Witness the Beatles – Rock Stars Tell the Story of Music History

Author: (Canada) Pritsker (Canada) Lesat
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Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This is the true history of the "Beatles" band, narrated by those who truly knew them—their childhood friends, friends, family, rivals, lovers, teachers, fellow musicians, and even John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr themselves. Witness the Beatles digs into the band's history, revealing their exciting and turbulent early years in Liverpool and Hamburg, the groundbreaking recording of their first hit song She Loves You, the success and exhaustion of their touring life, the behind-the-scenes secrets of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, and more. Through the voices of a diverse cast of characters, we learn how the "Beatles" helped the "Rolling Stones" get started, why the "Beatles" stopped touring in 1966 when their reputation was at its peak, and the real reasons for their disbandment in 1970. At their peak, the "Beatles" were the greatest band in rock music history, and not just that—they were an irresistible force, a magnetic whirlwind that touched everything they passed through—fashion, film, sex, satire, rock, and change. Their story is the story of an entire generation. But from beginning to end, they remained true to their nature: four mates, witty, vulnerable, often in love, constantly in trouble, occasionally angry, but always, and forever, the greatest rock music genius in history. No one before or after has had such an impact, no one has held such a pivotal position like the "Beatles." This book tells their story.