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Abe, Gloria, 405
Adler, Lou, 361
Alexander, Arthur, 150
Ali, Muhammad, 177, 321
Ali, Tariq, 336–7, 351
American Graffiti, 360
And God Created Woman, 67
Animals, the, 190
Anthony, Les, 194, 228, 255, 259
Apple companies, 251–2, 255–6, 258, 266–7, 274, 281, 283
Christmas party, 290–2
and Klein management, 299–301, 312, 331, 357
Savile Row concert, 297–8
Yoko and, 364, 377
Ardmore and Beechwood, 124, 128, 139, 144, 153
Argyll, Duchess of, 158
Aronowitz, Al, 187
Arts Lab, 290
Asher, Jane, 157, 166, 169, 237–8, 241, 247, 256, 259–60, 263, 283
Asher, Peter, 300, 312
Aspinall, Neil, 98–9, 108, 116, 118–19, 130, 133–5, 146, 194, 204, 230, 246, 251, 259, 267, 326, 354, 382, 384, 409
Astaire, Fred, 348
Attica State Prison, 351, 406
Bach, Barbara, 407
Bach, J. S., 239
Bacharach, Burt, 150
Badfinger, 300, 344, 382
Baez, Joan, 195
Baker, Barbara, 33–4, 44, 50, 60
Baker, Hylda, 121
Ballard, Arthur, 55–7, 64, 85
Balmforth, Plum, 149
Band, the, 317
Band of the Cheshire Yeomanry, 37
Bangladesh concert, 344–5
Barber, Chris, 49
Bardot, Brigitte, 67, 93
Barrow, Tony, 204, 220, 222, 224, 275
Bassanini, Roberto, 279–80
Bay City Rollers, 382
Beach Boys, 175, 210, 226, 260
Beatlemania, 163, 168, 170, 180, 202, 224, 272, 368, 379, 404
Beatles
and America, 170–7, 179, 186, 188–9, 201–2
awarded MBEs, 205–6
Beatles ‘look’, 105–6, 110–11, 149, 162
beginnings, 23, 75–6, 82–5, 102
and Brian Epstein’s death, 247–52
call for legalisation of marijuana, 246–7
Cavern debut, 100–2
cease touring, 222–6
Christmas shows, 169
Decca audition, 118–20, 122–4, 51
dissolution and legal proceedings, 357, 366, 370
and fabricated rivalries, 190–1
final tour, 218–22
first photo session, 93
flop in Paris, 170
George walks out, 295–6
grow moustaches, 234
in Hamburg, 84–96, 102, 104–7, 125–7, 142, 144–6, 219
increase in royalties under Klein, 312
introduction to drugs, 187, 197, 199–200
Japanese concerts, 219–20
John leaves, 313–14, 319
and John’s wedding, 135–7
last Cavern appearance, 160
lead singers, 131
lose control of Northern Songs, 304–5
management battle, 299–301
meditation and Rishikesh, 245–6, 258–64
meet Brian Epstein, 112–23
meet Elvis, 202–4
meet Ringo, 90, 94
‘more popular than Jesus’, 213, 223–4, 404
the name, 76
Paul leaves, 324–5
perform as Silver Beetles, 79–80
Pete Best joins, 84–5
in Philippines, 220–2
play Empire Theatre, 141–2
play Litherland Town Hall, 98–9
recording studio disaster, 296
recording with Tony Sheridan, 106–7, 112–13
renounce drugs, 246
Ringo joins, 132–5
Ringo walks out, 278, 295
sack Pete Best, 132–5, 275
Savile Row concert, 297–8
self-confidence, 161–2
sign contract with Brian Epstein, 140
sign to EMI, 128–9
songwriting credits, 140–1
Stuart Sutcliffe leaves, 107
and Stuart Sutcliffe’s death, 125–7
support Helen Shapiro, 149, 152
tour Scotland, 146
tour with Johnny Gentle, 80–1
work ethic, 293, 360
and Yoko’s arrival, 276–8, 289, 294, 305–6
Beatles (albums)
Abbey Road, 308–9, 311, 314, 376
Beatles for Sale, 191
Help!, 195–9, 210
Let It Be, 54, 293–8, 308, 314, 322–4, 340
Revolver, 215–18, 234
Rubber Soul, 207–10, 215, 218, 285
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 234–40, 257, 267, 285, 334, 379
The Beatles: Yesterday and Today, 218
White Album, 26, 276–8, 284, 290, 293, 329
With The Beatles, 93, 165–6
Beatles (films)
A Hard Day’s Night, 177–8, 182, 184–5, 197, 226
Help!, 195–9, 226–7, 231
Let It Be, 293–8, 308, 314, 323–5
Magical Mystery Tour, 252–3, 255–8
Beatles (songs)
‘A Day in the Life’, 235–6, 240
‘Across the Universe’, 258
‘All My Loving’, 165, 174
‘All You Need Is Love’, 241, 321
‘And I Love Her’, 178
‘Ask Me Why’, 144
‘Back in the USSR’, 262, 278
‘Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite’, 235
‘Blackbird’, 262
‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, 170, 178
‘Carry That Weight’, 309, 342
‘Come Together’, 309, 316
‘Cry Baby Cry’, 288
‘Day Tripper’, 210
‘Dear Prudence’, 261–2, 278
‘Don’t Let Me Down’, 297
‘Eight Days a Week’, 191
‘Eleanor Rigby’, 195, 216, 234
‘For No One’, 216
‘From Me to You’, 152
‘Get Back’, 204, 295, 297, 305
‘Getting Better’, 236
‘Girl’, 208
‘Glass Onion’, 277
‘Golden Slumbers’, 309
‘Good Day Sunshine’, 216
‘Good Morning Good Morning’, 235
‘Got to Get You Into My Life’, 216
‘Happiness Is a Warm Gun’, 277
‘Hello, Goodbye’, 254
‘Hello Little Girl’, 120, 123, 130, 51
‘Help’, 195, 197–8
‘Here Comes the Sun’, 309
‘Here, There and Everywhere’, 216
‘Hey Bulldog’, 259
‘Hey Jude’, 283–4
‘I Am the Walrus’, 13, 253–4, 275
‘I Call Your Name’, 178
‘I Feel Fine’, 191, 368
‘I, Me, Mine’, 296
‘I Saw Her Standing There’, 150, 368
‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’, 166, 170–1, 187
‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’, 309, 376
‘I Will’, 262, 277
‘If I Fell’, 178
‘I’m a Loser’, 187–8
‘I’m Down’, 201
‘I’m Looking Through You’, 209
‘I’m Only Sleeping’, 215
‘I’m So Tired’, 262
‘In My Life’, 208, 232
‘It Won’t Be Long’, 165
‘It’s Only Love’, 196
‘Julia’, 26, 276
‘Lady Madonna’, 258
‘Let It Be’, 295, 323, 325
‘Like Dreamers Do’, 120, 128
‘Love Me Do’, 130–2, 138–42, 144, 148–9, 153
‘Love of the Loved’, 120
‘Lovely Rita’, 235
‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’, 13, 235, 368
‘Martha My Dear’, 262
‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’, 309
‘Mean Mr Mustard’, 309
‘Michelle’, 209
‘Misery’, 149
‘Mother Nature’s Son’, 277
‘No Reply’, 191
‘Norwegian Wood’, 192, 195, 207–8
‘Not a Second Time’, 167
‘Nowhere Man’, 208
‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’, 262
‘Octopus’s Garden’, 309
‘One After 909’, 54, 297
‘Only a Northern Song’, 237
‘Paperback Writer’, 216
‘Penny Lane’, 208, 233–4, 240
‘Please Please Me’, 140, 143–4, 147–8, 150
‘Polythene Pam’, 309
‘P.S. I Love You’, 91, 140
‘Revolution’, 277, 283–4
‘Revolution 9’, 284
‘Sexy Sadie’, 264
‘She Came In Through the Bathroom Window’, 309
‘She Loves You’, 73, 161, 166, 170, 181, 216, 329
‘She Said, She Said’, 215
‘She’s Leaving Home’, 235
‘Something’, 309, 316
‘Strawberry Fields Forever’, 228, 232–4, 240, 295
‘Thank You Girl’, 152
‘The Ballad of John and Yoko’, 305
‘The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill’, 262
‘The Inner Light’, 258
‘The Long and Winding Road’, 295, 323
‘The Word’, 230
‘There’s a Place’, 150–1
‘Things We Said Today’, 188
‘This Boy’, 166, 196
‘Ticket to Ride’, 196
‘Tomorrow Never Knows’, 215–16, 245
‘We Can Work It Out’, 209
‘When I’m Sixty-Four’, 233, 235, 289
‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’, 277
‘With a Little Help from My Friends’, 237
‘Within You Without You’, 237
‘Yellow Submarine’, 216, 234, 289
‘Yer Blues’, 262, 290, 311
‘Yes It Is’, 196
‘Yesterday’, 198–9, 204, 209, 341
‘You Can’t Do That’, 178
‘You Never Give Me Your Money’, 309
‘Your Mother Should Know’, 255
‘You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away’, 197
Beatles Fan Club, 108, 138
Beattie, Don, 31
Beatty, Warren, 360
Beckett, Samuel, 162
Bee Gees, 251, 379
Benson, Gale Ann, 352, 380
Bernstein, Leonard, 357
Berry, Chuck, 47, 98, 119, 123, 165, 185, 305, 311, 366, 395
Best, Mona, 70, 75, 84–5, 98, 108, 116, 133–5, 408
Best, Pete, 70–1, 84–5, 87, 94–5, 98, 108, 111, 116, 125–6, 131, 139, 408
sacked from Beatles, 132–5, 275
Best, Rory, 408
Beyond the Fringe, 128, 147
Biafra war, 315–16
Bill Black Combo, 186
Billy Tumbleweed, 291
Black, Cilla, 160, 219
Blackboard Jungle, 29
Blackburn, Robin, 336, 351
Blake, Peter, 238
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, 256–7
Bowie, David, 371, 379
Boyd, Jennie, 266, 269, 274
Boyd, Pattie, see Harrison, Pattie
Bramwell, Tony, 287
Brando, Marlon, 337
Braun, Michael, 162, 180
Bron, Eleanor, 231
Brown, Peter, 221, 230, 247, 249, 256, 302–3, 312, 357
Browne, Tara, 235
Browning, Robert, 395
Burnett, Philip, 42
Byrds, the, 214
Cage, John, 271
Caron, Sandra, 192
Carroll, Lewis, 13, 32, 181, 254
Alice in Wonderland, 13, 31, 103, 151, 200, 235
Casbah Coffee Club, 70–1, 75, 98, 108
Cash, Johnny, 52
Cass and the Cassanovas, 84
Cassidy, David, 362
cats, 12, 387
Cavern, the, 41, 100–2, 108, 112–13, 117, 120–1, 125, 132–5, 138, 143, 146, 150, 157, 160, 312, 364
Cavett, Dick, 351, 353–4
Chandler, Jeff, 111, 327
Chang, Barry, 86
Channel, Bruce, 131
Chaplin, Charlie, 360
Chapman, Mark, 400, 404–6
Charles, Ray, 82, 131
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 25
Cher, 360
Chiffons, the, 175
Children’s Favourites, 148
Children’s Hour, 13
Churchill, Winston, 52
City of Liverpool Police Dogs, 38–9
Clapton, Eric, 241, 277, 290, 296, 311, 314, 317, 344
Clark, Petula, 307
Cleave, Maureen, 155, 170, 212–14, 223, 231, 318
Cochran, Eddie, 39
Cogan, Alma, 192
Coleman, Ray, 65, 135, 299
Collins, Jackie, 64
Colman, Syd, 124
Conan Doyle, Arthur, 182
Connolly, James, 354
Cook, Peter, 192
Cooke, Sam, 300
Cox, Kyoko, 229, 268, 272–4, 281, 291, 308, 320–1, 338, 353, 363, 381, 407
Cox, Maureen, see Starkey, Maureen
Cox, Tony, 268, 272–4, 281, 291, 302, 320–1, 338, 381, 407
Crawford, Michael, 227
cricket, 227
Crompton, Richmal, Just William, 13, 212
Cropper, Steve, 360
Crosby, Bing, 143
Crosby, David, 214
Crosby, Stills and Nash, 396
Dadaism, 57
Dalí, Salvador, 57
Darin, Bobby, 300
DATEbook magazine, 223
Dave Clark Five, 190, 300
Davies, Hunter, 7, 17, 60, 96, 116, 241, 253
Davis, Jesse Ed, 360
Davis, Rod, 21–2, 24, 30, 34, 40, 63
de Freitas, Michael, 316, 321–2, 352–3, 380
De’Ath, Wilfred, 198
Dean, James, 29, 93, 402
Debussy, Claude, 164
Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, 317
Del-Vikings, the, 38–9
Derry and the Seniors, 90
Diana, Princess of Wales, 304
Dick Barton – Special Agent, 13
Diddley, Bo, 311
Domino, Fats, 30, 311
Donegan, Lonnie, 29–31
Donovan, 260, 266
Doran, Terry, 228, 231
Douglas, Jack, 395, 399
Dovedale Primary School, 12, 14–16, 49
Drifters, the, 28
Duchamp, Marcel, 57, 271
Dunbar, John, 214, 228–30, 242–3
Dykins, Bobby (John), 5–7, 19, 26, 55
and Julia’s death, 59–61
Dylan, Bob, 170, 187–8, 195, 197, 203, 253–4, 311, 330, 344, 348
East of Eden, 29
Eastman, Heather, 291
Eastman, John, 301
Eastman, Lee, 291, 301
Eastman, Linda, see McCartney, Linda
Education Act (1944), 8, 83
Elizabeth II, Queen, 205–6, 242, 315–16
Ellis, Royston, 78
Epstein, Brian, 125–6, 128, 138–42, 144, 160, 169, 190, 194, 197, 226, 238, 241–2, 276, 293, 300, 312
and A Hard Day’s Night film, 177, 184
and America, 171–2, 175, 186, 201, 204
Beatles meet, 112–23
death and its consequences, 247–52, 284, 295
and drugs, 215, 247–9
and end of touring, 218–25
increasing insecurity, 182–3
and John’s marriage, 134, 136–7, 151, 154
and Pete Best sacking, 132, 134–5
Spanish trip, 155–8
Epstein, Clive, 113, 251
Epstein, Harry, 113
Evans, Mal, 138, 194, 204, 221, 234, 246, 300, 326, 342, 354, 358
shot in Los Angeles, 382–3
Everly Brothers, 39, 47, 58, 82, 143, 185
Faithfull, Marianne, 214, 241–2, 246
Family Favourites, 14
Family Way, The, 226
Farrow, Mia, 260–1
Farrow, Prudence, 260–1
Fascher, Horst, 90
Fawcett, Anthony, 317
Fellini, Federico, 186, 257, 334
feminism, 335
Fishwick, Michael, 27, 55, 60–1
Fleming Senator Robert, 223
Fluxus group, 271
flying saucers, 320–1, 367, 395
Fonda, Peter, 214–15
Fool, The, 252, 255
Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 28
Formby, George, 18, 233
Forster, E. M., 263
Four Seasons, 152
Fourmost, the, 151
Foy, Jim, 124
Foyle’s literary lunch, 181–2
Francis, Connie, 300
Freeman, Robert, 165, 169, 180, 193, 210
Freeman, Sonny, 169, 193
Frisco Pete, 291
Frost, David, 258, 351
Furlong, June, 45, 73
Fury, Billy, 79
Garbo, Greta, 367
Garfunkel, Art, 372
Garry, Len, 31, 33, 47, 62–3
Gebhardt, Steve, 336
Geffen, David, 396, 399, 401
Geller, Uri, 369
Gentle, Johnny, 80–1
Geraldo, 144
Gerry and the Pacemakers, 71, 84, 117, 139
Gershwin, George and Ira, 210
Ginsberg, Allen, 319
Girl Can’t Help It, The, 32
Gitlis, Ivry, 290
Godard, Jean-Luc, 92
Goffin, Gerry, 140, 150
Goon Show, The, 22, 32, 177
Grade, Lew, 304, 384
Graham, Kenneth, The Wind in the Willows, 13, 51
Greco, Juliette, 231
Gregory, Dick, 319
Griffiths, Eric, 30, 47, 53–4, 275
Haldeman, H. R., 353
Haley, Bill, and the Comets, 29, 172
Hall, Billy, 5–6
Hall, Henry, 144
Hallyday, Johnny, 170
Halstead, Hank, 392
Hanratty, James, 315, 318
Hanton, Colin, 31, 37, 46–7, 57, 63–4
Harbingers, the, 320, 367
Harlem Community Choir, 250
Harris, Kenneth, 117
Harrison, George
and A Hard Day’s Night, 178
All Things Must Pass, 332
arrives at the Cavern, 100–1
Bangladesh concert, 344–5, 354
and Brian Epstein, 112, 115–16
and Buddy Holly’s death, 66
and ‘butcher’ album cover, 218
disillusioned with Maharishi, 263–4
drugs charge, 285
and end of touring, 225
and George Martin’s tie, 131
Greek island story, 243–4
house-buying, 191
and Imagine, 340
and John’s spastic act, 121
life after John, 408
long-held resentment, 370–1
loses virginity, 104
and louche restaurant, 171
and LSD, 199–200, 215
‘My Sweet Lord’, 332
plays on ‘Instant Karma!’, 321
plays sitar, 207
and Quarry Men, 48, 51–3, 55, 57, 63–4, 70, 75–6, 78
and Scouse comedy, 173
and Silver Beetles, 80–1, 84
and This Is Not Here exhibition, 348
walks out on Let It Be, 295–6
Harrison, Louise, 51
Harrison, Pattie (née Boyd), 182, 191, 199–200, 226, 241, 245, 256–7, 260, 285, 291
Harry, Bill, 56, 76, 98, 102, 108, 113, 117, 120
Hawkins, Daisy, 216
Hawkins, Ronnie, 317, 319
Hawks, the, 317
Hendrix, Jimi, 284
heroin, 285–6, 310–12, 321, 326, 391
High Noon, 28
Hoffman, Abbie, 351, 353, 355, 357
Holly, Buddy, 47–8, 54, 64–6, 76, 98, 161, 377
homosexuality, 78–9, 114, 156–8, 197
Hopkin, Mary, 300
Hopkins, Jerry, 271
Hopkins, Nicky, 340
Hopper, Dennis, 340
Housewives’ Choice, 148
How I Won the War, 226–8
Howard, Trevor, 343
Howarth, Jann, 238
Howlett, Keith, 62
Humperdinck, Engelbert, 204, 325
Hutchins, Chris, 202
Huxley, Aldous, 213
Ichiyanagi, Toshi, 271–2
Indica Gallery, 214, 228–31, 242
Institute of Contemporary Arts, 312
International Times, 267
Isley brothers, 151
Jacaranda coffee bar, 78, 84, 86, 102
Jagger, Bianca, 367
Jagger, Mick, 241–2, 246, 285, 300, 367, 371, 387
James, Dick, 144, 152, 251, 304, 363
Janice (stripper), 83
Janov, Arthur, 325–8, 330
Jarlett, Dot, 195, 266, 268
John, Elton, 363, 365–8, 379, 381, 409
Johnny and the Moondogs, 63–4, 76
Johns, Glyn, 298
Jolson, Al, 2, 6
Jones, Brian, 166
Jones, Pauline, see Lennon, Pauline
Jones, Raymond, 112–13
Jones, Spike, 271
Jones, Tom, 305
Joyce, James, 198
Juke Box Jury, 148, 168
Kandinsky, Wassily, 57
Kass, Ron, 312
Keeler, Christine, 158
Kelly, Freda, 138, 141, 409
Kennedy, Bobby, 364, 402
Kennedy, Jackie, 405
Kennedy, John F., 166, 173, 330, 364, 402
Kesey, Ken, 252
King, Ben E., 109
King, Carole, 140, 150
King, Martin Luther, 402
Kirchherr, Astrid, 92–5, 99, 104–6, 110, 125–7, 165, 219
Klein, Allen, 300–1, 308, 312, 321–4, 331, 335, 341, 345, 354, 357, 366, 371, 381–2
Koschmider, Bruno, 84, 87–8, 95, 102, 105
Kramer, Billy J., 151, 157, 160
Kray Brothers, 284–5
Ku Klux Klan, 223, 225
Laine, Frankie, 28
Leadbelly, 29
Lear, Edward, 198
Leary, Timothy, 214–15, 307
Leibovitz, Anne, 334, 398–9
Lennon, Charlie, 4–5, 179, 254
Lennon, Cynthia, 7, 12, 80, 85–6, 97–8, 120–1, 157, 178, 241, 243, 407
and America, 171–2, 174, 184
and Aunt Mimi, 72, 97, 109, 127–8, 145, 154, 205
and Beatles in Hamburg, 91–3, 105
begins relationship with John, 67–75
and Brian Epstein’s death, 248
contrasted with Yoko, 332–3
divorce, 279–81
and Freddie Lennon’s reappearances, 210–11, 257
and John’s death, 401
and John’s drug use, 227, 237
lacks sophistication, 192, 332–3
and LSD, 199–200
marriage and married life, 133–8, 145, 151, 154–6, 160, 169, 182, 191–3, 195–6, 224, 237
marriage ends, 246, 259–65, 268–9, 274–5
her mother’s house, 194, 255
and Stuart Sutcliffe’s funeral, 127
and Yoko, 231, 256, 259–60, 302, 378
Lennon, Freddie, 1–7, 12, 19–20, 52, 135
his death, 384
John turns against, 330–2
marries Pauline, 282, 330
reappears, 179–80, 210–11, 254–8
Lennon, Jack, 2
Lennon, John
acquires US visa, 380–1, 384–5
and alcohol, 62, 310, 361, 375–6
and Apple business, 266–7
artistic abilities, 55–6
attends Liverpool College of Art, 42–4
awarded MBE, 205–6
begins relationship with Cynthia, 67–75
and Buddy Holly’s death, 65–6
buys cars, 194
buys Surrey house, 191
change in songwriting habits, 186–8
childhood, 1–15
continuing friendship with Pete Shotton, 195–6
cruelty and meanness, 15, 80, 280
and cunnilingus, 318
‘Daily Howl’ newspaper, 25, 32, 42, 51, 103, 147, 231
death in New York, 400–6
divorces Cynthia, 279–81
and dog Sally, 35
and drugs, 78, 89, 105, 122, 187, 194, 197, 199–200, 214–15, 227, 235–8, 243–4, 253, 266–8, 284–6, 310–12, 321–2, 326, 375–6
drugs conviction, 284–6, 307, 381
early maturity, 15
early musical experiences, 14, 27–35
early reading, 13
early sexual experiences, 25, 50, 55, 68, 79
education, 10, 12, 14, 20–4, 36, 41–3, 83
and father’s death, 384
and father’s reappearances, 179–80, 210–11, 254–8, 282
FBI surveillance, 353, 355, 384
first encounters with Yoko, 228–31, 256, 259–60
and gorilla suit, 213
Greek island story, 243–4
guitar playing abilities, 89, 188
househusband period, 386–90
interpretations of his songs, 253–4, 342
jealousy, 71, 238, 280
Jesus Christ revelation, 267
JohnandYoko brand, 274–5, 278, 305, 378, 397
lack of interest in sport, 11
learns Japanese, 388
leaves Beatles, 313–14, 319, 324–5
letter writing, 90–3, 127, 308, 372, 379–80, 382
liking for water, 19
lithographs, 314, 317–19, 321
Lost Weekend, 375, 387
marriage to Cynthia, 133–7
marriage to Cynthia ends, 259–65, 268–9
marriage to Yoko, 302–4
Maureen Cleave interview, 212–14, 223
and May Pang, 358–62
meets Dylan, 186–7
meets Elvis, 202–4
meets Paul, 38–40
meets Stuart Sutcliffe, 56–7
meets Yoko’s family, 336, 388
mimics disabilities, 63, 121
and money, 193, 280–1
and mother’s death, 59–62, 71
moves to New York, 345–55
name change, 305
NHS glasses, 227–8
Paris trip, 110–11
political stances, 277–8, 307–8, 336–7, 351–2
poor eyesight, 14, 37, 48, 174, 194, 228, 308, 361
psychedelic Rolls-Royce, 239, 354
rarely visits Liverpool, 185
relationship with Brian Epstein, 121–2, 248
and religion, 213, 223–4
retires from music, 383, 387
returns MBE, 315–16
robs sailor, 94–5
sailing trip, 391–3
Scouse accent, 10, 164, 309
selfish streak, 64
sense of humour, 22–3, 47, 81, 92
singing voice, 188
sings in choir, 17
and smoking, 25, 262, 310, 320, 372–5
Spanish trip, 155–8
starts using heroin, 285–6
steals guitar, 64
steals harmonica, 86–7
and Stuart Sutcliffe’s death, 125–7
turns against father, 330–2
and Uncle George’s death, 27
‘War Is Over’ campaign, 317–19
works as labourer, 69
womanising, 192–3, 264–5, 288
writing ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand’, 166
and ‘Yesterday’, 198–9
Yoko enters his life, 268–75
Lennon, John (albums)
Double Fantasy, 394–7, 399–400, 406
Imagine, 107, 340–3, 347, 354, 360, 394
Life with the Lions, 316
Mind Games, 358, 363, 365
Plastic Ono Band, 329–30, 332
Rock ’n’ Roll, 109, 360, 363, 366, 371–2, 375, 377
Some Time in New York City, 354
Two Virgins, 287–90, 325, 334
Walls and Bridges, 365, 376
Lennon, John (films)
Fly, 335–6, 338–9
How I Won the War, 226–8
Self Portrait film, 312, 348
Up Your Legs Forever film, 335
Lennon, John (songs)
‘Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)’, 395
‘Cold Turkey’, 311–12, 315–16
‘Gimme Some Truth’, 342
‘Give Peace a Chance’, 307–8, 311
‘God’, 330
‘God Bless Our Love’, 395
‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’, 350
‘How Do You Sleep?’, 340–1
‘I’m Losing You’, 395
‘Imagine’, 342, 350, 366, 368, 384
‘Instant Karma!’, 321–2, 337
‘(Just Like) Starting Over’, 397
‘Living on Borrowed Time’, 394
‘Mother’, 329
‘Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down and Out)’, 365
‘Nobody Told Me’, 394–5
‘Oh Yoko!’, 340
‘Power to the People’, 337
‘Scared’, 376
‘Steel and Glass’, 366
‘Tennessee’, 372, 394
‘Whatever Gets You Thru the Night’, 365, 367–8
‘Woman’, 395
‘Woman Is the Nigger of the World’, 354
‘Working Class Hero’, 329
‘Watching the Wheels’, 394
Lennon, John (writings)
A Spaniard in the Works, 198
In His Own Write, 180–2, 198, 207, 226
Mersey Beat contributions, 102–3, 108, 113
Skywriting by Word of Mouth, 390
The Ballad of John and Yoko, 390
Lennon, Julia, 1–7, 19, 25–7, 30, 32, 34–5, 42, 53, 55, 65, 106, 135, 329
her death, 59–61
Lennon, Julian, 136, 154, 169, 182, 191, 196, 212, 227, 266, 274, 291, 308, 389, 401, 407
and ‘Hey Jude’, 283–4
holidays with John and May Pang, 370–1
inspiration for ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’, 235
and parents’ divorce, 279–81
Lennon, Pauline (née Jones), 255–8, 282, 330–1, 384
Lennon, Sean, 381, 383–4, 386–7, 388–9, 391–2, 394, 397, 407
Lennon, Sydney, 5
Lennon/McCartney song-writing partnership, 16, 40, 54, 75, 99, 107, 124, 140–1, 150, 152–3, 160, 166–7, 177, 183, 195, 209–10, 276, 295
and ‘A Day in the Life’, 235–6
and ‘All You Need Is Love’, 240–1
and ‘Penny Lane’/‘Strawberry Fields’, 233–4
and ‘Something’, 316
and ‘Yesterday’, 198–9
Lester, Richard, 177–8, 226–8
Levis, Carroll, 36, 63
Levy, Maurice, 366, 371–2
Lewis, Jerry Lee, 47, 52, 98
Lewis, Vic, 220, 222
Lewisohn, Mark, 6, 60, 111, 124, 139
Liela (cousin), 19, 27, 60, 380, 389, 398
Life with the Lyons, 13
Lindsay-Hogg, Michael, 293–4, 297
Little Richard, 32, 39, 98, 131, 141, 185, 311
Liverpool College of Art, 42, 44, 55, 99, 136
pantomime, 72–3
Liverpool Echo, 11, 28, 99, 113
Liverpool Empire Theatre, 141–2
Liverpool Institute, 20, 31, 46–7
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 27, 66, 119
Liverpool University, 10, 46, 55
Lockhart Smith, Judy, 193
Lockwood, Sir Edward, 288
Lopez, Trini, 170
Lord Woodbine, 86
Love, Mike, 260
Lovin’ Spoonful, 350
Lowe, Duff, 57–8
LSD, 199–200, 210, 214–15, 227, 235–8, 241, 243–4, 247, 267–8, 285
and ‘I Am the Walrus’, 253–4
and ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’, 235
Lulu, 257
Lust, Virginia, 335–6, 338
McCartney, Jim, 46, 49, 63–4, 85, 116
McCartney, Linda, 201, 239, 267, 291, 342, 363–4, 371, 387, 389, 401
McCartney, Michael, 46–7, 82, 241
McCartney, Paul
and Apple business, 266–7
arrested in Japan, 390
Band on the Run, 364
birthday party, 156–7
and Brian Epstein, 115, 121–2
and Buddy Holly’s death, 65–6
‘Coming Up’, 390–1
first meets John, 38–40
friendship and jealousy, 76–8, 238, 276
and ‘Hey Jude’, 283–4
house-buying, 191
and ‘How Do You Sleep?’, 340–1
and John’s death, 401
and John’s toughness, 15, 198
and Julia Lennon’s death, 61–2
leaves Beatles, 324–5
and Let It Be tapes, 322–4
life after John, 408
and Linda, 239, 267, 291, 302
‘Live and Let Die’, 364
and LSD, 236, 238, 247
McCartney, 323–5
Nerk Twins trip, 77
Paris trip, 110–11
‘Paul is dead’ rumour, 314
and Quarry Men, 38–40, 46–53, 55, 57–8, 63–4, 70, 75–8
Ram, 340
reunited with John, 363–5, 370–2, 387, 389
and Silver Beetles, 80–1
singing voice, 188
switches to bass, 107
takes jobs, 98–9
writes ‘Yesterday’, 198–9
Maciunas, George, 271
McClinton, Delbert, 131
McDevitt, Chas, and Nancy Whiskey, 34
McFall, Ray, 100–1, 108
McGuinn, Jim, 214
McKenzie, Scott, 239
McLuhan, Marshall, 319
Macmillan, Harold, 147
Magna Carta, 36
Magritte, René, 257
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 245–7, 258–60, 262–4, 328–9, 338, 388
Mahler, Gustav, 167
Mahomed, Jeff, 45, 68, 73
Malcolm X, 402
Mamas & Papas, 226
Mann, William, 167, 325
Mansfield, Jayne, 32
Mao Zedong, 277
Marcos, Imelda, 220–1, 223
Mardas, Magic Alex, 243, 255, 263, 266, 268–9, 274–5, 280, 296, 328, 388
Marsden, Gerry, 156–7
Martin, Dean, 368
Martin, George, 128–32, 134, 138–40, 143–4, 148–52, 163–5, 170, 178, 192, 219, 288, 360, 409
and ‘A Day in the Life’, 236
and Abbey Road, 308–9
and ‘All You Need Is Love’, 241
and Beatles’ drug use, 236
and ‘I Am the Walrus’, 253
and Lennon’s singing voice, 188
and Let It Be, 294–6, 298
and ‘Penny Lane’/‘Strawberry Fields’, 232–4
piano-playing, 165
and Rubber Soul, 208–10, 215–16
and Sgt. Pepper, 234, 236, 240
and ‘Yesterday’, 199
Marvelettes, the, 91, 123, 165
Marx Brothers, 185
Matthew, Brian, 160
Mekas, Jonas, 351
Melody Maker, 299–300
Merchant Navy, 42
Mersey Beat, 102, 108, 113, 117, 120, 122, 151, 181, 198
Michelmore, Cliff, 180
Miles, Barry, 53
Miller, Glenn, 241
Miller, Henry, 91
Milligan, Spike, 22
Mintz, Elliot, 97, 388
Miracles, the, 165
Mitchell, Guy, 28
Mitchell, Joni, 360
Mitchell, Mitch, 290
Modern Jazz Quartet, 300
Monro, Matt, 128
Montez, Chris, 154
Monty Python’s Flying Circus, 22
Moon, Keith, 241, 317, 363–4, 387
Moore, Dudley, 192
Moore, Tommy, 80–2
Moores, John, 76
Mortimer, Celia, 150
Murray, Mitch, 138
Murray the K, 307
Nash, Graham, 241
National Service, 83, 113
Nelson, Ricky, 98
NEMS record shop, 108, 112–14
Nerk Twins, 77
New Musical Express, 31, 151, 155
Newfield, Joanne, 247
Nicholson, Jack, 360
Nilsson, Harry, 362–5, 383, 387, 409
Nixon, Richard M., 353, 355, 376
NORAID, 351–2
Norman, Philip, 391
Northern Songs, 153, 251, 301, 304, 316, 366, 384
Not Only . . . But Also, 192
Oldenburg, Claes, 230
Oldham, Andrew Loog, 166
Olympics, the, 82
Ono, Setsuko, 389
Ono, Yoko, 16–17, 228–31, 256, 259–60, 262, 268–75, 291, 407
and Abbey Road, 308–9
and astrology, 387–9, 391
and Aunt Mimi, 282–3
‘bagism’, 273, 304, 348
and Bangladesh concert, 344–5
Bottoms, 230, 288–9, 334–5, 348
and car accident, 308–9
contrasted with Cynthia, 332–3
‘Destruction in Art’, 229, 273
and Double Fantasy, 396–7
drug use, 321–2, 391
Eternal Clock, 348
Fly film, 335–6, 338–9
and Freddie Lennon’s death, 384
Grapefruit, 230–1, 273, 341, 345
and househusband period, 386–90
and Imagine, 340, 342
John calls her ‘Mother’, 377
and John’s divorce, 279–81
and John’s sailing trip, 391–2
and Let It Be, 294–6
lithographs, 314, 317–19, 321
and loss of Kyoko, 338, 353, 363
and management battle, 300–1
married life, 309–11, 320–1, 325–6, 345–6, 356–8, 364–5, 367–9, 375–7
and May Pang, 358–62, 395
and move to New York, 345–57
her name, 270
and Paul’s arrest, 390
and Sean’s birth, 378–9, 381–2
Self Portrait film, 312, 348
‘The Alchemical Wedding’, 290
This Is Not Here retrospective, 348–9
Two Virgins, 287–90
Up Your Legs Forever film, 335
‘War Is Over’ campaign, 317–19
and White Album, 276, 278, 281–2, 284
‘Whole Lotta Yoko’, 290
Onondaga Nation, 349
Orbison, Roy, 123, 140, 143, 156, 397
Ormsby-Gore, Sir David, 175
Orwell, George, 213
Our World TV broadcast, 240–1
Owen, Alun, 177
Paddy, Klaus and Gibson, 200
Page, Jimmy, 78
Palance, Jack, 348
Pang, May, 16, 335, 358–65, 367–76, 379, 390–2, 395, 408–9
Paramor, Norrie, 128
Parker, ‘Colonel’ Tom, 99, 120, 203
Parkes, Stanley, 18, 26, 35, 168
Parkinson, Michael, 343–4
Parnes, Larry, 79–80, 84
Peebles, Andy, 158, 398
Peel, David, 351
Perkins, Carl, 52, 54, 101
Perry, Andre, 307
Picasso, Pablo, 45
Pickett, Wilson, 178
Pickles, Thelma, 62, 66, 138
Pilcher, Detective Sergeant, 285
Pinter, Harold, 162
Plastic Ono Band, 308, 312, 321, 329
Pobjoy, Mr, 41–2
Poole, Brian, and the Tremeloes, 123
Pop Goes The Beatles, 160
Powell, Cynthia, see Lennon, Cynthia
Powell, Lil, 194, 255
Powell, Tony and Marjorie, 136
Preludin, 89, 105, 122, 200
Presley, Elvis, 31–2, 34, 38, 45, 52, 54, 57–8, 98, 106, 120, 122, 128, 185, 189, 330, 383, 388, 397
meets Beatles, 202–4
Presley, Priscilla, 203
Preston, Billy, 296, 329, 344
primal therapy, 326–8, 330
Procol Harum, ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’, 239
Profumo Affair, 158
prostitutes, 87–8, 90
Quarry Bank High School, 20–2, 30–1, 36, 41–2, 44–5, 49, 56, 79, 83, 213
Quarry Men, 31, 33–40, 46–8, 51–4, 62–3, 66, 275, 337
first recording, 57–8
meet Pete Best, 70–1
perform at Casbah, 70–1, 75
perform under other names, 63–4, 79–80
Stuart Sutcliffe joins, 75–8
Queen Mother, 162–3, 174
Radio Luxembourg, 28, 31, 141
Rainbow Boys, 63, 76
Rape, 304
Ray, Johnnie, 28
Ready Steady Go!, 192
Rebel Without a Cause, 29
Red Mole, 336–7
Reed, Rex, 357
Renoir, Auguste, 389
Rhone, Dot, 98, 105, 120, 128, 134
Rice-Davies, Mandy, 158
Rich, Charlie, 203
Richard, Cliff, 98–9, 128, 155, 171
Richards, Keith, 166, 241–2, 285, 290
Richards, Ron, 130, 132
Richter, Dan, 281, 310, 326, 335–6, 338, 357
Righteous Brothers, 186, 323
Robert Fraser Gallery, 278, 285
rock and roll, 29, 31–3, 39–41, 47–8, 51, 57, 65, 75, 79, 83–4, 128, 165, 168, 186, 212, 360
Rock Around the Clock, 32–3
Rodgers and Hammerstein, 210
Roe, Tommy, 154, 175
Rolling Stone interview, 334
Rolling Stones, 150, 190–1
drugs charges, 242–3
and ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, 165–6
Rock and Roll Circus, 290
Ronettes, the, 323
Rowe, Dick, 122–3, 129
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), 113, 183
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, 114
Rubin, Jerry, 351, 353, 355, 357
Russell, Ethan, 397
Russell, Leon, 344, 360
St Peter’s Youth Club, 34, 36
Salinger, J. D., The Catcher in the Rye, 29, 400, 405–6
Sandys, Duncan, 159
Saturday Club, 160
Scott, George C., 405
Seaman, Fred, 386, 391, 393–6, 398
Searchers, the, 71
Seberg, Jean, 92
Secombe, Harry, 22
Segal, George, 335
Seider, Harold, 360
Sellers, Peter, 22, 128, 164, 203
sex scandals, 158–9
Shadows, the, 98, 155
Shand, Jimmy, 128
Shankar, Ravi, 226, 344, 370
Shapiro, Helen, 149, 152
Sheff, David, 368
Shenson, Walter, 177
Sheridan, Tony, 104, 106, 112
Shirelles, the, 101, 150
Short, Don, 179, 284
Shotton, Pete, 16–17, 20–5, 30–1, 35, 37–8, 40, 45, 47–9, 51, 53, 55, 60, 64, 76, 180, 192, 216, 232, 409
and Apple business, 252, 267
continuing friendship, 195–6
girlfriend and ‘Penny Lane’, 233–4
and Jesus Christ revelation, 267
and John’s Spanish trip, 156–7
leaves Quarry Men, 48–9
and May Pang, 360
visits John in US, 387
and Yoko, 268, 273, 279–80, 409
Sibelius, Jean, 119
Silver Beetles, 79–80
Simmons, Jean, 14
Simon and Garfunkel, 47, 226
Sinatra, Frank, 148
Sinclair, John, 351
Skerritt, Michael, 252, 380
skiffle, 30, 40–1, 49, 75
Smith, Alan, 151
Smith, George, 4–6, 8–11, 17–19, 25, 27, 35, 42, 55
Smith, Mike, 117, 120
Smith, Mimi (Mary), 2, 4–12, 17–23, 26–9, 34–5, 50, 67, 408
and Beatles, 83, 85–6, 91, 96–8, 141
and Brian Epstein, 115–16, 122
compared with Julia, 26–7
and dog Sally, 35
and Freddie’s reappearance, 179, 211
and ‘I am the Walrus’, 13, 254
John buys house for, 205, 255
John moves out of her house, 74
and John’s accent, 10, 164
and John’s attitude to money, 193
and John’s death, 401
and John’s laziness, 214
and John’s marriage, 135–6
and John’s MBE, 206, 315
and John’s mother-in-law, 194
and John’s old school tie, 380
and John’s promises to return to UK, 388, 398
and Julia’s death, 59–61
and Liverpool College of Art, 41–4
and ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’, 235
and Paul, 52–3
and Pete Shotton, 195
and purchase of new guitar, 69–70
relations with Cynthia, 72, 97, 109, 127–8, 145, 154, 205
relationship with Michael Fishwick, 54–5, 61
and Stuart Sutcliffe, 64–5
and ‘Ticket to Ride’, 196
visits New Zealand, 184
and Walls and Bridges, 365
and Woolton Parish Fete, 37–8
and Yoko, 282–3, 288, 302
Smothers, Tommy, 307
Smothers Brothers, 362
Spector, Phil, 321–3, 329, 340, 360–1, 363, 366, 377, 409
Spinozza, David, 368
Stanley, Anne, 2
Stanley, Elizabeth, 2, 18
Stanley, Harriet, 2, 19, 60–1, 282
Starkey, Maureen (née Cox), 138, 227, 241, 245, 260–1, 263, 291, 401, 407
Starr, Ringo
and Bangladesh concert, 344
and drugs, 187
and go-karting, 194
in Hamburg, 90, 94
house-buying, 191
and John’s death, 401
joins Beatles, 132–5
life after John, 407
lock cut off his hair, 175, 220
and ‘Love Me Do’ recording, 139
and malapropisms, 178
meets Yoko, 230
and Plastic Ono Band, 312, 329
and Rock ’n’ Roll sessions, 363–4
walks out on White Album, 278, 295
Stigwood, Robert, 251, 357
Storm, Rory, and the Hurricanes, 84, 90, 92, 94, 263
Strawberry Field, 18, 227
Strong, Barrett, 165
Sullivan, Ed, 174, 186
Sunday Night at the London Palladium, 162
Sutcliffe, Millie, 126
Sutcliffe, Pauline, 100, 127
Sutcliffe, Stuart, 56–7, 64–5, 68, 74–7, 80–2, 85, 87, 110, 122, 169
and Astrid Kirchherr, 93–5, 104–6
beaten up by Teddy boys, 99–100, 127
death and funeral, 125–7
leaves Beatles, 107
Swanson, Gloria, 357
Swift, Jonathan, 213
Swinging London, 190
Tannenbaum, Allan, 397
Tarbuck, Jimmy, 14
Taverner, John, 300
Taylor, Alistair, 247, 312
Taylor, Derek, 266–6, 275, 372, 386
Taylor, James, 300, 312
Teddy Bears, 119–20
Teddy boys, 32–3, 36, 45, 68, 82, 89, 94, 256, 337
beat up Stuart Sutcliffe, 99–100, 127
Teenagers Turn, 123
Tennyson, Alfred, 213
Terry, Sonny, and Brownie McGhee, 130
Thank Your Lucky Stars, 144
That Was the Week That Was, 147
Thomas, Dylan, 77
Thurber, James, 22
Thurmond, Senator Strom, 353
Tibetan Book of the Dead, 214–15
Tolstoy, Leo, 212
Top of the Pops, 321
Toronto peace concert, 311, 314–15, 217
trad jazz, 41, 46
Trudeau, Pierre, 319
Twain, Mark, 389
24 Hours, 319
Two-Way Family Favourites, 142
Unwin, Stanley, 77
Up the Pole, 13
Vadim, Roger, 67
Valens, Richie, 65
Vartan, Sylvie, 170
Vaughan, Ivan, 16–17, 20, 31, 38–40, 209
Vietnam War, 226–7, 277, 307
Vincent, Gene, 32, 88, 377
Visconti, Tony, 409
Visious, Sid, 402
Vivaldi, Antonio, 216
Vogue, 147
Vollmer, Jürgen, 110–11
Voorman, Klaus, 92–4, 107, 125, 155, 200, 216, 311–12, 329, 340
Walley, Nigel, 16–17, 31, 34, 47, 51, 53–4, 59–60, 275
Ward, Stephen, 158
Warhol, Andy, 335, 367
Wayne, James, 402
Wenner, Jann, 334
West Side Story, 150
Western movies, 17–18
White, Alan, 311, 340
White, Andy, 139
Wild One, The, 337
Wilder, Billy, 375
Wildes, Leon, 381, 384
Williams, Alan, 78–9, 82–4, 86–7, 90, 102, 105, 114
Williams, Taffy, 4
Wilson, Brian, 210
Wilson, Harold, 205–6
Wizard of Oz, The, 404–6
Wolfe, Tom, 335
Wolfson, Rabbi Samuel, 248
Wonder, Stevie, 364
Wooler, Bob, 101, 112, 157–8
Woolton Parish Fete, 37–9
World Wildlife Fund, 258
Yes, 340
Yoshi, Prince, 271