Fab Four FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Beatles ... and More!

by Stuart Shea

Overview

(FAQ). 40 years after the release of the iconic Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , the Beatles continue to captivate music fans of all ages. There's something always more to discuss about the Fab Four. What were their greatest live performances? Their worst moments? Stories still unknown by most music fans, trends still unseen, history still uninterpreted are all revealed in Fab Four FAQ . Pop culture authors Stuart Shea and Rob Rodriguez provide must-know fan trivia and offer obscure Beatles facts and stories in an easy-to-read, provocative format that will start as many arguments as will end them. With more than sixty chapters of stories, history, observation, and opinion, Fab Four FAQ lays bare the whys and wherefores that made the Beatles so great, giving credit where credit is due and maybe bursting some bubbles along the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781423421382
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/01/2007
Series:	FAQ
Pages:	526
Product dimensions:	5.97(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.07(d)

About the Author

Stuart Shea is the author of Rock & Roll's Most Wanted and The 1960s' Most Wanted for Potomac Books. He resides in Chicago, Illinois.

Robert Rodriguez is the author of The 1950s' Most Wanted for Potomac Books and a contributor to The Fifties Chronicle and The Sixties Chronicle for Legacy Books. He also lives near Chicago.

Table of Contents

Foreword   Chris Hillman     ix
Introduction: The Sea of Time     xi
In the Beginning: Some History     3
When I Was a Boy: The Beatles' 1950s Roots     3
In the Town Where I Was Born: The Liverpool of Beatle Legend     13
Then There Was Music: The Road to Fabdom     23
Yes, I'm Gonna Be a Star: Beatlemania
Off to the Jukebox Man: The Beatles' Record Labels     39
Move Over Once: Ten Acts Knocked from the #1 Spot by the Beatles     49
I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Grabbing the Headlines     56
We All Want to Change Your Head: The Beatles in Politics     72
We Hope You Have Enjoyed the Show: Ten Immortal Performances     81
I Saw the Photograph: Ten Notable Beatles Photo Sessions     94
There Are Places I Remember: The Beatles' London     106
I Saw a Film Today: Cinematic Achievements of the Beatles     116
You're Telling All Those Lies: Commonly Believed Myths     129
Will You Read My Book?: The Essential Beatle Bookshelf     139
Listen to the Music Playing in Your Head: The Recordings
It's a Clean Machine: Ten Beatles Instruments     151
Every Sound There Is: What Was That, Anyway?     162
No One (I Think) Is in My Tree: Recording Innovations     172
If I Knew What I Was Missing: Some Recording Variations     182
Half of What's Wrong: Ten Mistakes That Slipped onto the Vinyl     191
There's Nobody There: Solo Performances Within a Group Context     198
Oh, Rock On, Anybody: Ten Recordings Featuring Musical Role-switching     207
All Right, George!: The Quiet One's Shining Guitar Moments     214
Way Beyond Compare: The Cute One Can Play, Too!     223
I Got Blisters on My Fingers: The New Guy Shows George Martin What For!     230
Oh, Look Out!: The Witty One, When He Still Believed     240
Help Me If You Can: Outsiders on the Inside     248
I Can Be Handy: The Beatles in Service of Their Label     258
Do You Need Anybody?: Assistance Rendered     267
I Believe in Yesterday: Ten Beatles Moldy Goldies     276
Try Thinking More: The Original Titles of Beatles Songs     283
Please Lock Me Away: Unreleased, Until...     290
Don't Keep Me Waiting: A List of Releases We'd Like to See     297
What You Make for Us to Take: Ten Records That Directly Influenced the Beatles     303
No One's Frightened of Playing It: Ten Beatles "Singles" That Never Were (Until Done by Others)     311
That Is Confusing Things: Ten Odd Covers of Beatles Songs     317
The World Is Treating Me Bad: Ten Contemporary Songs About the Beatles     324
There's People Standing 'Round: Friends and Acquaintances
Through Thick and Thin: The Beatles' Business Entourage     335
All These Friends...: The Beatles' Posse     350
...And Lovers: Wives, Girlfriends, and One-Night Stands     360
All the Children Sing: Beatle Kids     376
However Big You Think You Are: Various Celebrity-Beatle Connections     384
It Won't Be the Same Now That I'm with You: Other Acts Produced by George Martin     393
So Let Me Introduce to You: Beatle Proteges at Apple     403
The Movie's Gonna Make Me a Big Star: Cinematic Fellow Travelers     412
The Only Difference Is You're Down There: Ten Acts that Opened for the Beatles     420
I'd Rather See You Dead: A Rogue's Gallery     428
Life Is Very Short: Among the Dead     442
It's Getting Very Near the End: Twilight of the Gods
Half of What I Say Is Meaningless: Unexplained Beatle Trivia     459
Well, Well, Well, You're Feeling Fine!: The Genu "Medicine Cabinet"     468
Here's Another Clue for You All: Ten Reasons Why Paul Must've Been Dead!     477
And in the End: The Countdown to History     486
Afterword   Jackie Lomax     503
Selected Bibliography      506