Dakers, Diane.
Summary: Chronicles the story of the British band through its sensational successes of the 1960s and the four solo careers its breakup spawned in 1970, looking at the band's formation and how its music defined a generation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BEASummary: Directed by filmmaker Peter Jackson, this is a three-part documentary series that takes audiences back in time to the band₂s intimate recording sessions. The documentary showcases the warmth, camaraderie, and creative genius that defined the legacy of the iconic foursome, and is compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage shot in January 1969 (by Michael Lindsay-Hogg) and more than 150 hours...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BEACopies Available at Woodmere
4 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BEACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV BEAAsher, Peter
Summary: A legendary record producer and performer takes readers on an alphabetical journey of insights into the music of the Beatles and individual reminiscences of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Peter Asher met the Beatles in the spring of 1963, the start of a lifelong association with the band and its members. He had a front-row seat as they elevated pop music into an art form, and he was present at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 ASHConnolly, Ray
Summary: An intimate yet unsparing biography of one of the greatest and most mythologised musicians of the twentieth century. John Lennon was a rock star, a school clown, a writer, a wit, an iconoclast, a sometime peace activist and finally an eccentric millionaire. He was also a Beatle - his plain-speaking and impudent rejection of authority catching, and eloquently articulating, the group's moment in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LENNON, JOHN CONStark, Steven D.
Summary: The band that changed popular culture forever has become so shrouded in cultural mythology that it is difficult today to really understand how or why. Stark puts their impact into perspective by revealing both the personal details and the larger events, examining the ways in which the Beatles' own lives were inextricably tied to the cultural, youth, and gender revolutions they helped create and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 STACott, Jonathan.
Summary: A decades-long friend of John Lennon and Yoko Ono presents an intimate account of the couple's relationship that reveals the profoundly positive influence of Ono on Lennon and the ways they inspired each other creatively before the latter's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 LENNON, JOHN COTKane, Larry
Summary: A veteran news anchor who traveled with the Beatles on their first American tours describes the legendary band's rise to the top from their early days in Liverpool and Hamburg with original drummer Pete Best and bassist Stu Sutcliffe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 KANThomson, Graeme
Summary: As a Beatle, Harrison underwent a bewilderingly compressed early adulthood, buffeted by unprecedented levels of fame and success. The notoriously shy performer mostly ceded the spotlight to his more flamboyant bandmates John, Paul, and Ringo, but after the band’s breakup, Harrison charted a new path all his own. In this elegant, in-depth biography, renowned music journalist Graeme Thomson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRISON, GEORGE THOSpitz, Bob.
Summary: Even before the Beatles hit the big time, a myth was created. The Beatles legend smoothed the rough edges and filled in the fault lines, and for more than forty years this manicured version of the Beatles story has sustained as truth--until now. This biography is the product of almost a decade of research, hundreds of unprecedented interviews, and the discovery of scores of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 SPIStokes, Geoffrey
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 1980
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 784.54 STOBrown, Craig
Summary: Draws on previously unexamined lore and celebrity testimony in a kaleidoscopic group portrait of the Fab Four that reveals lesser-known examples of their indelible and enduring cultural impact.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 BRODavis, Arthur.
Summary: This book presents memorable sayings by - and about - the Beatles, with a brillant array of photographs documenting the birth, life and passing of a music phenomenon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Books 1995
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.66 BEAPawlowski, Gareth L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: E.P. Dutton 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 PAWBramwell, Tony.
Summary: A childhood friend of the Beatles discusses his relationships with Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison before and throughout their careers, during which he witnessed such events as the downfall of Apple Records and the marriage of Lennon to Yoko Ono.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 BRAJones, Lesley-Ann
Summary: "Late on December 8th, 1980, the world abruptly stopped turning for millions, as news broke that the world's most beloved musician had been gunned down in cold blood in New York City. The most iconic Beatle left behind an unrivaled body of music and legions of faithful disciples--yet his profound legacy has brought with it as many questions and contradictions as his music has provided truths...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LENNON, JOHN JONNorman, Philip
Summary: "Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his era, George Harrison, particularly in his early decades, battled feelings of inferiority. He was often the butt of jokes from his bandmates owing to his lower-class background and, typically, was allowed to contribute only one or two songs per Beatles album out of the dozens he wrote. Now, acclaimed Beatles biographer Philip Norman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRISON, GEORGE NORRiley, Tim
Summary: The author, a music historian and journalist writes a biography that challenges many popular assumptions about Lennon's life, from his widely misunderstood 'Working Class Hero' origins to his epic romance with Yoko Ono. Also critic for NPR he takes us on the remarkable journey that brought a Liverpool art student from a disastrous childhood to the highest realms of fame. He portrays Lennon's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LENNON, JOHN RILSummary: A visual history of the Beatles beginning in 1940 and ending with the breakup of the band at the end of the '60s. Includes their songs, successes and failures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Apple Corps Ltd. 2002
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BEASpitz, Bob.
Summary: "Even before the Beatles hit the big time, a myth was created. This version of the Beatles legend smoothed the rough edges and filled in the fault lines, and for more than forty years this manicured version of the Beatles story has sustained as truth--until now. The product of almost a decade of research, hundreds of unprecedented interviews, and the discovery of scores of never-before-revealed...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 781.6 SPIShapiro, Marc
Summary: A portrait of the Beatles' late lead guitarist sheds light on Harrison's life, spirituality, and guitar technique.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2002