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The Beatles by Bob Spitz
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The Beatles might be the definitive and most scholarly book about the Fab Four to date. Author Spitz is well equipped in his attempt writing this nearly 900-page history. He has had an extensive music business career representing both Bruce Springsteen and Elton John and authoring numerous books and magazine articles.
With forensic-like detail, The Beatles begins just before World War II in Liverpool, England with the story of John Lennon's family. The level of detail in this book is amazing and only possible through years of worldwide research. In this fresh and excoriating look at the Beatles, Spitz mostly ignores the durable myth(s) that previous biographers and publicity mavens have regurgitated for years.
I imagine Paul McCartney and Ringo could read this book and learn things they never knew about their band mates--like the fact that John was never told he had a half-sister named Victoria. Major and minor characters are introduced in colorful detail as they come to prominence in the story of the formation of the Beatles. Each of the Beatles comes into the story fully backed with their rich family history, childhood lifestyle, and adolescent angst at the ready. When in final form, we see the Beatles as routy, angry kids who played loudly and mesmerized their audiences.
The Beatles is about the loves and hates, the bad and the good, and the highs and lows of a great rock n' roll band. Completely annotated, it includes a definitive discography and bibliography and is published by Little, Brown and Company at www.twbookmark.com, part of the Time Warner Book Group at www.twbg.com.
The Beatles
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