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Author:

Kane, Larry, 1942-

Title:

When they were boys : the true story of the Beatles' rise to the top / Larry Kane.

Publisher:

Running Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

395 pages, xvi pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Beatles.
Rock musicians--England--Biography.
Rock groups--Great Britain--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-380) and index.

Contents:

The milkman -- Inspiration, perspiration, and admiration -- Paul : yesterday -- See you at the Jac -- Pen pal #1 : Bill Harry -- He was just seventeen -- Hamburg, part 1 : the wild side -- Breakthrough at Litherland -- The life and death of Stuart Sutcliffe -- Hamburg, part 2 : "Love me do" -- The fearsome foursome -- Forgotten friend : Hurricane Rory -- Nineteen steps to heaven -- The prince of Mathew Street -- The poll -- Tower of power -- Bob Wooler : "Can you dig it?" -- Brian Epstein : silky soft whispers in the dark -- "Mean, moody, magnificent" : Pete Best -- The Decca disaster -- On the poor side of town : Hurricane Ringo -- Triumph at Parlophone -- Bands on the run -- Secret-agent girls -- The boys of the road -- The makeover -- Music stampede : a story of two countries -- Barrow on the beat -- Pen pal #2 : Derek Taylor -- Momentum with a Royal and foreign touch -- A December to remember : The end or the beginning?.

Summary:

A veteran news anchor who traveled with the Beatles on their first American tours describes the legendary band's rise to the top from their early days in Liverpool and Hamburg with original drummer Pete Best and bassist Stu Sutcliffe.

ISBN:

0762440147
9780762440146

LCCN:

2013938630

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