Marcos, Ferdinand, 296, 297
Marcos, Imelda, 296
Mardas, Alexis (Magic Alex), 362–364, 377, 381, 410, 425
Margaret, Princess, 220, 221, 266, 277, 280, 371, 444
Marijuana, 272–273, 315, 489–491
Marke, Edward, 233
Markmann, Peter, 116
Marley, Bob, 458
Marsden, Gerry, 68, 113, 154, 157, 197, 204, 229, 321
“Martha My Dear,” 388
Martin, George, xv, xxv, 176, 190, 195, 197, 204, 216, 235, 241, 257, 258, 263, 281, 284, 317, 327, 348, 358, 501, 524
appearance of, 165
background of, 166–168
Beatles auditioned by, 168–170
Beatles first heard by, 165, 168
Beatles’ first LP recorded by, 193–194
as Beatles producer, xxvi, 178–180, 184, 205, 223, 237, 238, 293–294, 316, 324–328, 370, 389, 408, 410, 411, 432
George, relationship with, 294, 309, 510
importance of, 290–291
marriage of, 281
sacking of Pete Best and, 170–171
U.S. market and, 225–226
Marx, Karl, 329
Marx Brothers, 277
“Mary Had a Little Lamb,” 485
Mason, David, 317
Material World Foundation, 512
Matthew, Brian, 190, 195, 207, 320
Matthews, Dick, 144
“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” 409, 437, 441
MBE——Membership of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, xxvi, 275, 443, 516
MCA, 241
McArdle, Tommy, 145, 146, 154
McBain, Charlie, 37
McCaffrey, Laurie, 204, 214, 394
McCann, Terry, 144
McCartney, 446–448, 455, 482
McCartney, Heather Mills, 497–501, 505
McCartney, James (Paul’s son), 488, 500, 501
McCartney, Jim (Paul’s father), 16, 18–19, 32, 37, 112, 270, 489
as father, 15, 30, 104
marriage of, 14
as musician, 13, 30
Paul buys house for, 270
Paul’s career viewed by, 84
McCartney, Linda Eastman, 442, 481, 500
appearance of, 385, 386, 495
background of, 384–385
birth of children, 488
breast cancer of, 495
collaboration with Paul, 446, 482–484, 486, 491, 497
death of, 496
drug use by, 489–491
fans and, 385–386, 431, 483–484, 489, 496
in friction between John and Paul, 482
memorial services for, 496–497
as mother, 489
Paul changed by, 386
Paul’s first meeting with, 384
Paul’s marriage to, 413, 416–417, 500–501
solo album by, 497
McCartney, Mary Mohin (Paul’s mother), 15, 16, 30
death of, 18–19, 495
marriage and childbearing of, 14
McCartney, Mary (Paul’s daughter), 442, 481, 485, 500, 501, 525
McCartney, Michael, xvi, 37, 84, 335, 383, 500
birth and childhood of, 14–16, 18, 30
as musician, 32, 203
McCartney, Paul, xiv, xxviii, 46, 212
authorized biography of, xxviii, 504
Beatle reunions, xvii, 440, 476, 490, 521
birth of, 14
childhood of, 15–19, 30–31
children of. See McCartney, James; McCartney, Mary; McCartney, Stella; See, Heather
as classical composer, 492
deported from West Germany, 103
drug use by, 333–334, 489–491
early rock and roll influence on, 32, 290–291
education of, 15, 17–18, 41–42, 59, 65, 73–74, 83, 104
Epstein, relationship with, 337–339, 405
family life, 488–489
fans and, 354–355
as father, 481, 488–489
girlfriend of. See Asher, Jane
Golden Jubilee concert, xxvii
guitars owned by, 31–32, 86, 116
Heather, relationship with, 497, 499–501
as impetus behind projects, 356, 359–360, 407, 408, 432
individuality sought by, 308–309
John, relationship with, x, xix, xxviii, 455–456, 460–461, 465, 471, 476, 482, 491, 504
John’s death and, 491
John’s first meeting with, 35, 410, 462
Klein, mistrust of, 414, 416, 423, 425, 427, 431, 439, 441–442, 447
knighthood of, 440, 495
Linda, relationship with. See McCartney, Linda Eastman
Linda’s death and, 496–497
National Trust opens childhood home of, 478, 495
as natural musician, 291
as painter, 488, 504–505
performing as need of, 407, 482
poems by, 504
post-Beatles, 481–506
residences of, 271, 309, 353, 454, 457, 478, 481–482, 488, 495, 496
resignation from Beatles, 446–447, 453, 481
rumored death of, 442–443
September 11
charity concert, New York, x
solo albums by, 444, 446–448, 455, 482, 505
song credits disputed by, 502–504
songwriting, 44, 53, 64, 117–118, 169–170, 179, 183–186, 194, 198, 204, 205, 207, 224, 229, 235–236, 264, 265, 290–292, 304, 305, 308–309, 316–318, 325, 327, 328, 356, 371, 381, 383–384, 386, 387, 396, 409, 420, 421, 431, 436, 437, 441, 446, 486–487, 493–494, 502–503
stage name of, 74
struggle for control of Lennon-McCartney
songs, 493–494
Sutcliffe, hostility toward, 100–101, 115–116, 161, 162
as Teddy Boy, 30–31
twenty-first birthday party for, 202–203
Wings and. See Wings
See also Beatles; Johnny and the Moondogs; Quarry Men; Silver Beatles
McCartney, Stella, 488, 494–496, 500, 501
McCartney Productions Ltd. See MPL
McDevitt, Chas, 42
McFall, Ray, 107–112, 121, 122, 142, 154, 177, 295
McGill, Angus, 235
McGough, Roger, 203
McKinnon, Duncan, 74
“Mean Mr. Mustard,” 440
Meehan, Tony, 153
Meet the Beatles (With the Beatles), 224, 235, 242
Meggs, Brown, 227, 241
Melly, George, 318
Melody Maker, 192–194, 206–207, 213
Mersey Arts Ball (1959), 65
Mersey Beat, 119–122, 140, 141, 152, 158, 168, 175, 176, 178, 182, 199, 284, 505
Mersey Sound, 198, 203, 263
MGM, 253, 423
Michaels, Lorne, 466
“Michelle,” 293, 294, 421
Miles, Barry, 504
Miles, Eddie, 174
Miller, Glenn, 205
Miller-Munday, Simon, 234
Milligan, Spike, 169, 180
Mills, Heather. See McCartney, Heather Mills
“Mind Games,” 461
Mintz, Elliot, 458
“Misery,” 194
Mitchell, Adrian, 504
Modern Jazz Quartet, 393
Mods, 211
Mods and Rockers (ballet), 235
Mohamed, Jeff, 50, 51
Mohin, Mary. See McCartney, Mary Mohin
“Money,” 224
Monkees, 291
Monro, Matt, 292
Montez, Chris, 182, 194, 198
Montgomery, Field Marshal Bernard, 236
Monty Python comedy team, 514–515
Moody Blues, 321, 483
Moon, Keith, 335, 524
Moore, Tommy, xvi, 69, 70, 72–76, 84
Moores, David, 196
Moores, John, 59, 60
Morgans, Matt, 519
Morrison, Van, 520
Mortimer, Sir John, 519
Most Brothers, 43
Mothers of Invention, 325
“Move It,” 52, 53
MPL (McCartney Productions Ltd.), 487, 492, 493
“Mr. Tambourine Man,” 299
Mulchrone, Vincent, 191, 238
Muldoon, Paul, 504
“Mull of Kintyre,” 487
Murray, Mitch, 184, 185
Murray, Rod, 65
“My Bonnie,” 140–141, 143, 147, 148, 253
“My Sweet Lord,” xii, 510, 512
National Trust, 478, 495
Nemperor Artists, 324
Nemperor Holdings, 352
NEMS Enterprises, 156, 178, 180, 196, 214–215, 218, 240, 320, 324, 427
Beatles merchandising and, 232, 234, 284–285
Beatles’ move for independence from, 364
Epstein founds, 139–141
Epstein’s death and, 351–352
lawsuit against Seltaeb, 284–285, 321, 347
Liverpool artists managed by, 197, 199–200, 204, 285–286
renamed Nemperor Holdings, 352, 414
sold by Epsteins, 337, 351, 414–416
takeover by Triumph, 414–416, 418–420
New Brighton Tower Ballroom, 145–146, 148, 154, 178, 180–181
Newfield, Joanne, 318, 321, 322, 323, 338, 340, 344–347, 352
Newley, Anthony, 139
New Musical Express, 180, 183, 184, 190, 437
New Statesman, 262
Newsweek magazine, 308–309, 331
New Yorker, 252
New York Herald-Tribune, 251
New York Journal-American, 252
New York Post, 251
New York Times, 241, 242, 244, 250, 251, 253, 331
Nicol, Jimmy, 267
Nilsson, Harry, 458
9/11, ix–xii, xxiv, 330, 479
Nixon, Richard M., 334, 441, 456
Northern Songs, 352, 364, 427, 493–494
ATV takeover of, 422–424, 442
bought by Michael Jackson, 494
flotation of, as public company, 421
formation of, 186, 420
“Norwegian Wood,” 293, 294, 502
“Not a Second Time,” 236
“Nowhere Man,” 293, 370
Nurk Twins, 55
1, xxvi, 499
Oasis, xxii, 516
“Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da,” 388, 440, 441
O’Brien, Denis, 515, 516
“Octopus’s Garden,” 437
O’Dell, Denis, 364–365, 425
“Oh Boy!” (TV show), 52, 66, 90
Oldham, Andrew Loog, 200–201, 204, 263–264, 277, 278, 338, 404, 405, 424
Old Wave, 523
Oliver, Jack, 426
Olympia, Paris, 236–239
O’Mahony, Sean, 300
“One After 909, The,” 64, 409, 449
“Only a Northern Song,” 370
“Only You,” 522
Ono, Yoko. See Lennon, Yoko Ono
Operation Big Beat, 145–146
O’Rahilly, Ronan, 264
Orbison, Roy, 201, 515
Orenstein, Bud, 219
Ormsby-Gore, Lady, 256
Ormsby-Gore, Sir David, 256
Orton, Joe, 313, 336–337
Owen, Alun, 237, 265
Oxford University, 261
Paddon, Carol, 400, 436, 445
Palin, Michael, 514
Palmer, Eddie, 146
Palmer, Tony, 396
Pang, May, 458
Paolozzi, Edouardo, 116, 117, 158, 160
“Paperback Writer,” 299–300
Paramour, Norrie, 168
Paris, Beatles in, 236–239
Parker, “Colonel” Tom, 52, 66, 158, 288
Parkinson, Michael, 485
Parlophone Records, 180, 183, 198, 217, 225, 316, 331
Beatles auditioned by, 168–170
Beatles recording for, 171, 176, 178–179, 181–182, 235
as EMI “junk” label, 167
Parnes, Larry, 65, 200, 339
as concert promoter, 66–69, 74
as idol-maker, 66
NEMS and, 196, 321
Silver Beatles auditioned by, 70–73, 89, 449
Peace Campaign, 428–430, 432
“Peggy Sue,” 487
“Penny Lane,” 316–318, 323–325, 327, 492
Pentagon, Washington, D.C., x
Perkins, Carl, 32, 74, 89, 140, 180, 187, 291
Perrin, Les, 445
Pet Sounds, 325
Petty, Norman, 487
Petty, Tom, 515
Philip, Prince, 262, 362
Philippines, Beatles on tour in, 296–297
Phillips, 150, 155
“Photograph,” 522
Photograph Smile, 476
“Piggies,” 388, 435
Pinsker, Harry, 364, 398
Plastic Ono Band, 437, 439, 455
Platters, 43, 522
Platz, David, 424
Plaza Hotel, New York, Beatles at, 247–250, 252, 257
“Please, Mister Postman,” 214
“Please Please Me,” 189, 196, 225, 253, 420
as Beatles’ first Number One hit, 190, 191, 193
recording of, 184–185
Please Please Me (album), 193–195, 224, 293, 408
Pobjoy, William Edward, 27–28, 39, 40
Polanski, Roman, 435, 457
Polden, Martin, 396
Polydor Records, 117–118, 122, 143, 147
“Polythene Pam,” 440
Poole, Lord, 400
Pop music
as acceptable form of rock and roll, 62
economic power of youth and, 210
legitimized by Beatles, 235–236
promotion of, 65–67
solo singers as fad in, 155, 182
U.S. domination in, 225
Posthuma, Simon, 361–362
Powell, Cynthia. See Lennon, Cynthia Powell
Powell, Tony, 176
Power, Duffy, 52, 66, 73
“Power to the People,” 455
Precht, Bob, 228
Preludin (“Prellys”), 91, 94, 114, 117, 164
Presley, Elvis, 21–24, 26, 28, 32, 38, 41, 52, 58, 80–82, 99, 153, 158, 224, 227, 244, 250, 288, 334, 409, 440, 455
Preston, Billy, 410, 449, 523
Preuss, Oscar, 166, 167
Pride, Dickie, 52, 66
Primal scream therapy, 456
Pritchard, Jill, 416, 417
Pritchard, John, 134
Profumo, John, 205–206, 336, 499
“PS I Love You,” 179
Pye label, 150, 155, 203
Quant, Mary, 200, 276
Quarry Bank Grammar School, 10, 11, 22–23, 27–28, 39, 463, 464
Quarry Men, 317
demonstration record of, 53
formation of, 25–26
George “sitting in” with, 47, 48
Paul asked to join, 36
renamed Johnny and the Moondogs, 54
rock and roll played by, 26, 38
as skiffle group, 25–29, 42
See also Beatles
Queen, 486
Quennell, Joan, 256
Quickly, Tommy (Tommy Quigley), 200, 285
Rachman, Peter, 205
Radha Krishna Temple, 428, 432
Radio Caroline, 264
Radio Luxembourg, 24, 107, 182
“Rain,” 299
Ram, 455, 456, 482
Ramon, Paul, as Paul’s stage name, 74
Rape (film), 418, 437
“Raunchy,” 47
“Razzle Dazzle,” 24
RCA, 241
Record Mirror, 158, 183, 213
“Red Rubber Ball,” 324
“Red Sails in the Sunset,” 155, 169, 188
Reed, Lou, xi
Reichel, Akim, 102
“Release Me,” 318
Reliant Shirt Corporation, 242–243
REMCO Industries, 254
Remo F
our, 145, 152
“Revolution,” 374, 388
“Revolution No. 9,” xxv, 388, 389, 396
Revolver, 304–305, 310, 312, 313, 316, 325, 389, 421, 444
Reynolds, Gillian, 190
Rhode, Dot, 115
Rhythm and blues, emergence of, 62
Rice-Davies, Mandy, 206
Richard, Cliff, xxvi, 52, 63, 64, 110, 118, 168, 225, 245, 265, 495
Richard, Keith, 278, 279, 336, 405
Richenberg, Leonard, 414, 415, 419, 420
Ringo, 522
“Rip it Up,” 32
“Rock and Roll Music,” 290
“Rock Around the Clock,” 21
Rock Around the Clock (film), 23
Rockefeller, Mrs. Nelson, 244, 256
Rockers, 211
Rockets, 43
“Rock Island Line,” 24
“Rock Lobster,” 466
Rock ’n’ Roll, xiv, 461
Rock ’n’ roll
British versions of, 42–43, 52
disapproval of, 21–22, 38, 62, 167
Rock ’n’ Roll Circus (film), 406, 407
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame lifetime achievement award, 476, 497
“Rocky Raccoon,” 388
Rodgers, William, 10
Roe, Tommy, 181, 194, 195
Rolling Stone magazine, 406, 412, 441, 455
Rolling Stones, xxii, 201, 204, 263–264, 298–299, 328, 332, 396
Altamont concert of, 444
Beatles and, 201, 263–264, 278–279, 336, 405
drug possession charges against, 336
Hyde Park concert of, 434
Klein’s management of, 338, 404–406, 424, 486
performance style of, 277–278
“Roll Over Beethoven,” 224, 295
Romero, Chan, 111, 230
Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, 62, 63, 67, 70–72, 82, 94, 97, 120, 121, 145, 152, 174–176, 203
Rose, Bettina, 200
Rossington, Norman, 265
Rotogravure, 523
Rowe, Dick, 150, 152, 153, 203–204
Roxon, Lilian, 385
Royal Caribbean Steel Band, 69–70, 79, 80
Royal Command Variety Performance, 214, 219–221
Rubber Soul, 292–293, 300, 310
Rubin, Jerry, 454
Russell, Leon, 511
Ryan, Meg, x
St. Peter’s, Woolton, fête at, 33–36
Salinger, J.D., 468
“Saltwater,” 475
Salzman, Harry, 485
“Satisfaction,” 299
Saturday Evening Post, 252, 304
Saville Theatre, London, 320, 351, 361
“Savoy Truffle,” 388
“Say Say Say,” 492
Schwartz, Francie, 382
Seaman, Frederick, xiv, 471–474, 479
Searchers, 118, 203
Seasons of Glass, 473
Sebastian, John, 292
Secombe, Harry, 220
See, Heather, 385, 386, 410, 481, 488, 501
See, John, 385
Seeley, Sharon, 67
Segal, Erich, 370
Seiwell, Danny, 483
Self-Portrait (film), 437–438
Sellers, Peter, 109, 167, 169, 438, 515