CONTENTS

1. A Proper Upbringing

2. The Messiah Arrives

3. Muscle and Sinew

5. A Simple Twist of Fete

6. The Missing Links

7. A Good Little Sideshow

8. The College Band

9. Chalk and Cheese

10. Moondogs and Englishmen

11. Hit the Road: Jac

12. Baptism by Fire

13. A Revelation to Behold

15. A Gigantic Leap of Faith

16. The Road to London

17. Do the Right Thing

19. A Touch of the Barnum & Bailey

20. Dead Chuffed

21. The Jungle Drums

22. Kings of the Jungle

23. So This Is Beatlemania

24. Once Upon a Time in America

25. Tomorrow Never Knows

26. In the Eye of a Hurricane

27. Lennon and McCartney to the Rescue

28. Into the Cosmic Consciousness

29. Just Sort of a Freak Show

30. A Storm in a Teacup

31. A Very Freaky Experience

32. The Summer of Love

33. From Bad to Worse

34. An Additional Act

35. Good-bye to the Boys in the Band!

36. Disturbing the Peace

37. And in the End…

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Applause for Bob Spitz’s THE BEATLES