The Trivia Book of The Beatles

CONTENTS
4. INTRODUCTION: STILL THE GREATEST

More than 50 years after they officially broke up, the
Beatles continue to capture the world’s attention
6. CHAPTER 1: THE EARLY YEARS

Before taking the world by storm, the Beatles worked
hard just to make a name for themselves
16. CHAPTER 2: BEATLEMANIA!

The band’s rapid rise to superstardom included hit
records, movies, and a historic trip to America
26. CHAPTER 3: THE STUDIO YEARS

The Beatles developed their music, explored
filmmaking, and expanded their minds
36. CHAPTER 4: BREAKING UP

Despite difficult circumstances, the Beatles soldiered
on and produced some of their finest music
46. CHAPTER 5: JOHN

A tumultuous childhood set John Lennon on the
path to rock greatness
56. CHAPTER 6: PAUL

Paul McCartney has written and recorded some of
the most beloved songs in history
66. CHAPTER 7: GEORGE

The “quiet Beatle” eventually emerged as a
formidable musical force
76. CHAPTER 8: RINGO

The last Beatle to join the band, Ringo Starr made
key contributions to their history
86. CHAPTER 9: THE SOLO YEARS

Even as the former Beatles pursued individual
careers, the world wanted them together again
B E AT L E M A N I A
The Beatles came together
through a shared love for
American rock ’n’ roll.
INTRODUCTION
More than 50 years after they officially broke up, the Beatles
continue to capture the world’s attention
The Beatles came together through a shared passion Today, their music, their spirit, and their overall
for music—specifically American rock ’n’ roll. John message of love are as endearing as ever, and the
Lennon started it all and was soon joined by Paul world is still hungry for any new bit of news, any new
McCartney and George Harrison. Once they brought revelation about them, and any opportunity to see
Ringo Starr into their circle, the Beatles were on a them again, both as we remember them and in
speeding rocket to the top of the entertainment a new light.
world, and nothing could stop them. With so many stories told about them over the
Over the course of eight years, the Fab Four years, the Beatles became legends within their own
released 13 best-selling albums, had a record-setting lifetime. How well do you know the facts from the
20 No. 1 hit singles on the Billboard chart, and led the fiction? This collection will charm and challenge
way in popular music, always striving to innovate, fans both old and new, and explore areas of the
experiment and never repeat themselves, inspiring Beatles’ world that are both familiar and obscure. As
their contemporaries and those who followed in the Beatles themselves would say, “a splendid time is
their wake in ways both obvious and subtle. guaranteed for all.”
T H E FA B F O U R
Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and George Harrison pose for a portrait, circa 1965.
CHAPTER 1
The
Before taking the world by storm, the Beatles

worked hard just to make a name for themselves
They started out as a group of teenagers from Liverpool, but the Beatles worked hard to
become one of the most influential bands of all time.
CHAPTER 1
DY N A M I C D U O
Lennon and McCartney
met through a mutual
friend in 1957.
2:How did Brian

Epstein first learn
of the Beatles?
In late 1961, Brian Epstein was working for his
family as the manager of their North End Music
Stores (NEMS) shop in Liverpool. As Epstein told
it, 20-year-old Raymond Jones heard about their
“My Bonnie” single and went to the NEMS shop
hoping to buy it. Shortly thereafter, two young
WHERE DID JOHN

women went to the store and asked for the same
single. According to Epstein, he had not been
aware of the single but now ordered copies of
it and grew curious about the band. Epstein
LENNON AND
attended a performance at the Cavern Club and set
out to become their manager even though he had no
experience. After winning the band over, Epstein
achieved his goal.
PAUL McCARTNEY
FIRST MEET?
Lennon and McCartney were introduced by their
mutual friend, Ivan Vaughan, at the Woolton
Village Fete at St. Peter’s Church on July 6,
1957. Vaughan had invited McCartney, 15, to go
with him to see Lennon’s band, the Quarrymen,
perform. Although they were initially cool to
each other, Lennon and McCartney eventually
bonded over their mutual passion for rock ’n’
roll. McCartney showed Lennon how to tune his
guitar properly and performed Eddie Cochran’s
“Twenty Flight Rock,” Gene Vincent’s “Be-Bop-
A-Lula” and several Little Richard songs, which
impressed Lennon. “I half thought to myself,
‘He’s as good as me,’” Lennon recalled. A week
or so later, McCartney was invited to join the
Quarrymen and accepted, taking on some lead
vocals in addition to playing guitar.
B E AT L E S T R I V I A 9
CHAPTER 1
WHY DID THE

BEATLES CUT SHORT
THEIR FIRST STAY IN
HAMBURG, GERMANY?
In 1960 the Beatles were booked for a gig in Hamburg
that would last several months. They were given dreadful
living accommodations in a run-down theater owned by
Bruno Koschmider, who also owned the club where they
were hired to play. The band eventually fell out with
Koschmider and arranged to move to a competing
club. It has been widely assumed that Koschmider,
acting in retaliation, told the authorities that George
Harrison was 17 and thus working in a nightclub while
underage. Harrison was deported. Koschmider also had
McCartney and drummer Pete Best arrested, accusing
them of attempted arson at the theater. McCartney
and Best had apparently gone there to retrieve their
belongings and, to see in the dark, they lit an object on a
wall. The theater was undamaged, but McCartney and
Best were deported as well.
10 B E AT L E S T R I V I A
E A R LY G I G S
George Harrison and John
Lennon onstage with Tony
Sheridan, circa 1960.
4:
What
inspired
the name
Quarrymen?
In 1956, John Lennon
formed a skiffle group
and recruited his close
friend, Pete Shotton, to
join him. Shotton played
the washboard. Other
friends were added,
including Rod Davis on
banjo, Eric Griffiths on
guitar and Colin Hanton
on drums, with Bill
Smith—and later Ivan
Vaughan, Len Garry,
and Nigel Walley—on
tea-chest bass. Lennon
was lead vocalist and
played guitar. Most of
the band members
attended Quarry
Bank High School for
Boys, in Liverpool,
England. Initially, they
called themselves
the Blackjacks, but
discovered another
skiffle group was
already using that
name. As an alternative,
either Lennon or
Shotton suggested the
Quarrymen, inspired by
a line in their school’s
song: “Quarrymen,
old before our birth.
Straining each muscle
and sinew.” The boys
enjoyed the irony of
using that line for
inspiration, since,
according to Shotton,
“We’d never strained a
muscle or sinew in our
life at Quarry Bank.”
CHAPTER 1
5:
Why did
Decca
Records
reject the
Beatles?
As the Beatles’ manager,
Epstein’s first priority
was to secure them a
recording contract. He
arranged for them to
do a studio audition
for Decca Records on
New Year’s Day, 1962.
Lennon, McCartney,
Harrison, and Best
recorded 15 songs,
including covers of
“Money (That’s What I
Want),” “Till There Was
You,” “Searchin’” and
“Bésame Mucho,” as
well as three Lennon-
McCartney originals:
“Hello Little Girl,” “Love
of the Loved,” and “Like
Dreamers Do.” More
than a month later,
Decca declined to give
them a contract. Epstein
claimed that Decca
executive Dick Rowe
told him, “We don’t
like your boys’ sound.
Groups of guitarists are
on their way out.” Rowe
denied ever saying
this, and attributed the
rejection to another
executive, Mike Smith,
who decided to sign
Brian Poole and the
Tremeloes instead.
FIRST BASS
Stuart Sutcliffe preceded
McCartney as the bassist
for the Beatles.
7:Who brought
George Harrison to
the band?
In early 1958, the Quarrymen were in need of a
new lead guitarist. McCartney recommended his
friend and schoolmate, George Harrison, who was
not yet 15. Lennon was doubtful, mostly because of
Harrison’s age. But McCartney was convinced
WHO WAS THE

that Harrison would be a good fit. An informal
audition happened one night as the three boys rode
on the top deck of a city bus. At McCartney’s urging,
Harrison took out his guitar and played Bill Jus-
BEATLES’ BASS
tis’ “Raunchy.” Lennon was impressed and agreed
to let Harrison join the group. Still, Harrison was
never allowed to forget that he was the youngest
member—even McCartney held that over his head.
PLAYER BEFORE
“[Paul] was always about nine months older than
me,” Harrison said years later. “Even now, he’s still
nine months older!”
PAUL?
In January 1960, the Quarrymen added Stuart
Sutcliffe, one of John Lennon’s closest friends,
as their new bass player. Sutcliffe was not much
of a musician and McCartney was jealous of
Sutcliffe’s close relationship with Lennon.
Sutcliffe did make an important contribution
to the band, though: By summer 1960, they
were tired of being called the Quarrymen and,
at Sutcliffe’s suggestion, changed their name
to the Beatals. It evolved to Long John and the
Silver Beatles, the Silver Beatles, and, finally,
the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band in July 1961
and McCartney took over on bass. Sutcliffe died
at 21 years old on April 10, 1962, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, leaving Lennon devastated.
CHAPTER 1
B E AT B R O T H E R S
Tony Sheridan and his
band outside the Star-Club
in Hamburg, Germany.
8:What songs did

the Beatles record
during the first
hLiT`^N`fjRLPlease
Please Me album?
WHAT WERE THE
On Feb. 11, 1963, the Beatles—now including drum-
mer Ringo Starr—spent nearly 13 hours recording
10 songs for their debut album, Please Please Me.
At the first recording session, at EMI’s Abbey Road
BEATLES’ FIRST
Studios in London, the Beatles recorded 10 takes
of “There’s a Place” and 9 takes of “I Saw Her
Standing There.” Please Please Me was released
in the U.K. on March 22, 1963, featuring a total of
PROFESSIONAL
14 songs—four of which had already been recorded
and released as singles: “Love Me Do” backed with
“P.S. I Love You” and “Please Please Me” backed
with “Ask Me Why.”
RECORDING SESSIONS?
During the Beatles’ second extended gig in
Hamburg from April to July 1961, they performed
at the Top Ten Club, often with fellow British
musician Tony Sheridan. German record pro-
ducer Bert Kaempfert saw both acts perform.
He signed Sheridan to a recording contract
and hired the Beatles as Sheridan’s backup
band on several songs, including covers of “My
Bonnie (Lies Over the Ocean)” and “When the
Saints Go Marching In.” The recording sessions
took place on June 22 and 23. Kaempfert signed
the Beatles to a one-year recording contract. “My
Bonnie (Lies Over the Ocean)” was released as a
single in October 1961, with “When the Saints Go
Marching In,” retitled “The Saints,” as the B-side.
Sheridan got top billing on the single, and the
Beatles were billed as the Beat Brothers.
CHAPTER 2
The band’s rapid rise to superstardom included hit

records, movies, and a historic trip to America
B R E A KO U T S TA R S
The Beatles skyrocketed to worldwide fame by the mid-’60s, and nearly every television in
America tuned in to see their historic debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.
CHAPTER 2
1:
True or
false: The
Beatles
refused to
go to the
U.S. until
they had a
No. 1 single
there.
False. This is Beatles
folklore. Paul McCartney
has said many times
over the years that the
Beatles insisted to their
manager, Brian Epstein,
that they would not
visit the U.S. until they
had a No. 1 single in
the country. But in fact,
plans were made for the
band to go to America
regardless of where they
were on the U.S. record
charts. In November
1963, Epstein made a
deal for the Beatles to
perform on one of the
country’s most-watched
television programs,
The Ed Sullivan Show,
in February 1964. The
deal was made before
the band had any hit
records in the U.S. It
was a matter of good
timing—and some
aggressive promotion
on the part of EMI, the
band’s record company,
and its U.S. label, Capitol
Records—that “I Want
To Hold Your Hand”
topped the U.S. charts
on Feb. 1, just six days
before the Beatles
arrived in New York.
LOV E M E D O
Starr played tambourine
on this song for the
Beatles’ debut album.
3:Who played
drums on
“Love Me Do”?
It depends on the version you’re listening to. The
single, recorded on Sept. 4, 1962, featured Ringo
Starr on the drums. The band had recently fired
their previous drummer, Pete Best, after learn-
ing that their new producer, George Martin, did
WHO WAS THE

not consider Best skilled enough for studio work.
Martin intended to use a session drummer for the
band’s records. The Beatles had wanted to replace
Best with Starr anyway, and Martin’s feedback
FIRST BEATLE TO
prompted them to make their move. But there was
apparently dissatisfaction with Starr’s timekeeping
on “Love Me Do,” so the Beatles recorded it again
on Sept. 11, this time with session player Andy
VISIT THE U.S.?

White on drums and Starr assigned to the tambou-
rine. This remake of “Love Me Do” appeared on the
Beatles’ debut album, Please Please Me.
In September 1963, George Harrison spent

two weeks visiting his sister, Louise Harrison
Caldwell, in Benton, Illinois, where she lived
with her husband and children. During his stay,
Harrison got to see a movie at a drive-in—a real
novelty, since there was nothing like that in
England. He also became friendly with members
of the Four Vests, the most popular band in the
area. Meanwhile, with the Beatles still unknown
in the U.S., Louise promoted her brother, urging
radio stations to play the Beatles records she
had delivered to them and arranging interviews
for him with teen-oriented local media. Shortly
before he returned to the U.K., Harrison
performed with the Four Vests during the
band’s gig at a VFW hall, joining them on songs
including “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” “Johnny B.
Goode,” and “Matchbox.” Within a few months,
Harrison was one of the most famous people in
the world.
CHAPTER 2
B R I T I S H I N VA S I O N
The Beatles performed for
the first time on American
soil on Feb. 9, 1964.
HOW MANY PEOPLE

TUNED IN TO WATCH
THE BEATLES
PERFORM ON THE ED
SULLIVAN SHOW ?
The Beatles’ first appearance on The Ed Sullivan
Show, on Feb. 9, 1964, attracted a record-setting
73 million viewers—45.3% of U.S. households
with televisions watched the show, reflecting
more than 23 million homes. The New York Daily
News reported that not one hubcap was stolen in
any of the city’s five boroughs that night, and in
Washington, D.C., no teenagers were arrested while
the show aired. Anticipation had been building for
weeks, with American radio stations playing the
Beatles’ music around the clock, and when the band
arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport, they were met
by thousands of screaming fans.
CHAPTER 2
S I LV E R S C R E E N
Director Richard Lester
helped bring the first two
Beatles films to life.
6:What was the

first “solo”
Beatles song?
“Yesterday,” which appeared on their 1965 album,
Help!, marked the first time that a Beatle recorded
a song with none of the other band members taking
part. According to the song’s writer, Paul McCart-
ney, the melody came to him in a dream and, until
WHO DIRECTED
he wrote lyrics, the working title was “Scrambled
Eggs.” McCartney said that after he played the song
for the other Beatles on his guitar, Ringo Starr said
it didn’t make sense to put drums on it, and John
THE BEATLES’
Lennon and George Harrison felt there was no
point in having additional guitars. Producer George
Martin suggested that McCartney record a perfor-
mance on acoustic guitar, with a string quartet.
MOVIES A HARD
DAY’S NIGHT AND
HELP! ?
American director Richard Lester helmed both
movies. The Beatles were fans of a short film
he had made in 1959, The Running, Jumping &
Standing Still Film, starring Peter Sellers and
Spike Milligan. Beatles manager Brian Epstein
suggested that Lester direct the band’s first movie.
“We all said, ‘He’s in. That’s our man,’” Paul
McCartney said later. Today, A Hard Day’s Night
is considered a true classic—in 1999 the British
Film Institute ranked it No. 88 on its list of the
top 100 British films of the 20th century.
CHAPTER 2
F I N A L FA R E W E L L
The Beatles decided to
stop touring for good in
August 1966.
7:What was
the original title
of the Beatles’
movie Help!?
The second Beatles movie was originally titled
Eight Arms To Hold You. This title was announced
WHERE DID THE

to the public in mid-March 1965. But on April 14,
the movie’s title was officially changed to Help!,
with John Lennon writing the title song. This
change apparently came too late for Capitol
BEATLES PERFORM
Records, the Beatles’ record company in the U.S.,
to update the label on its single for “Ticket to
Ride,” one of the songs that would be heard in the
movie. On the label, under the song’s title, it said,
THEIR LAST-EVER
“From the United Artists Release ‘Eight Arms To
Hold You.’” (The single’s B-side, “Yes It Is,” also
had a label identifying it as a song from the then-
forthcoming movie. Since that song does not appear
CONCERT AS A
in the movie, either Capitol was in error or the song
was intended to be used in the film but was cut
during production.)
TOURING BAND?
After their concert at Candlestick Park in San
Francisco on Aug. 29, 1966, the Beatles stopped
touring as a band. All four members were tired
of Beatlemania, and of not being able to hear
themselves play over the endless, overpowering
screams from the crowds. Furthermore,
their 1966 tour had been a rocky one. In the
Philippines, they inadvertently offended first
lady Imelda Marcos and had to flee the country
in a rush, and in the U.S., they faced death threats
after John Lennon said the Beatles were “more
popular than Jesus now.” On the flight home
to England, George Harrison reportedly said,
“That’s it, I’m not a Beatle anymore.”
9:
When did
the Beatles
first appear
on U.S.
television?
While The Ed Sullivan
Show presented the
Beatles’ first live
appearance on U.S.
television, it was not
the first time that
Americans were
exposed to the band.
On Nov. 18, 1963, NBC
aired an episode of
the news program
The Huntley-Brinkley
Report, during which
correspondent Edwin
Newman reported on
the wave of Beatlemania
that was then spreading
across England. The
segment provided some
background on the
Beatles and their British
fans, showed footage
of the band in concert,
and noted the rumor
that a visit to the U.S. by
the Fab Four was in the
works. On Jan. 3, 1964,
the Beatles showed up
on American television
again when Jack Paar,
on his primetime show,
aired clips of the band
performing “From Me
to You” and “She Loves
You” live to audiences
of screaming teenagers.
Paar quipped, “It’s nice
to know that England
has finally risen to our
cultural level.”
CHAPTER 3
The
No longer bound by touring, the Beatles

developed their music, explored filmmaking, and
expanded their minds
REINVENTION
With little interest in public tours and no more screaming fans to distract them, the Beatles
were free to reinvent themselves and their sound.
CHAPTER 3
2:
True or
false: “Lucy
in the
Sky with
Diamonds”
was meant
as a tribute
to LSD.
False. Despite its
psychedelic sound and
the initials in the title,
the Beatles consistently
stated that “Lucy in the
Sky with Diamonds” was
inspired by a picture
drawn by John Lennon’s
4-year-old son, Julian,
of his classmate, a girl
1:Who was the named Lucy O’Donnell.

Ringo Starr has said
that he witnessed Julian
first Beatle to
coming home, showing
his father the drawing,
and describing it, thus
publicly discuss
sparking the idea for the
song. Paul McCartney
has also said that
he saw the drawing.
his use of LSD? Lennon explained that

in writing the surreal
lyrics, he was influenced
by the literary style
While Paul McCartney was the last Beatle to try
of the novel Alice in
LSD, he was the first to publicly talk about using Wonderland, written
it. John Lennon and George Harrison were intro- by one of his favorite
duced to LSD in the spring of 1965 and were deeply authors, Lewis Carroll.
affected by the experience. They soon convinced In recent years, Julian
Lennon has confirmed
Ringo Starr to try it, but McCartney refused, worried
that his drawing
about permanent psychological damage. He finally inspired the song. He
succumbed to what he called “peer pressure” and and Lucy fell out of
tried LSD in the company of friends, though none touch for decades but
of the other Beatles were present. In June 1967, reestablished their
friendship shortly before
McCartney admitted in an interview that he had
she died of lupus-
taken the drug. He received some backlash and was related complications in
accused of promoting drug use to his fans. 2009, at the age of 46.
F I R ST F LO P
The 1967 broadcast of
Magical Mystery Tour was
panned by critics and fans.
WHAT PROJECT DID

THE BEATLES WORK
ON AFTER THE
DEATH OF BRIAN
EPSTEIN?
The Beatles’ manager died on Aug. 27, 1967, of
what was officially declared an accidental drug
overdose. In the aftermath, Paul McCartney felt
that the band needed a new project to keep them
unified. He convinced the others to do Magical
Mystery Tour, an experimental one-hour
musical television special directed by the Beatles
themselves. The show aired on the BBC later that
year on Dec. 26. Despite the presence of strong
songs including “I Am the Walrus” and “The Fool
on the Hill,” the show was the band’s first misfire,
receiving negative reactions from critics and
audiences alike. In 1993, George Harrison likened
it to an “an elaborate home movie.”
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NAME THE ONLY SONG

ON SGT. PEPPER’S
THAT GEORGE MARTIN
DID NOT ARRANGE.
When Paul McCartney was ready to work on the
arrangement for “She’s Leaving Home,” he wanted to
get started on it immediately. McCartney contacted
the Beatles’ producer and arranger, George Martin, but
Martin was scheduled to produce a recording session for
Cilla Black and felt obligated to honor that commitment.
McCartney was insulted that Martin did not rearrange
his schedule to accommodate him. “It was probably
unreasonable to expect him to,” McCartney acknowledged
years later. He then reached out to arranger, Mike Leander,
who was able to meet with him at his house. Martin
was upset that McCartney was not willing to wait for
him. Nevertheless, he produced the recording sessions
for “She’s Leaving Home,” slightly revising Leander’s
arrangement and conducting the orchestra. Overall,
McCartney said, “It didn’t work out badly.”
T H E F I F T H B E AT L E
The Beatles’ producer and
arranger George Martin
works the controls.
5:
What
fantasy
novel did
the Beatles
want to
adapt into a
movie?
After 1964’s A Hard
Day’s Night and 1965’s
Help!, the Beatles
owed one more movie
to United Artists. Not
wanting to make another
musical comedy in which
they played themselves,
they set their sights on
adapting The Lord of
the Rings, with John
Lennon as Gollum, Paul
McCartney as Frodo,
George Harrison as
Gandalf, and Ringo
Starr as Sam. The band
approached Stanley
Kubrick to direct, but he
declined. “I don’t think
it was quite in Stanley
Kubrick’s ballpark,”
Leon Vitali, Kubrick’s
former assistant, said
in 2018. Even if Kubrick
had been interested,
the film probably
would have never hap-
pened. According to
The Ultimate Beatles
Encyclopedia, Tolkien
had already sold the film
rights just days before
his agent was contacted
by a representative of
the band. Plus, other
accounts suggest that
Tolkien was not a fan
of the Beatles and did
not want his work to be
associated with them.
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L O N E S TA R R
Ringo Starr did not receive
a solo songwriting credit
in the Beatles until 1968.
6:Who demanded
payment to
be included on the
cover of Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely
Hearts Club Band?
To allay the fears of EMI executives over possible WHAT WAS
RINGO STARR’S
lawsuits, all of the still-living celebrities the Beatles
wanted to include on the cover of Sgt. Pepper’s
Lonely Hearts Club Band were contacted to obtain
their written permission. Only one demanded
FIRST SOLO
payment: American actor Leo Gorcey. Best known
for starring in the Bowery Boys movies of the 1940s
and ’50s, Gorcey’s image was placed in the top row
on the right, next to his regular co-star, Huntz Hall.
SONGWRITING
But Gorcey reportedly wanted $500 as compensa-
tion. As a result, he was dropped altogether, covered
up with blue sky. “We thought, ‘You know what,
we’ve got enough people on here,’” Paul McCartney
CREDIT?
said years later. (American actress Mae West initially
turned down the Beatles’ request, wondering why
she would ever be associated with a “lonely hearts
club,” but after receiving a personal note signed by
all four band members, she gave her consent.)
Starr had a co-writing credit with Lennon and
McCartney on “What Goes On,” from 1965’s
Rubber Soul, but it was not until 1968’s double-
album, The Beatles, aka The White Album, that
Starr made his solo debut with “Don’t Pass Me
By.” He had been working on the song on and off
since around 1964. “I used to wish that I could
write songs like the others—and I’ve tried, but
I just can’t,” Starr said. “I can get the words all
right, but whenever I think of a tune and sing it
to the others they always say, ‘Yeah, it sounds like
[another song that already exists],’ and when they
point it out, I see what they mean.”
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8:
What 1966
album
inspired the
creation
of Sgt.
Pepper’s
Lonely
Hearts Club
Band ?
According to Paul
McCartney, the Beach
Boys’ album Pet
Sounds, produced and
co-written by Brian
Wilson, was the biggest
influence on Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts
Club Band. McCartney
considered Pet Sounds
a masterpiece. His
admiration for the
album motivated him
to try to top it with the
next Beatles project.
“It was basically the
harmonies that I nicked
from [Pet Sounds],” he
said. “It wasn’t really
avant-garde, it was just
straight music, surf
music—but stretched
a bit, lyrically and
melodically.” Fittingly
enough, Pet Sounds
had been inspired by
the U.S. version of the
Beatles’ 1965 album,
Rubber Soul, which
made Brian Wilson want
to create “the greatest
rock album ever made.”
As far as McCartney was
concerned, Wilson had
achieved that goal—and
had given the Beatles a
new standard to meet.
S P I R I T U A L B E AT L E
George Harrison sits with
members of the Hare
Krishna movement in 1969.
WHAT GEORGE
HARRISON SONG
WAS CUT FROM THE
WHITE ALBUM?
Despite having recorded 102 takes—more than
they did for any other song—the Beatles left
George Harrison’s “Not Guilty” off The White
Album. The lyrics represented his effort to stand
up for himself within the Beatles: They expressed
his position that he simply wanted his own piece
of the Beatles pie while John Lennon and Paul
McCartney dominated the band, and that he was
not to blame for the Beatles’ ill-fated association
with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, which Harrison
had originally encouraged. Some Beatles scholars
have speculated that the song was shelved
because it hit too close to home for Lennon and
McCartney. Harrison recorded a new version,
with a mellower jazz-pop arrangement, for his
1979 album, George Harrison.
CHAPTER 4
Despite difficult circumstances, the Beatles soldiered

on and produced some of their finest music
LET IT BE
The Beatles were joined by Billy Preston for an impromptu 42-minute set on the roof of Apple
Corps headquarters in London. It marked the final performance of their career as the Beatles.
CHAPTER 4
WHO DIRECTED THE

BEATLES’ 1970
FILM, LET IT BE ?
The Beatles recruited Michael Lindsay-Hogg,
who had directed their promotional films for
“Paperback Writer,” “Rain,” “Revolution,” and “Hey
Jude,” and with whom John Lennon had recently
worked on The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus,
to direct what became the documentary movie Let
It Be. In January 1969, Lindsay-Hogg filmed the
Beatles preparing material and rehearsing for a
planned live show that was ultimately performed
on the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters.
He was a prominent figure in Peter Jackson’s 2021
documentary series, The Beatles: Get Back, which
utilized and re-edited the footage of the band that
Lindsay-Hogg had shot 52 years earlier. In 2000,
Lindsay-Hogg directed Two of Us, a fictional TV
movie based on the real-life incident in which Paul
McCartney visited John Lennon in New York City
on April 24, 1976.
2:
When did
the Beatles
break up?
The point of no return
has long been a matter
of discussion. Some
say the crucial moment
took place on Sept.
20, 1969, when the
band—except for George
Harrison, who was out
of town—met to sign a
new recording contract.
At this meeting, Paul
McCartney pitched
ideas for future live
Beatles performances,
prompting John
Lennon to respond, “I
think you’re daft,” and
to announce that he
was leaving the group.
Others attach the
breakup to April 9, 1970,
when McCartney—in
conjunction with the
release of his first solo
album, McCartney—
issued a Q&A to the
press in which he stated
that he was not planning
any future work with the
Beatles or songwriting
collaborations with
Lennon. Still others
pinpoint the date as
Dec. 31, 1970, when
McCartney filed a
lawsuit against Lennon,
Harrison, Starr, and
Apple Corps to officially
dissolve the Beatles’
partnership.
D O N ’ T L E T M E D OW N
By 1971, The Beatles had
officially concluded their
partnership.
CHAPTER 4
4:
What is the
shortest
Beatles
song ever
recorded?
3:What was With a running time
of just 23 seconds,
“Her Majesty” was
the Beatles’
originally part of the
medley on side 2 of
Abbey Road, placed
primary rule
between “Mean Mr.
Mustard” and “Polythene
Pam.” Ultimately,
for recording their

Paul McCartney, who
recorded the song
alone on acoustic guitar,
songs during the

instructed engineer John
Kurlander to remove it to
improve the flow of the
medley. Kurlander put
original sessions the rejected song at the

end of the master tape,
separating it from the
for Let It Be? others by 14 seconds’

worth of leader tape.
On a later playback,
McCartney liked how
As the original impetus for the Let It Be project was “Her Majesty” came in
for the Beatles to perform all of the songs live, the after the long silence
primary rule was that the recordings would not and decided to keep it
feature the kinds of elaborate arrangements, for the album, making
the song one of the first
orchestrations, and studio tricks that had been
hidden tracks on a rock
on their more recent albums, particularly Sgt. LP. The chord that opens
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. John Lennon “Her Majesty” is actually
reportedly told producer George Martin, “I don’t the original end of “Mean
want any of your production s--t. … I don’t want any Mr. Mustard,” and the
missing note at the end
editing [or] overdubbing. We just record the song
is at the beginning of
and that’s it.” That meant performing take after “Polythene Pam.”
take of each song until they got it perfect. Ironically,
producer Phil Spector was later brought in to
prepare the recordings for release after a long delay
and overdubbed lush orchestrations onto several
songs, most notoriously “The Long and Winding G E T B AC K
Sound engineer Glyn
Road,” to which he also added a female choir, much Johns called Let It Be a
to the dismay of the song’s composer, Paul McCartney. “syrupy load of bulls--t.”
WHO ASSEMBLED
LET IT BE BEFORE
PHIL SPECTOR WAS
BROUGHT IN?
After the Let It Be sessions wrapped, Glyn
Johns, the principal sound engineer during those
sessions, was tasked to go through the dozens
of hours of recordings and assemble an album
around the best performances. The intended title
for the album was Get Back. Johns embraced the
original ethos of the project and presented the
Beatles completely live, rough, with no overdubs
or edits. He completed a first attempt in May
1969, but the Beatles rejected it. In January 1970,
Johns completed a second version, but it was also
rejected. Apparently, the approach was too rough
for the band. Finally, Phil Spector was brought in
to produce the album. Johns’ version of Get Back,
which has been heavily bootlegged over the years,
was given an official release in 2021 as part of the
Let It Be Super Deluxe box set.
CHAPTER 4
P L AY I N G A R O U N D
The Beatles jam at Abbey
Road Studios, circa 1967.
WHAT WAS THE LAST

SONG THAT ALL FOUR
BEATLES WORKED
ON TOGETHER IN THE
STUDIO?
Aug. 20, 1969, marked the last time all four Beatles were in
the recording studio together. They were present for the
final mixing and editing of John Lennon’s song, “I Want
You (She’s So Heavy),” which was recorded for Abbey
Road. Lennon requested that the song end with an abrupt
cut-off at the 7-minute, 44-second mark. Once this task
was completed, the Beatles spent the rest of their time in
the studio that day trying to work out the album’s running
order. At that time, the album’s sides were reversed—the
long medley was going to appear on side one. On side two,
“Octopus’s Garden” and “Oh! Darling” were in opposite
places. The Beatles would reconvene a few more times,
most notably for a final photo session, but never again in a
recording studio or to make music together.
CHAPTER 4
EYE IN THE SKY
Alan Parsons and Eric
Woolfson formed the Alan
Parsons Project in 1975.
7:True or False:
The Beatles
recorded Abbey
Road knowing that
it would be their
last album.
False. Despite the ongoing differences within the WHAT BEATLES
AUDIO ENGINEER
Beatles, the sessions for Abbey Road were more
harmonious than the ones for Let It Be had been.
On Sept. 8, 1969, two weeks before Abbey Road
was released, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and
HAD HIS OWN

George Harrison met to discuss the band’s future.
Ringo Starr was in the hospital at the time, so the
meeting was recorded for him to listen to later.
Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison discussed
SUCCESSFUL
the possibility of recording another album, and
perhaps a single, in time for Christmas. Lennon
suggested ending the “Lennon & McCartney”
songwriting credit and having the proposed album
BAND?
feature four songs each from Lennon, McCartney,
and Harrison, and one or two from Starr “if he
wants them.” While this new division of labor—
and a new album—never materialized, both were
considered before the band broke up. At the age of 19, Alan Parsons landed a job at
Abbey Road Studios and worked as a tape operator
on the Beatles’ January 1969 sessions for Let It
Be. Parsons then served as an assistant engineer
on Abbey Road under producer George Martin
and engineer Geoff Emerick. Later, as a full-
fledged recording engineer, he worked on Paul
McCartney’s post-Beatles albums Wild Life and
Red Rose Speedway and on Pink Floyd’s Dark Side
of the Moon. Parsons formed The Alan Parsons
Project with Eric Woolfson in 1975 and went on
to release several top 20 hit singles, including
1980’s “Games People Play,” 1981’s “Time,” 1982’s
“Eye in the Sky,” and 1984’s “Don’t Answer Me.”
9:
Who
became the
Beatles’
business
manager in
1969?
After Brian Epstein died,
the Beatles decided
to manage their own
affairs, which led to
the formation of their
company, Apple Corps
Ltd., in 1968. But within
a year, the Beatles
knew they needed an
experienced hand. John
Lennon was sold on
Allen Klein, a shrewd,
pugnacious American
businessman who was
managing the Rolling
Stones at the time. Paul
McCartney had been
lobbying for New York
attorneys Lee and John
Eastman, the father and
brother, respectively,
of his soon-to-be wife,
Linda Eastman. The
other Beatles felt that
scenario would give
McCartney an unfair
advantage. Ultimately,
Lennon, along with
George Harrison and
Ringo Starr, went
with Klein. McCartney,
however, was dead-set
against Klein, finding
him unsavory and
untrustworthy, and
refused to sign the
management contract.
This conflict within
the band proved to
be irreparable.
CHAPTER 5
A tumultuous childhood set John Lennon on

the path to rock greatness
S T R AW B E R R Y F I E L D S F O R E V E R
John Lennon’s memories of his childhood, particularly his mother, inspired him to write some
of the Beatles’ most famous songs.
CHAPTER 5
1:What was the 2:

Who
title of John raised
Lennon’s first book? John
Lennon?
In 1964, John Lennon became a published author, John Lennon was
releasing a book of his satirical stories, poems and born on Oct. 9, 1940,
line drawings. The book was titled In His Own to Alfred “Alf” Lennon
Write—a suggestion from Paul McCartney, who and his wife, Julia. Alf,
contributed the introduction and co-authored a merchant seaman,
was away from home
two of the pieces. The book came about after most of the time and
Lennon showed some of his writings and artwork Julia maintained a free-
to American journalist Michael Braun, who was spirited lifestyle even
covering the Beatles while they were on tour in after John was born,
1963. Braun showed Lennon’s work to literary which earned her the
disapproval of her older
director Tom Maschler. Maschler was so impressed sister, Mimi. Dismayed
that he offered Lennon a book contract. Most of by what she felt was
the content was created for the book, though some Julia’s irresponsibility as
pieces dated as far back as 1958. In His Own Write a parent, Mimi contacted
was critically acclaimed, became a bestseller, and Liverpool social services
and described Julia as
spawned a follow-up, A Spaniard in the Works, an unfit mother. This led
published the following year. to Julia handing John,
who was around 5 years
old, over to Mimi and
her husband, George
Smith, permanently.
Mimi and George were
devoted parental figures,
with Mimi serving as the
authoritarian and George
providing patience and
affection. But in June
1955, George, who had
developed cirrhosis of
the liver, died, leaving
John without the closest
thing he had to a father.
From then on, Mimi
raised John on her own.
Tragically, Julia Lennon
was killed in an accident
in July 1958 at age 44.
H I S OW N WO R DS
John Lennon’s 1964 book
of short stories, In His Own
Write, was a bestseller.
WHO BOUGHT JOHN
HIS FIRST GUITAR?
When he was around 15, John Lennon began
spending more time with his mother, Julia.
This heightened the growing tension between
him and his aunt Mimi, who Lennon felt could
be domineering, uptight, and downright harsh.
“As I got bigger and had more rows with Mimi,
I used to go and live with Julia for a weekend,
or eventually a few weeks,” he said. Lennon and
his mother bonded over music; he had already
learned to play the harmonica and Julia taught
him to play the banjo. Eventually, she bought him
his first guitar. Julia shared Lennon’s enthusiasm
for rock ’n’ roll, particularly Elvis Presley, and
encouraged his activities with the Quarrymen.
Mimi, however, did not approve of the music that
had become her nephew’s obsession. “A guitar’s
all right, John, but you’ll never earn your living by
it,” she warned him, which only fueled Lennon’s
passion even more.
L O N E LY B OY
John Lennon wrote the
1968 song “Julia” in honor
of his late mother.
CHAPTER 5
WHAT BEATLES
SONG WAS BASED
ON AN AFFAIR
JOHN LENNON
HAD?
John Lennon was notoriously unfaithful during
his marriage to his first wife, Cynthia. One of
his many affairs inspired the song “Norwegian
Wood (This Bird Has Flown),” though Lennon
wrote it in such a way that he avoided making an
explicit confession. Paul McCartney has taken
credit for contributing the idea of the song’s
protagonist setting the girl’s apartment on fire
the morning after she makes him sleep in the
bathtub and then goes off to work before he
wakes up. The song appeared on the Beatles’
1965 album, Rubber Soul, and was the first
Beatles song to feature the sitar, which was
played by George Harrison.
E A R LY L O V E
John Lennon married his
first wife, Cynthia, in 1962.
5:
Where
did John
Lennon
meet Yoko
Ono?
According to Lennon
and Ono, they first
met on Nov. 7, 1966, in
London, at the Indica
Gallery, which was
about to host Ono’s
latest art exhibition. One
of Ono’s pieces called
for visitors to hammer
a nail into a piece of
plasterboard. The
gallery’s co-owner, John
Dunbar, suggested that
6:What Beatles
Lennon hammer in the
first nail. Ono didn’t want
the plasterboard marred
before the exhibition’s
song got John

opening and asked
Lennon to pay her five
shillings. Lennon replied
Lennon sued?
that he would pay her
imaginary money if she
let him hammer in an
imaginary nail. With
that, they knew they John Lennon’s primary inspiration for “Come
had a connection. More Together” was Chuck Berry’s “You Can’t Catch
recently, however, Paul
McCartney has said
Me,” released in 1956. The opening line, “Here
that Ono had previously come old flat-top,” came almost directly from
approached him about Berry’s song. Paul McCartney, wary of the similar-
donating an original ities, suggested a slower, funkier arrangement to
Lennon-McCartney avoid comparisons. But record executive Morris
manuscript to a project
for composer John
Levy, who owned the publishing rights to “You
Cage for his birthday. Can’t Catch Me,” still sued Lennon for plagiarism.
McCartney turned her To stop the case from going to court, Lennon
down but steered her agreed to cover three songs that Levy owned on his
towards Lennon, who 1975 album, Rock ’n’ Roll. Lennon always denied
gave her the original
lyrics to “The Word,”
having committed any plagiarism. “[‘Come Together’]
from Rubber Soul. is nothing like the Chuck Berry song,” he said in
December 1980. “I could have changed it to ‘Here
comes old iron face,’ but the song remains indepen-
dent of Chuck Berry or anybody else on earth.”
CHAPTER 5
HAPPY TOGETHER
John Lennon and Yoko
Ono appear on The Dick
Cavett Show in 1971.
WHEN DID JOHN

LENNON MOVE TO
THE UNITED STATES?
John Lennon and Yoko Ono left England for New
York City in 1971, after enduring constant scrutiny,
ridicule and, in Ono’s case, race-fueled hostility
in Lennon’s native country. Lennon immediately
felt right at home in his new surroundings. “New
York is at my speed,” he said. “It’s a twenty-four-
hours-a-day city… It’s all there if you want it. The
telephone can bring you anything and everything.
I like New Yorkers… They’re naturally aggressive,
they don’t believe in wasting time.” The couple
soon became acquainted with some of the city’s
most colorful inhabitants, including folk musician
David Peel (for whom Lennon and Ono produced
the notorious 1972 album The Pope Smokes Dope)
and counterculture figures Jerry Rubin and Abbie
Hoffman. In July 1976, Lennon received his green
card after a long-fought legal battle.
CHAPTER 5
LO ST O N E S
John Lennon and May
Pang on a date in New
York in 1974.
WHAT WAS JOHN

LENNON’S
“LOST WEEKEND”?
Around 1973, John Lennon and Yoko Ono
separated. Not wanting Lennon to be alone, Ono
arranged an affair between him and their
assistant, May Pang. For the next 18 months,
a period Lennon would later call his “lost
weekend,” he and Pang lived in both New York
City and Los Angeles. Lennon tried to record
his Rock ’n’ Roll album with eccentric producer
Phil Spector, but the sessions turned chaotic.
He produced Harry Nilsson’s album, Pussy Cats,
but both men tended to drink to excess and were
thrown out of a nightclub at least once. Lennon
and Pang shared a beach house with Nilsson and
fellow carousers Ringo Starr and Keith Moon.
Lennon also recorded his Walls and Bridges
album and reconnected with his son Julian
and old friends including Mick Jagger and Paul
McCartney. Then, he reunited with Ono in early
1975. “The separation didn’t work out,” he said.
9:
What song
had John
Lennon
been
working on
with Yoko
Ono on the
night he
died?
On Dec. 8, 1980, John
Lennon’s joint album
with Yoko Ono, Double
Fantasy, had been on
sale for several weeks
and the couple was
focused on their next
collection of songs.
They were in the studio
with their co-producer,
Jack Douglas, mixing
Ono’s new song,
“Walking on Thin Ice,”
on which Lennon played
a searing lead guitar.
Record executive David
Geffen later told Rolling
Stone that Lennon was
excited about the song
and had said it would
be a great showcase
for Ono. It was released
as a single in February
1981, two months after
Lennon’s death. The
song received positive
reviews and reached
No. 58 in the U.S. In
2003 a maxi-single of
“Walking on Thin Ice,”
with remixes by dance
artists including the
Pet Shop Boys, Danny
Tenaglia, and Felix Da
Housecat, reached No. 1
on the U.S. dance chart.
CHAPTER 6
Paul McCartney has written and recorded some of the

most beloved songs in history
HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE

Paul McCartney was a guitarist for the Quarrymen, but he reluctantly moved over to the bass when
Stuart Sutcliffe left the band in 1961. He’s known as one of the most melodic bassists in rock ’n’ roll.
CHAPTER 6
T H E WA L R U S
Paul McCartney on bass,
circa 1962.
2:What song did

Paul write for his
musical heroes, the
Everly Brothers?
When the Everly Brothers reunited in 1983 and set
out to record EB 84, their first album in 11 years,
their producer, Dave Edmunds, approached Paul
TRUE OR FALSE:
McCartney about contributing a song. McCartney
obliged, writing “On the Wings of a Nightingale”
specifically for the brothers, whose harmony-rich
music had been a major influence on the Beatles.
PAUL DIED IN 1966

“On the Wings of a Nightingale,” released as a single
in August 1984, reached No. 50 on the Billboard Hot
100—the Everly Brothers’ highest-charting single
since 1967. McCartney played guitar on the track.
AND A DOUBLE
REPLACED HIM.
False. But, in October 1969, a rumor spread
internationally that McCartney was dead and
the “evidence” could be found in certain Beatles
songs—some had to be played backward—and on
several album covers, with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely
Hearts Club Band depicting McCartney’s funeral
and Abbey Road showing the funeral procession.
According to the story, McCartney died in a car
crash in 1966 and a lookalike named William
Campbell was hired to undergo plastic surgery
and take his place in the Beatles. McCartney’s
withdrawal from public appearances helped to
fuel the rumor—in reality, he was secluded with
his family and experiencing depression after
the breakup of the Beatles, which at the time was
still being kept secret. Nevertheless, the story
helped make Abbey Road one of the Beatles’
best-selling albums.
CHAPTER 6
Linda Louise Eastman, a professional photographer

from New York, had established herself through her
coverage of the world of rock music and traveled to
London to photograph prominent musicians for a
book. On May 15, 1967, she accompanied her friends,
the rock group the Animals, to a nightclub called
the Bag o’ Nails, where she met McCartney. They
spent most of the evening talking to each other and
met again four days later, at the launch party for Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. A divorced single
mother, Eastman had to return to the U.S. and her
4-year-old daughter, Heather. She and McCartney
stayed in touch, and he visited her several times. In
September 1968, McCartney invited Eastman to
return to London. She stayed with him for several
weeks, and by November, she and Heather moved
in with him permanently. The couple married on
March 12, 1969.
SW E E T LOV E
Linda Eastman takes snaps
of Paul at the press launch
for Sgt. Pepper’s in 1967.
4:
What three
comic book
supervillains
figured
prominently
in a song
by Paul
McCartney’s
post-Beatles
band, Wings?
As an expression of his
admiration for comic
books, Paul set out to
create a comic book
story as a song. The
result was “Magneto and
Titanium Man,” which
appeared on Wings’
1975 album, Venus and
Mars, and featured three
supervillains from Marvel
Comics: the mutant
terrorist Magneto,
archenemy of the
X-Men, and two armored
Russian agents, the
Titanium Man and the
Crimson Dynamo, both
enemies of Iron Man.
Wings performed the
song throughout their
1976 tour of America,
during which McCartney
met Jack Kirby, the artist
who had co-created
Magneto with writer-
editor Stan Lee. Kirby
gave McCartney and
Linda an original sketch
he had drawn of the
couple being held in
mid-air by a particularly
sinister-looking Magneto.
CHAPTER 6
BEHIND THE LENS
Paul McCartney’s first
screenwriting project
resulted in a flop.
5:What
0H&Dfj^LtpfTkL^
song has he often
cited as his favorite?
Paul McCartney has long stated that his songs
are like his children, so it would be difficult,
WHAT IS THE ONLY

if not impossible, for him to pick a favorite.
However, in his 2021 two-volume book set, The
Lyrics, McCartney wrote, “If pushed, I would
say that ‘Here, There and Everywhere’ is my
MOVIE PAUL
own favorite of all my songs.” It was one of the
last songs recorded for the Beatles’ 1966 album,
Revolver, and was inspired by the Beach Boys’
“God Only Knows,” which McCartney has cited as
STARRED IN WITH-
one of the greatest songs ever written. According
to McCartney, while recording “Here, There and
Everywhere,” he tried to sing it like Marianne
Faithfull might, so he used an almost falsetto voice
with double tracking. John Lennon reportedly told
McCartney that he thought the song surpassed his
own contributions to Revolver, and in 1980 Lennon
called it “one of my favorite songs of the Beatles.”
CHAPTER 6
7:
What was
the first solo
project Paul
worked on
while he was
still in the
Beatles?
Between the Beatles’
last concert in August
1966 and the first
recording sessions for
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely
Hearts Club Band
that December, Paul
McCartney agreed to
write the music for a
British comedy film, The
Family Way, starring
John Mills and his
daughter, Hayley Mills.
McCartney composed a
few pieces, including the
main theme, but pro-
ducer George Martin did
the actual scoring for
the film. Still, the project
marked the first solo
credit for McCartney
while he was a Beatle
and earned him an Ivor
Novello award for best
instrumental theme. In
1995, McCartney said
that John Lennon’s
widow, Yoko Ono, had
told him that Lennon
was privately hurt about
this solo venture—
though, according to
McCartney, Lennon
had never expressed
any objection to it. “He
always told me, ‘Fine,’”
McCartney said. “I think
if I’d known John was
disturbed, I would have
just asked him to join me.”
BEHIND THE LENS
Paul McCartney, pictured
circa 1964, wrote his first
song at age 14.
9:On what song did

Paul play drums
under the name
“Paul Ramon”?
Paul played drums on Steve Miller’s song “My Dark
Hour,” which appeared on Miller’s 1969 album,
Brave New World. The musical team-up came about
WHAT WAS THE

due to a Beatles recording session for Abbey Road
on May 9, 1969, that fell apart due to an argument
between the bandmates. The other Beatles stormed
out, leaving McCartney alone. He then encountered
FIRST SONG THAT

Miller, who was at the studio for his own recording
session. McCartney offered to play drums for him.
“My Dark Hour” resulted from the jam session, in
PAUL McCARTNEY
which McCartney also contributed on bass, guitar
and backing vocals. For his credit on the song,
McCartney used the name “Paul Ramon,” which he
had used briefly as a stage name in 1960.
EVER WROTE?
According to Paul, he wrote his first song, “I Lost
My Little Girl,” when he was 14 years old, shortly
after his mother, Mary, died in October 1956.
In recent years McCartney has suggested that
her death actually prompted the creation of the
song, at least on a subconscious level. He played
it for John Lennon shortly after they met and,
according to some sources, it became part of the
Quarrymen’s set list once McCartney joined the
band in 1957. He has often expressed regret over
the line, “Her hair didn’t always curl,” which he
wrote to rhyme with “girl.” In January 1969 the
Beatles worked on “I Lost My Little Girl” briefly,
with Lennon on lead vocals, during the Let It Be
sessions, but ultimately put it aside. McCartney
revived the song during his solo career, most
notably during his live performance on MTV
Unplugged in 1991.
CHAPTER 7
The “quiet Beatle” eventually emerged as a

formidable musical force
HERE COMES THE SUN

George Harrison’s songwriting with the Beatles and as a solo artist produced some of
the most enduring songs ever written.
CHAPTER 7
1:What other rock

group featured
George Harrison as
a key member?
Harrison was a member—and the unofficial leader—
of the Traveling Wilburys. The band formed in
1988 when Harrison’s record company, Warner
Bros. Records, asked him to come up with a B-side
for the single release of “This Is Love,” from his 1987
album, Cloud Nine. Harrison was in Los Angeles
at the time, socializing with Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty,
Bob Dylan, and Roy Orbison, and he recruited them
to help him. Within days, they wrote and recorded
“Handle With Care.” Harrison went on to record
an entire album with the same group of musicians.
Traveling Wilburys Volume 1 went on to sell over
5 million copies.
SIDE PROJECT
George Harrison led the
supergroup, the Traveling
Wilburys, in 1988.
3:
What TV
special
spoofing the
history of
the Beatles
had the
blessing
of—and
WHAT WAS THE featured
a cameo
LAST STUDIO ALBUM

appearance
by—George
Harrison?
RELEASED BY The 1978 TV special

The Rutles: All You
Need Is Cash was a
GEORGE HARRISON
“mockumentary” about
the fictional rock band
the Rutles, whose
history closely paralleled
that of the Beatles. It
BEFORE HE DIED?
co-starred and was
co-written by Monty
Python alum Eric Idle,
with whom Harrison
had become friendly.
The show also featured
Harrison released Cloud Nine in November 1987, cameo appearances
five years after his previous album, Gone Troppo. by Mick Jagger, Ron
Cloud Nine was a critical and commercial success, Wood, Paul Simon, John
reaching No. 8 on the Billboard 200. The first single Belushi, Dan Aykroyd,
from the album, a cover of Rudy Clark’s “Got My Gilda Radner, and
Bill Murray. Harrison
Mind Set on You,” reached No. 1 in the States— showed his support for
Harrison’s first chart-topper since 1973’s “Give the project by donning
Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth).” The album a wig, glasses, and
included Harrison’s look back at his Beatles days, fake mustache to play
“When We Was Fab,” with Ringo Starr on drums. a television reporter
conducting an interview
Other guest musicians on the album included Eric outside of the Rutles’
Clapton and Elton John. Cloud Nine marked the headquarters as it is
beginning of Harrison’s long association with being robbed in broad
co-producer Jeff Lynne. daylight.
CHAPTER 7
M U S I C F O R P E AC E
Harrison recruited Shankar
and other artists for the
Concert for Bangladesh.
5:What U.S.
president welcomed
George Harrison to
the White House?
On Nov. 16, 1974, George Harrison performed a
concert in Salt Lake City, Utah, as part of his U.S.
tour in support of his latest album, Dark Horse.
WHAT BENEFIT
Jack Ford, the 22-year-old son of then-President
Gerald Ford, was in attendance and met Harrison
backstage and invited him to the White House. On
Dec. 13, Harrison arrived with a group that included
CONCERT DID
his father, his manager, and musicians Billy Preston
and Ravi Shankar. Harrison and his companions
were brought to the Oval Office to meet President
Ford himself. It was the first presidential meeting
GEORGE HARRISON
with a member of the Beatles.
ORGANIZE?
The famine and war in Bangladesh led to a
refugee crisis in which millions of people fled
to India. This inspired Harrison to organize an
all-star charity concert—the first of its kind—to
raise money to help the refugees. The Concert
for Bangladesh was held on Aug. 1, 1971, at
Madison Square Garden in New York City, with
one performance in the afternoon and another in
the evening. The lineup included Harrison, Ravi
Shankar, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan,
Billy Preston, and Badfinger. The shows raised
almost $250,000 and the resulting movie and
live album generated around $12 million, though
most of it was caught up in red tape for years. The
Concert for Bangladesh inspired Bob Geldof to
start Live Aid.
CHAPTER 7
RHYTHM SECTION
George Harrison and
Paul McCartney perform
onstage in London in 1963.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST

SONG THAT GEORGE
HARRISON WROTE
FOR THE BEATLES?
“Don’t Bother Me” was the first song written by
Harrison to appear on a Beatles album. It was
written in a hotel room in Bournemouth, England,
while the Beatles were on tour in 1963 and Harrison
had fallen ill. “I wrote [it] as an exercise to see if I
could write a song,” he said years later. Harrison
was reportedly prompted by Bill Harry, editor of the
newspaper Mersey Beat and a friend of the band.
Harry knew that Harrison was the primary writer
of a previous song, “Cry for a Shadow,” which was
credited as a collaboration with John Lennon and
recorded by the Beatles in Hamburg in 1961. Harry
asked Harrison constantly whether he’d written
any additional songs and advised Harrison to not
leave all the songwriting to Lennon and McCartney.
“Don’t Bother Me” appeared on the Beatles’ second
album, With the Beatles.
CHAPTER 7
8:
What song
did George
Harrison
write
immediately
after he quit
7:What song the Beatles
during the
Let It Be
recorded by Cream sessions?
was co-written On Jan. 10, 1969,
George Harrison quit
by GeorgL+DgTh`^" the Beatles. According

to Harrison, he went
home and wrote “Wah-
Wah,” fueled by the
After Eric Clapton played lead guitar on George frustration he felt from
Harrison’s song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” being treated as a
on 1968’s White Album, Harrison returned the favor “junior” member of the
band. “‘Wah-Wah’ was
by helping Clapton write “Badge” for Cream’s final a ‘headache’ as well as
album, 1969’s Goodbye. Despite the title, the word a footpedal,” Harrison
“badge” never appears in the song. According to wrote in his 1980 book,
Harrison, the title came from Clapton’s misreading I Me Mine. With the
of Harrison’s handwriting on the lyric sheet—Harri- lyrics, “You’re giving
me a wah-wah,” he
son had jotted down “Bridge” for the middle section was really saying that
and Clapton, reading it upside down, laughed and his bandmates were
asked, “What’s ‘Badge’?” The word stuck. Harrison giving him a massive
added that a drunken Ringo Starr showed up and headache—and while he
contributed the line, “I told you ‘bout the swans, appreciated the success
that came from working
that they live in the park.” Harrison played rhythm with them, he didn’t
guitar on the record, but since he was contractually need the aggravation
blocked from playing on songs by artists not signed to from it anymore.
EMI, he used the pseudonym, “L’Angelo Misterioso,” Harrison returned to
Italian for “The Mysterious Angel.” the Beatles soon after,
but the band broke up
less than a year later
and “Wah-Wah” was
recorded for his 1970
solo album, All Things
T H E LY R I C I S T
Must Pass.
Harrison co-wrote the
Cream song “Badge,” with
Eric Clapton.
OPEN MIND
Harrison experimented
with instruments like the
sitar and tambura.
WHAT WAS GEORGE

HARRISON’S FIRST
SOLO ALBUM?
Wonderwall Music was not only George
Harrison’s first solo record, but also the first
solo album released by any of the Beatles.
The project was the soundtrack for the movie
Wonderwall, directed by Joe Massot and starring
Jack MacGowran and Jane Birkin. Massot was a
friend of Harrison’s and invited him to compose
music for the film. Harrison initially turned
down the offer, telling Massot that he didn’t write
music for movies, but Massot told him that he
would use whatever music Harrison gave him.
Harrison realized he could use the project as an
opportunity to create an Indian music anthology,
through which he could possibly turn more
people on to Indian music, which had become his
passion. Some recording sessions took place at
the EMI studios in Bombay, India, and Harrison
worked with a number of Indian musicians.
Wonderwall Music was the first album issued on
the Beatles’ Apple record label.
CHAPTER 8
The last Beatle to join the band, Ringo Starr made key
contributions to their history
A L L - S TA R R
Ringo Starr may have been the last Beatle to join the band, but he has since maintained a career as
a solo artist—releasing 20 studio albums—and continues to tour with his All-Starr Band.
CHAPTER 8
WHAT IS RINGO
STARR’S REAL
NAME?
Ringo was born Richard Starkey on
July 7, 1940. As a member of Rory Storm
and the Hurricanes, he was encouraged by
the band’s leader, Rory Storm—whose real
name was Alan Ernest Caldwell—to adopt
a stage name of his own. Starr was already
being called “Rings” by various people
because he was always wearing numerous
rings on his fingers, so he adopted the
name Ringo. Deciding that “Starkey” did
not sound right with his new first name, he
simply cut it in half and added an “r.” The
new name was put to good use—as part of
their shows, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes
regularly gave Starr a solo spot, called “Starr
Time,” in which he sang lead vocals.
K E E P T H E B E AT
Richard Starkey took the
stage name of Ringo Starr
before joining the Beatles.
2:
Who
replaced
Ringo Starr
temporarily
during the
Beatles’
1964 world
tour?
On June 3, 1964, the
day before the Beatles
were to go on tour,
Ringo came down with
tonsillitis and pharyngitis
and was hospitalized.
The band—particularly
George Harrison—were
reluctant to proceed
without Starr but were
convinced to do so by
their manager, Brian
Epstein, and producer,
George Martin. At
Martin’s suggestion,
24-year-old session
drummer Jimmie
Nicol was brought in
to take Starr’s place
on 10 performances
in Denmark, the
Netherlands, Hong Kong,
and Australia. “It was
very strange, them going
off without me,” Starr
said years later. “They’d
taken Jimmie Nicol and I
thought they didn’t love
me anymore.” Once Starr
recovered, he rejoined
the Beatles in Australia.
Despite the exposure
that Nicol received
during his time with the
Beatles, he faded into
relative obscurity and
eventually left the music
business altogether.
CHAPTER 8
3:
In what
song did
Ringo Starr
address his
relation-
ships with
the other
Beatles in
the wake
of the band’s
breakup?
“Early 1970,” written
and recorded by Ringo
and produced by
George Harrison, was
released in April 1971
as the B-side of Starr’s
single, “It Don’t Come
Easy.” In each verse,
Starr sings about his
relationship with one
of the other Beatles.
He begins with Paul
McCartney, wondering
whether they will ever
make music together
again. Next, Starr sings
that while John Lennon
is wrapped up in his
relationship with Yoko
Ono, he knows that
they will play together
again. Then Starr sings
that George Harrison
has a beautiful wife
but spends most of
his time making music
with Starr. The song
ends with Starr poking
fun at his own musical
abilities and expressing
his desire to play with
all three of his erstwhile
bandmates again.
I N S P I R AT I O N
Ringo Starr is credited as
saying the phrase, “it’s
been a hard day’s night.”
HOW DID RINGO

STARR INSPIRE
A HARD DAY’S 5:With what band
NIGHT ?
There were a number of titles suggested for the
did Ringo Starr
finally get to play
Beatles’ first film, including What Little Old Man?,
On the Move, Let’s Go and Beatlemania. As the
story goes, Ringo Starr commented, “It’s been
drums on “Back in
a hard day’s night” after a particularly grueling
work session. “It just came out,” Starr said in
1964. “We went to do a job and we worked all day
the U.S.S.R.”?
and then we happened to work all night. I came On Aug. 22, 1968, Ringo quit the Beatles during
out, still thinking it was day and said, ‘It’s been a the recording of The White Album. He ultimately
hard day…’ looked around, saw that it was dark and rejoined on Sept. 3, but in his absence, the other
added... ‘’s night.’” The other Beatles loved it and Beatles recorded several songs without him—
suggested it to the director and producers of the including “Back in the U.S.S.R.” It was not until
movie, who agreed that it was ideal. The phrase July 4, 1984, that Starr played on “Back in the
had actually been used earlier by John Lennon U.S.S.R.”—with the Beach Boys, live in concert, in
in his book, In His Own Write, but even Lennon Washington, D.C. Starr sat in with the group, whose
himself credited Starr with having provided the original drummer, Dennis Wilson, had died seven
title for the movie. months earlier.
CHAPTER 8
6:
What was
the first
Beatles
recording
to feature a
lead vocal
from Ringo?
Starr’s first recorded
lead vocal for the
Beatles was on “Boys,”
which he sang with
Rory Storm and the
Hurricanes and carried
over to the Beatles
after joining them in
1962. “Boys” appeared
on the Beatles’ debut
album, Please Please
Me. From then on, and
with the exception of
A Hard Day’s Night,
Magical Mystery Tour,
and Let It Be, Starr had
at least one lead vocal
on every Beatles album,
usually written for him
by John Lennon and/
or Paul McCartney, until
he started writing for
himself. According to
author Kenneth Womack
in his book, Sound
Pictures: The Life of
Beatles Producer George
Martin, ensuring that
there was a “Ringo song”
on the Beatles’ albums
was done partly to
capitalize on Starr’s
great popularity—
especially in the U.S.—
during Beatlemania.
K E E P I N G T H E B E AT
Ringo Starr performs with
Rory Storm and the
Hurricanes in 1961.
WHERE DID RINGO

STARR MEET
THE BEATLES FOR
THE FIRST TIME?
Ringo was the drummer for Rory Storm and
the Hurricanes, which he joined in 1959. By late
1960, they were one of the most popular groups
in Liverpool and were hired to go to Hamburg,
Germany, where they topped the bill at the
Kaiserkeller club during the same time that the
Beatles were playing there. It was in Hamburg
that Starr first met the Beatles and began to
socialize with them. While Rory Storm and the
Hurricanes were the more accomplished group,
Starr said he watched the Beatles hone their
musical skills and become great through the long,
grueling hours in which they had to perform.
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George
Harrison were impressed with Starr’s drumming
and they liked him personally—they felt he fit
right in with them, in a way that their drummer
at the time, Pete Best, never really did.
CHAPTER 8
8:What is the
only Beatles
album on which
Ringo Starr has a
drum solo?
Throughout his time with the Beatles, Ringo had
always avoided doing drum solos. Even with his
current touring act, the All-Starr Band, he has
resisted doing solos. “I just want to play behind
those guys and give them a lift or bring them down
and rock on straight,” he explained in 2021. But
for the song “The End,” on the Beatles’ 1969 album
Abbey Road—the band’s final work together—
Starr was finally convinced to take the spotlight
behind his drum kit. “There’s the guitar section
where the three of them take in the solos, and then
they thought, ‘We’ll have a drum solo, as well,’” he
explained. “I was opposed to it: ‘I don’t want to do
no bloody solo!’ George Martin convinced me.”
According to Starr, it remains the only recorded
drum solo he’s ever done.
CHAPTER 9
The
Even as the former Beatles pursued

individual careers, the world wanted them to
come together again
THE NEXT CHAPTER

No longer Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr
each released solo albums in 1970.
CHAPTER 9
T WO O F U S
Paul McCartney and his
wife, Linda, formed Wings
in 1971.
HOW DID PAUL

McCARTNEY COME
UP WITH THE NAME
“WINGS” FOR HIS
POST-BEATLES BAND?
After his first two post-Beatles albums, McCartney
decided that he wanted to be in a band again. He
assembled a group consisting of his wife, Linda, on
keyboards; guitarist Denny Laine (a founding member
of the Moody Blues); and drummer Denny Seiwell.
Their first album, Wild Life, was recorded in July 1971.
The question was, what would they call themselves?
According to McCartney, the answer finally came on
Sept. 13, as Linda was giving birth to their daughter
Stella. It was a difficult delivery, and both mother and
baby were in serious danger. As McCartney prayed
for them, he had a vision of angels’ wings. Linda and
Stella were ultimately fine. Paul, inspired by the vision,
knew what to call his new band.
CHAPTER 9
2:Which former 3:
In the late
Beatle produced 1970s, what
former
and co-starred Beatle was
in the film Son of optimistic
enough
Dracula? about
the band
Filmed in 1972, Son of Dracula was produced by
Ringo Starr, who co-starred as Merlin the Magi- reuniting
cian. Starr’s close friend, singer-songwriter Harry
Nilsson, played Count Downe, who is called upon
that he
to become head of the family after his father, the made it a
notorious Count Dracula, is murdered. But all
Count Downe wants is to be cured of vampirism
clause in his
and settle down with the girl with whom he has fall- recording
en in love. Other prominent musicians appearing
in the film included Keith Moon of the Who, John
contract?
Bonham of Led Zeppelin, and Peter Frampton. As much as he was
Directed by Freddie Francis, the movie was initially the one who most
unable to find a distributor and went unreleased wanted the Beatles to
remain together, Paul
until April 1974, when it premiered in Atlanta,
McCartney eventually
Georgia, and flopped immediately. It has never accepted that the
been given an official home video release but can band was finished.
be found on YouTube. Starr once commented, “It is By the late 1970s,
not the best film ever made, but I’ve seen worse.” the relationships had
improved somewhat,
but when asked the
inevitable question, “Will
the Beatles get back
together?” McCartney
would usually answer
in the negative. But
in 1979, McCartney
signed a contract with
Columbia Records that
made him the highest-
paid recording artist in
the world. One clause in
the contract stipulated
that McCartney could
record for another label
with Lennon, Harrison,
and Starr if the Beatles
reunited.
I N S TA N T K A R M A
John Lennon performs
onstage in 1974.
WHAT WAS JOHN

LENNON’S FIRST
CHART-TOPPING
SOLO SINGLE IN
THE U.S.?
By 1974, John was the only former Beatle who
had not scored a No. 1 single in the U.S., though
he had topped the U.S. album chart with 1971’s
Imagine. He returned to the No. 1 spot with his
1974 release, Walls and Bridges, which included
the song that finally gave him his first and only
chart-topping single in the U.S. during his
lifetime: “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night,”
a duet with Elton John, who was confident
that the song would reach No. 1. Elton John
bet Lennon that if it did, Lennon would have to
perform with him in concert. Lennon lost the bet
and took the stage with John at Madison Square
Garden in New York City on Nov. 28, 1974.
CHAPTER 9
5:
What was
the first
occasion
where Paul
McCartney,
,George
Harrison,
and Ringo
Starr played
together
after the
Beatles
broke up?
On May 19, 1979, Eric
Clapton hosted a
reception at his estate
in England to celebrate
his recent marriage
to George Harrison’s
ex-wife, Pattie Boyd.
Harrison attended the
event along with other
celebrities including
Mick Jagger, Elton
John, David Bowie, Paul
McCartney, and Ringo
Starr. Clapton had an
outdoor stage built
for the occasion, and
it became the site of
a drunken jam session
in which Harrison,
McCartney, and Starr
played live together
for the first time since
the Beatles’ rooftop
concert in 1969. They
reportedly performed
“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely
Hearts Club Band,” “Get
Back,” and “Lawdy Miss
Clawdy.”
COME TOGETHER
All four Beatles
contributed to Ringo
Starr’s 1973 solo LP.
7:What television
hR`pJTJ-`R^/L_`^
and Yoko Ono
H`R`hjN`f`^LpMX"
From Feb. 14 to Feb. 18, 1972, Lennon and Ono
co-hosted the daytime talk show The Mike
Douglas Show. It was an unusual juxtaposition,
WHAT ALBUM
as Douglas was considered as square as they came.
The show booked the couple because they were a
guaranteed ratings-grabber, and Lennon and Ono
saw it as an opportunity to promote their views on
CAME CLOSEST TO
peace, women’s liberation, and other issues. The
guests included Ralph Nader, political activist Jerry
Rubin, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jesse Steinfeld,
rock ’n’ roll pioneer Chuck Berry, Black Panther
BEING A BEATLES
Bobby Seale, and comedian George Carlin. Douglas
recalled it as “probably the most memorable week I
did in all my twenty-something years on the air.”
REUNION?
Ringo Starr’s third solo album, 1973’s Ringo, was
the only project to feature songs written and per-
formed by all four Beatles after the band broke
up. The opener, “I’m the Greatest,” was written by
John Lennon and featured Lennon on piano and
backing vocals, Starr on drums and lead vocals,
and George Harrison on electric guitar and slide
guitar. It marked the last time that they record-
ed together in the same studio. Harrison wrote
“Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond)” on
his own, and co-wrote the chart-topping single
“Photograph” with Starr and “You and Me
(Babe)” with former Beatles assistant Mal Evans,
and played guitar on all three. Paul McCartney
and his wife, Linda, co-wrote “Six O’Clock,” on
which they both contributed backing vocals and
McCartney played piano and synthesizer.
CHAPTER 9
ENLIGHTENMENT
George Harrison sings with
members of the Hare
Krishna movement.
8:
What Paul
McCartney
song
supposedly
helped
inspire John
Lennon to
come out of
retirement?
According to some OVER WHAT HIT
SONG WAS GEORGE
sources, Lennon, who
had retired from making
music in 1975, was
prompted to get back
HARRISON SUED?
to work in 1980 after
hearing “Coming Up,”
the lead single from Paul
McCartney’s then-latest
album, McCartney II. As
the story goes, Lennon
was in Cold Spring George Harrison’s song, “My Sweet Lord,”
Harbor, New York, being appeared on his 1970 album, All Things Must
driven around by his
assistant, Fred Seaman,
Pass. Released as a single, it topped the charts
when he heard the song around the world in late 1970 and early 1971.
on the radio. “F--k a But in the midst of that success, Harrison was
pig! It’s Paul!” he said. It sued for copyright infringement by Bright Tunes
was McCartney’s solo, Music Corporation, which alleged that he had
synthesizer-heavy, studio
version, as opposed to
plagiarized a song the company owned—“He’s
the live concert version So Fine,” written by Ronnie Mack and recorded
by McCartney and in 1962 by the Chiffons. Harrison was ultimately
Wings that was receiving found to have subconsciously plagiarized “He’s So
more airplay in the U.S. Fine,” since he admitted that he had been aware
“I thought that ‘Coming
Up’ was great,” Lennon
of the Chiffons’ version. The litigation dragged on
said later. It supposedly for years, during which time Harrison’s former
helped reignite Lennon’s manager, Allen Klein, purchased the song and the
competitive nature litigation claims associated with it. The matter
and his rivalry with his was finally settled in 1998—with Harrison owning
old partner. The story
eventually reached
the rights to “He’s So Fine” in the U.K. and North
McCartney, who said, “It America and Klein owning them everywhere else.
was nice to hear it had
struck a chord with him.”
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fiction? This collection will charm and challenge
fans both old and new. As the lads themselves
would say, “a splendid time is guaranteed for all.”

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CONTENTS

4. INTRODUCTION: STILL THE GREATEST

6. CHAPTER 1: THE EARLY YEARS

16. CHAPTER 2: BEATLEMANIA!

26. CHAPTER 3: THE STUDIO YEARS

36. CHAPTER 4: BREAKING UP

46. CHAPTER 5: JOHN

56. CHAPTER 6: PAUL

66. CHAPTER 7: GEORGE

76. CHAPTER 8: RINGO

86. CHAPTER 9: THE SOLO YEARS

Before taking the world by storm, the Beatles

2:How did Brian

WHERE DID JOHN

WHY DID THE

WHO WAS THE

8:What songs did

The band’s rapid rise to superstardom included hit

WHO WAS THE

VISIT THE U.S.?

In September 1963, George Harrison spent

HOW MANY PEOPLE

6:What was the

WHERE DID THE

No longer bound by touring, the Beatles

1:Who was the named Lucy O’Donnell.

his use of LSD? Lennon explained that

WHAT PROJECT DID

NAME THE ONLY SONG

Despite difficult circumstances, the Beatles soldiered

WHO DIRECTED THE

for recording their

songs during the

original sessions the rejected song at the

for Let It Be? others by 14 seconds’

WHAT WAS THE LAST

HAD HIS OWN

A tumultuous childhood set John Lennon on

1:What was the 2:

song got John

WHEN DID JOHN

WHAT WAS JOHN

Paul McCartney has written and recorded some of the

HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE

2:What song did

PAUL DIED IN 1966

Linda Louise Eastman, a professional photographer

WHAT IS THE ONLY

9:On what song did

WHAT WAS THE

FIRST SONG THAT

The “quiet Beatle” eventually emerged as a

HERE COMES THE SUN

1:What other rock

LAST STUDIO ALBUM

RELEASED BY The 1978 TV special

WHAT WAS THE FIRST

by GeorgL+DgTh`^" the Beatles. According

WHAT WAS GEORGE

HOW DID RINGO