lousy.’ ” Ibid.
“a real gas”: NME, 11/27/64.
“We were just about to walk away”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 172.
“the first feedback”: Sheff, Playboy Interviews, p. 147.
“We finally took over”: John Lennon, 1973 interview, in Anthology, p. 193.
“all the deals were bad”: George Harrison in ibid., p. 290.
There was also the lingering suspicion: “There were stories of the Seltaeb people living very high off the hog in America… and at the same time not accounting and not paying to NEMS.” Geoffrey Ellis, Arena archives.
“a major ripoff”: “It had become apparent to him in London that this was just a major ripoff.” Author interview with Nat Weiss, 1/28/98.
543–44 “Seltaeb was not accounting properly”: Geoffrey Ellis, Arena archives.
J. C. Penney and Woolworth’s: “Woolworth’s returned $40 million worth of merchandise. Penney’s $28 million.” Nicky Byrne, 2/84, AGA.
“The reality is that the Beatles”: Author interview with Nat Weiss, 1/28/98.
“a Mecca for the Mods”: Hewison, Too Much, p. 71.
“I can remember going down Carnaby”: Author interview with Ray Connolly, 8/7/97.
“I can’t overpitch this”: Cohn, Today There Are No Gentlemen, p. 67.
“popocracy”: Melly, Revolt Into Style, p. 74.
“It was a shouty, lively scene”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 133.
“It was the pub”: Ibid.
“golden boy”: “I was kind of a golden boy at this point.” Author interview with Lionel Bart, 1/16/98.
“Everyone who came in”: Author interview with Colin Manley, 10/2/97.
“I’ve sold myself to the devil”: Coleman, Lennon, p. 256.
“Cynthia wanted to settle John down”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 167.
There wasn’t an ounce of love lost: “She absolutely hated John.” Author interview with Ken Partridge, 1/18/98.
“It was catastrophic for Cynthia”: Author interview with Tony Bramwell, 8/6/97.
They had bought a new Rolls-Royce: “Neither of us had passed our driving tests.” C. Lennon, A Twist, p. 119.
“I would frequently spend weeks”: Ibid., p. 122.
“sick and sleepy”: Ibid., p. 131.
“George was the worst runaround”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/12/97.
“wasn’t married to Jane”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 143.
“I got around quite a lot”: Ibid., p. 142.
“He was well jealous”: Ibid., p. 143.
“very impressed by… the clarity”: Ibid., p. 125.
“rubbing-up”/“They were on the way out”: Ibid., p. 127.
“the feebleness of the show”: “Beatles’ Act Great—But Not the Show,” NME, 1/1/65.
“Obviously this show”: “Time Out for the Beatles,” NME, 1/22/65.
“In the second sketch”: NME, 1/1/65.
“a mad story”: George Harrison, Beatles Book Monthly, 5/65, p. 9.
“smoking marijuana for breakfast”: Beatlefan, Nov.-Dec. 1966.
“Dick Lester knew”: Ringo Starr in Anthology, p. 169.
“In a poll”: “Closeup: Beatle Drummer,” New York Post, 2/11/64.
“I Love Ringo” badges: Clayson, Straight Man, p. 85.
“In the States, I know”: Melody Maker, 11/14/64.
how “amazed” he was: “George was amazed.” John Lennon, NME, 2/19/65.
It was a hasty, intimate affair: “The following day George and I had a meeting… and after it Brian Epstein told us ‘officially’ in his car.” “Ringo as a Married Man—By John Lennon,” NME, 2/19/65.
“going to wear radishes”: “Beatles’ Ringo Wed Quietly in London,” New York Times, 2/12/65.
RICH WED EARLY: Paul McCartney in Pritchard & Lysaght, The Beatles, p. 190.
“Maureen hated the spotlight”: Author interview with Roy Trafford, 11/3/97.
“We went to the Ad Lib”: Author interview with Marie Crawford, 11/1/97.
“He’s the marrying kind”: NME, 2/19/65.
“No matter what the consequences”: Will Wedding Bells Break Up the Beatles?” New York Sunday News, 3/15/64, p. 4.
John and Paul had written: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 193.
“twelve guitars”: Coleman, Lennon, p. 236.
“had about ten… all linked”: Wenner, Lennon Remembers, p. 128.
“We made a game of it”: Author interview with Paul McCartney, 3/21/97.
“It was a slightly new sound”: Wenner, Lennon Remembers, p. 106.
“Resentfulness, or love”: Sheff, Playboy Interviews, p. 149.
“the way Ringo played”: Ibid., p. 165.
“We sat down and wrote it together”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 193.
“John and I don’t work”: New York Herald Tribune, 12/26/65, p. 26.
John brought in most of: Miles, Paul McCartney, pp. 194–95.
“lyrical melodies dressed”: Riley, Tell Me Why, p. 20.
“impatient”/“real optimistic”: Sheff, Playboy Interviews, p. 150.
“just basically John doing Dylan”: Okun, The Compleat Beatles, vol. 2, p. 32.
“He was paranoid about”: George Harrison in Anthology, p. 173.
“He’s a good P.R. man”: Wenner, Lennon Remembers, p. 61.
“He could charm the Queen’s profile”: Author interview with Bob Wooler, 10/30/97.
“We were different”: Sheff, Playboy Interviews, p. 121.
“deep depressions”: Ibid., p. 150.
“I was fat and depressed”: Ibid.
“He was feeling a bit constricted”: Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 171.
“retrospectively”: George Harrison in Anthology, p. 173.
“to complete it”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 199.
“non-stop” frivolous: Neil Aspinall in Anthology, p. 161.
“rather secretively”: Paul McCartney in ibid., p. 181.
“astonished”: “Beatles Astonished by Queen’s Award; Other Britons, Too,” New York Times, 6/13/65.
“The M.B.E., barely a notch above”: Author interview with Jonathon Green, 8/14/01.
“great commercial advantage”: “Furor Over Beatles,” New York Times, 6/20/65.
“doubtful if Queen Elizabeth”: Ibid.
“I was embarrassed”: Davies, Beatles, p. 207.
“It seems that the road”: The Sun (London), 6/14/65.
“irate”: “Donald Zec was irate.” Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/30/97.
“In the name of all”: Daily Mirror, 6/14/65.
Only the Daily Telegraph: Daily Telegraph, 6/13/65.
“I am so disgusted”: “Two British Heroes Protest Award of Honors to Beatles,” New York Times, 6/16/65.
Colonel George Wagg: “Mopheads, M.B.E.,” Newsweek, 6/15/65, p. 38.
while another disgruntled war hero: New York Times, 6/20/65.
“superior authority’s wish”: “Irked by Award to Beatles, Canadian Returns Medal,” New York Times, 6/15/65.
“a strange uptempo thing”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 200.
“Auntie Gin’s Theme”: MacDonald, Revolution in the Head, p. 123.
“dragging you forward”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 200.
“larynx-tearing”: Lewisohn, Sessions, p. 59.
Ringo had already recorded: “He recorded it but they didn’t think it had worked out very well.” Alf Bicknell in Leigh, Speaking Words of Wisdom, p. 38.
“as simply as possible”: George Martin in Beatlefan, no. 86, p. 15.
“remarkably controlled”: Coleman, Yesterday & Today, p. 43.
“woke up one morning”: Paul McCartney in Anthology, p. 175.
“very nice”/“a nick”: Coleman, Yesterday & Today, p. 6.
“it was all there”: Gambaccini, In His Own Words, pp. 17–19.
“It was fairly mystical”: Coleman, Yesterday & Today, p. 7.
“He hummed it several times”: Author interview with Lionel Bart, 1/16/98.
“This one, I was convinced”: Coleman, Yesterday & Today, p. 6.
“Jane was sleeping”: Miles, Paul McCartney, p. 204.
“He said straightaway”: Coleman, Yesterday & Today, p. 18.
“I objected to it”: George Martin in Pritchard & Lysaght, The Beatles, p. 192.
“We tried ways of doing it”: Leigh, Speaking Words of Wisdom, p. 39.
“What about having a string accompaniment”: George Martin in Pritchard & Lysaght, The Beatles, p. 192.
“Mantovani”/“syrupy stuff”: Ibid.
“It sounded a little too gypsy-like”: Coleman, Yesterday & Today, p. 45.
“No, whatever we do”: George Martin in Anthology, p. 175.