Table of Contents
1 In Which We Meet the Leading Players of Our Story 1
2 The Band That Became The Beatles 4
3 When John Met Paul 8
4 What's In a Name? 10
5 Brian Epstein: The Beatles' Manager 11
6 George Martin: The Man Behind the Mixing Board 14
7 The First US Hit 17
8 Ruling the Airwaves 19
9 Sgt. Pepper. A Psychedelic Masterpiece 22
10 A Dream of a Song 24
11 See a Beatle In Concert 26
12 Visit Liverpool 28
13 Revolver: Inventive and Imaginative 30
14 Fabs On Film No. 1: A Hard Day's Night 32
15 A Worldwide Audience 35
16 The Longest Beatles Song 38
17 The Album That Renamed a Studio 40
18 Paul Is Dead (Isn't He?) 42
19 The Lennon/McCartney Songwriting Team 45
20 America Meets The Beatles 49
21 The Long and Winding Road to The Beatles' US Invasion 50
22 Why Are There So Many US Records? 53
23 The Shea Stadium Concert 56
24 More Popular Than Jesus 58
25 Visit London 62
26 Rubber Soul: The Beatles Grow Up 63
27 The Beatles Break Up 65
28 …But When Are They Getting Back Together? 68
29 The Beatles Anthology. In Their Own Words 70
30 The Reunion Singles 73
31 The Death of Brian Epstein 76
32 An Apple a Day 78
33 Beatles Times Two: The "White Album" 82
34 Love and Marriage-and Divorce 84
35 Yoko and John: East Meets West 86
36 Linda McCartney: The Lady Behind the Lens 90
37 Hamburg Days 93
38 The Very First Record to Feature The Beatles 96
39 Stuari Sutcliffe: Artistic Influence 98
40 The Best of Cellars 102
41 Pete Best: The Other Beatles Drummer 106
42 The Songs Inspired By Liverpool 109
43 The Most Popular Beatles Cover Song 112
44 Where They Recorded (Most of) Their Songs 113
45 Fabs On Film No. 2: Magical Mystery Tour 115
46 The First US Concert 118
47 The Last US Concert 120
48 Fabs On Film No. 3: Let It Be 123
49 The Very Last Beatles Show 126
50 All About Those "Yeah Yeah Yeahs" 128
51 Fabs On Film No. 4: Help! 129
52 Animated Fabs 132
53 Fabs On Film No. 5: Yellow Submarine 134
54 The Decca Audition 136
55 A Royal Honor 139
56 The First No. 1 Single 142
57 The Beatles and the Beeb 143
58 The Night "Beatlemania" Was Invented 145
59 Rockin' the Royals 148
60 Please Please Me: The Debut Album 151
61 Turn Me On 154
62 With The Beatles: A Pure Pop Delight 157
63 Fabs On Film No. 6: What's Happening 159
64 The Debut of the Fab Four Lineup 162
65 I Want to Tell You: George's Songwriting 163
66 The King 165
67 Bob and the Beatles 168
68 Raw Meat 170
69 Happy Holidays! 173
70 Beatles For Sale: Marking Time 176
71 The First Solo Releases 177
72 The Loyal Aides 179
73 The Turning Point 182
74 A Passage to India 183
75 Getting Naked 187
76 The First Beatles Single 189
77 The Last Beatles Recording Session 191
78 Finally Hitting the Road 192
79 Unreleased Tracks 195
80 Some People Do Go Both Ways 197
81 Early Beatles Recordings 199
82 Literary Lennon 201
83 The Beatles' First Manager 202
84 Don't Pass Him By: Ringo's Songwriting 204
85 The Only Authorized Beatles Biography 206
86 Tony Sheridan: The Teacher 208
87 At the Top of the Charts 211
88 Fabs On Film No. 7: Non-Beatles Movies That Featured a Beatle 212
89 Lonnie Donegan: The Man Who Launched a Thousand Skiffle Groups 215
98 The Hollywood Bowl Shows 217
91 The Man Who Got Brian Epstein Interested In The Beatles 220
92 The Official Beatles Magazine 222
93 Get Back to School 224
94 The Pre-Fab Four 226
95 Beatles vs. Stones? Not Really 228
96 Beatles Love Show 229
97 A Beatle For a Day 231
98 All Those Books 233
99 One Last Time 236
100 Here Come the Sons 238
Sources 243
