CONTENTS

Introduction

1. And in the Beginning . . .

2. And the Fabs Begin to Play

3. From ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ to the Peel Street Labour Club

4. All these Places had their Moments

5. George Joins the Band

6. John and Paul Start Writing

7. The Fifth Beatle

8. From the Quarrymen to the Beatles

9. The Fifth Beatle

10. All these Places had their Moments

11. All these Places had their Moments

12. The Fifth Beatle

13. The Decca Auditon

14. The Fifth Beatle

15. Ringo Joins the Beatles

16. The Fifth Beatle

17. Songbook

18. Songbook

19. Songbook

20. Songbook

21. The Fifth Beatle

22. All these Places had their Moments

23. Songbook

24. All these Places had their Moments

25. Songbook

26. Songbook

27. Cracking America

28. All these Places had their Moments

29. The Fifth Beatle

30. When the Beatles Met Cassius Clay

31. Songbook

32. On the Silver Screen

33. Songbook

34. Songbook

35. John Lennon, Author

36. The Fifth Beatle

37. All these Places had their Moments

38. When the Beatles Met Bob Dylan

39. Songbook

40. Songbook

41. Songbook

42. On the Silver Screen

43. Songbook

44. The Beatles Meet the Queen

45. Songbook

46. All these Places had their Moments

47. When the Fab Four Met the King

48. The Beatles Trip

49. All these Places had their Moments

50. Songbook

51. Songbook

52. Songbook

53. Songbook

54. Songbook

55. All these Places had their Moments

56. Bigger than Jesus

57. All these Places had their Moments

58. What Next for the Beatles?

59. Songbook

60. Songbook

61. Songbook

62. R.I.P. Brian Epstein

63. Songbook

64. Songbook

65. On the Silver Screen

66. Songbook

67. The Fifth Beatle

68. All these Places had their Moments

69. The Fifth Beatle

70. Apple Corps

71. The Fifth Beatle

72. On the Silver Screen

73. Songbook

74. Songbook

75. The Fifth Beatle

76. A Day of Reckoning: The Manson Murders

77. Songbook

78. Get Back

79. The Fifth Beatle

80. Up on the Roof

81. Songbook

82. Beatle Busts

83. Songbook

84. Apple Goes Sour

85. The Fifth Beatle

86. Songbook

87. Songbook

88. Paul is Dead

89. Songbook

90. The Fifth Beatle

91. Songbook

92. On the Silver Screen

93. And in the End

94. Beatles v. Stones

95. The Songs the Beatles Gave Away

96. Beatles Cover Versions

97. Solo Work

98. The Death of John Lennon: 08/12/80

99. The Beatles Re-FORM

100. The Death of George Harrison: 29/11/01

101. The Beatles in the Digital Age

Beatley Stuff

Acknowledgements