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John Lennon: The Life

Page 98

by Philip Norman


  education of, 472–474

  films of, 519–520, 522–523, 541–542, 566, 597, 620, 668, 686, 694

  finances and investment strategy, 772–777, 794

  14 Hour Technicolor Dream happening and, 493

  immigration status of, 708, 733, 748

  Janov’s therapy, 640, 642, 652

  JL and open marriage, 704–705, 709–712

  JL marries, 593–595

  JL meets, 466, 477–479, 485–486, 522–523

  JL reconciles with, 742–743

  JL’s affair with becomes public, 544

  on JL’s childhood, 638

  JL’s courtship of, 531–532, 533, 535, 540

  JL’s death and, 805, 813

  on JL’s leaving Beatles, 624

  JL’s “Lost Weekend” in Los Angeles and, 715–716, 722, 726

  JL’s “Lost Weekend” in New York and, 737–738

  JL’s Madison Square Garden appearance with Elton John and, 739–741

  John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, 649

  Julian and, 666

  Kenwood and, 540–541

  Klein and, 590, 756

  macrobiotic diet of, 551, 631

  marriage to Cox, 475–476, 485, 519–522, 541, 661

  marriage to Ichiyanagi, 473–474, 475, 476, 660

  meets JL’s aunts, 609–611

  Mintz and, 713–714

  moves to US, 676–677

  music of, 602, 626

  numerology and, 759, 773, 776, 789–790, 803

  poetry of, 475, 485–486

  pregnancies and miscarriages of, 572, 576–577, 578, 602, 638

  public hostility toward, 557–558

  “Revolution 1” and, 555

  Sean’s birth and, 744–745, 749–750

  Sean’s care and, 750–752

  shared custody of Kyoko and, 579, 666–669, 676, 687–688, 692–693, 698

  songwriting credit and, 700

  visits Japan, 660–661, 757–760, 762, 767

  Lennon Play, The, 523–524

  Lenono Music, 772

  Leroy, Max, 816

  LeRoy, Warner, 767

  Les Stewart Quartet, 164

  Lester, Richard, 366

  Hard Day’s Night and, 353, 354, 355

  Help! and, 394, 395, 396

  How I Won the War and, 456, 459–460

  Let It Be/Get Back project, 586–587, 597–598, 608, 648

  Levy, Morris, 719, 736, 738, 745–746

  Lewis, Jerry Lee, 162, 718

  Lewis, Vic, 441

  Life Lines, 298

  Life magazine, 343, 498–499, 502

  Lindsay, John, 697–698

  Lindsay-Hogg, Michael, 581–583, 586, 587–588, 643

  Lise, Marie, 464

  Litherland Town Hall, 222

  “Little Egypt,” 746

  Little Richard, 84, 99, 162, 283, 621

  Live and Let Die (film), 730

  Live Peace in Toronto, 629

  Liverpool, England

  Hard Day’s Night premiere in, 366

  other music groups from, 340

  rock ’n’ roll in, 162–163

  after World War II, 23–25

  Liverpool College of Art, 112–115, 127–136

  Livingstone, Alan, 373

  Lockhart-Smith, Judy, 326, 352, 388

  Lockwood, Sir Joseph, 519, 574, 590

  Lomax, Jackie, 560, 564

  London Evening Standard, 336, 345, 444–447

  “Look at Me,” 650

  “Love,” 650

  Love, Mike, 533

  “Love Me Do,” 281–284, 287–288

  on charts, 290, 291

  first recording of, 270–271

  “Lovely Rita,” 491

  Lovin’ Spoonful, 480

  Loving John (Pang), 716–717

  Lowe, Duff, 142, 143, 223

  Lozano, Cesar, 667

  LSD

  effects of, 424–426

  Riley provides first, 422–424

  use admitted by Beatles, 498–499, 502

  use of, 426–427, 430–431, 462–466, 492, 496–497, 550–551

  “Luck of the Irish, The,” 699, 700

  “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” 489, 490, 496, 497–498

  Elton John and, 736–737, 739, 740

  Lynch, Kenny, 305

  MacDonald, Ian, 282

  Maciunas, George, 474

  Maclen (Music) Ltd., 382, 665, 700

  Madison Square Garden, JL’s appearance at, 736, 738–741

  Magic Christian, The (film), 599, 628

  Magical Mystery Tour project, 516–518, 527–531

  fancy dress ball for, 525–526

  Magnet, The (film), 23, 25

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 501, 504–506, 518–519, 532–533, 535, 536, 537–538

  Mailer, Norman, 756

  Maimudes, Victor, 375, 376

  Majlata, Eva, 597

  Malik, Michael Abdul (Michael X), 636–637, 665, 752

  Mandrax, 551

  Manfred Mann, 438

  Mann, William, 319–321

  Mansfield, Jayne, 373

  Many Years from Now (Miles), 120–121

  Marcos, Ferdinand and Imelda, 442–443

  Mardas, Ianni (Alexis), 494–495, 515–516, 536, 539, 540, 586

  Apple Corps and, 560–561, 562

  delivers divorce message to Cynthia, 544–545

  Margaret, Princess, 366, 402, 628

  Marijuana, 375–376, 396–397, 415–416

  Marsden, Gerry, 228–229, 230, 246, 310

  “Martha My Dear,” 576

  Martin, George, 324, 326, 340, 415, 514, 701

  Abbey Road, 608–609, 611–612, 613

  altruism of, 332

  background of, 270

  Beatles’ first single, 280–282

  Beyond the Fringe, 280

  Capital records and, 339–340

  on Cynthia and JL’s marriage, 462–463

  “Day in the Life,” 489

  “Day Tripper,” 427

  early agenda for Beatles, 269–270

  at fancy-dress ball, 525

  first Beatles LP, 294–296

  Get Back/Let It Be project, 586–587

  “I Am the Walrus,” 530

  “In My Life,” 417–418

  JL on, 658

  Parlophone audition, 259, 268

  “Please Please Me,” 289, 702

  “Rain,” 440

  role of, 408–409

  Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club

  Band, 492

  skiffle and, 87

  on songwriting styles, 409–411

  “Strawberry Fields Forever,” 481–482

  “Tomorrow Never Knows,” 435–436

  travels with JL, 352, 388

  visits JL in New York, 783

  White Album, 570, 571

  “Yellow Submarine,” 434

  Yellow Submarine, 561

  “Yesterday,” 398–399

  Yoko Ono and, 555–556

  Marvin, Hank, 310

  Marx, Groucho, 366

  Maschler, Tom, 358–360, 400

  Mason, Ann, 114–115, 133, 140, 156, 161, 285

  Matthew, Brian, 300

  “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” 612, 623

  May, Dave, 168

  Maysles, Albert and David, documentary of Beatles’ 1964 US tour, 346–348, 350–351

  McBain, Charles, 116, 117

  McCartney, 643–645, 657

  McCartney, Heather, 591, 600

  McCartney, Jim, 103, 104–105, 120, 220–221

  McCartney, Linda Eastman, 585, 590, 600, 643, 672, 771–772

  JL and, 591

  marries Paul, 593

  on Ringo, 715

  visits JL in Los Angeles, 729–730

  visits JL in New York, 735

  McCartney, Mary, 103–104

  McCartney, Michael, 104, 123, 283

  McCartney, Paul, 74, 191, 360. See also Beatles; McCartney, Paul, songwriting of

>   appearance of, 465

  Apple Corps and, 539, 560, 564, 589, 599–600

  arrested in Japan, 787

  arts scene and, 429–430, 455

  “Ballad of John and Yoko” and, 599

  Barrow on, 298

  career plans before Beatles, 190, 220, 226

  childhood of, 103–104, 120

  commitment to Beatles, 580–581

  Concerts for Kampuchea, 787

  Cynthia Lennon and, 546

  deported from Germany, 217–218

  early stage name of, 180

  Get Back/Let It Be project, 643–644

  guitar practice, 119–121

  on “Help!,” 397–398

  JL and, 118–124, 668–669, 671–672, 702–703, 730, 771, 782–783

  on JL and Epstein, 307

  JL and Inder, 273

  JL on, 657–658

  JL’s leaving Beatles and, 622–624

  JL’s marriage to Cynthia and, 277

  JL meets, 102–103, 106–109

  Julian and, 546, 565–566

  Julia’s death and, 152–153

  LSD and, 492, 498–499

  Mann on music of, 319–321

  marriage of, see McCartney, Linda Eastman

  MBE, 407

  moves to London, 324, 385

  moves to St. John’s Wood, 436–437

  paternity suit against, 367

  on playing at the Cavern, 229–230

  Quarrymen and, 109, 116–117, 136

  Revolver and, 434–435

  Ringo and, 715

  sues Beatles & Co., 656, 663–665

  Sutcliffe and, 203–204, 237–238

  Sutcliffe’s death and, 264

  Transcendental Meditation and, 505–506, 536

  twenty-first birthday of, 309–310

  visits JL in New York, 735

  visits Paris with JL, 245

  Yoko Ono and, 479, 552, 553, 571

  McCartney, Paul, songwriting of

  after Beatles, 643–645, 668, 702–703, 729–730, 743, 782

  credits and, 296–297

  early, 121–122, 140–141

  Hard Day’s Night, 355–356

  other artists and, 302–303, 304–305

  pressures of, 340–341

  Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 487–488, 490–491

  working methods, 386, 409–411

  McClinton, Delbert, 281

  McFall, Ray, 225, 227–228, 243

  McGuinn, Jim, 426

  McKenzie, Phyllis, 159, 160

  McKern, Leo, 395

  McKinnon, Duncan, 181

  McLuhan, Marshall, 632

  “Mean Mr. Mustard,” 613

  Melody Maker, 445, 496, 701, 702, 800

  Mendips

  Beatles fans at, 302, 389

  boarders at, 28–29, 38, 54

  Merry Pranksters, 516

  Mersey Beat, 240–242, 250, 276, 282

  Metzner, Ralph, 430

  MI5, 694–695

  Michael X (Michael Malik), 636–637, 665, 752

  “Michelle,” 419

  Mike Douglas Show, 687, 726

  Mike Sammes Singers, 530

  Miles, Barry, 120–121, 430, 436–437, 455, 602

  Miller, Jonathan, 280, 455

  Milligan, Spike, 65

  Mills, Gordon, 420

  Mind Games, 711, 715, 718

  Mintz, Elliot

  on JL and McCartney, 771–772

  JL and Yoko Ono in Japan and, 758–760

  on JL in last years, 764, 766, 768, 769, 770, 784

  JL in Los Angeles and, 713–721, 724–731

  Mirabelle, 323–324

  Miscampbell, Norman, 360–361

  “Misery,” 295, 305

  Mitchell, John, 690, 733, 734

  Modern Jazz Quartet, 584

  Mohammed, Russell Jeffrey, 131–133, 135, 153, 155, 156, 220

  Monopoly, 371, 388, 458

  Montague, Lee, 458

  Montez, Chris, 290, 304

  Moon, Keith, 500, 629, 727, 729, 752

  Moore, Bishop Paul, 706, 756

  Moore, Dudley, 280, 455, 456

  Moore, Tommy, 178, 179, 180, 184, 186–187

  JL’s treatment of, 182–183

  Morris, Desmond, 630

  Morris, Margaret (Diz), 169

  Mosspits Lane Infants School, 33, 44

  Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)

  Beatles awarded, 399–400, 407

  JL returns, 627–628

  “Mother,” 650, 655–656

  Mothers of Invention, 480

  “Mr. Moonlight,” 393

  Murray, Mitch, 280

  Murray, Rod, 134–136, 157, 159, 168, 220

  Murray, Will, 6–7

  Murray the K, 348

  Museum of Modern Art, NY, 642

  “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean,” 239, 240, 253, 344

  “My Mummy’s Dead,” 651–652

  “My Sweet Lord,” 655

  Nelson, Ancher, 689

  NEMS (North End Music Stores) shop, 104, 249–253, 282, 287

  NEMS Enterprises, 324, 334, 370, 422, 438, 441, 458, 507, 592

  Neville, Richard, 339, 670–671

  New Musical Express, 292, 294, 306, 566

  “New York City,” 699

  New York Times, 697

  New Yorker magazine, 343

  Newby, Chas, 221

  Newmar, Andy, 796

  News of the World, 336

  Newsweek magazine, 343

  Nicol, Jimmy, 364

  Nielson, Rick, 796

  Nigeria, 627

  Nightingale, Anne, 558

  Nilsson, Harry, 727–729, 731–732, 736

  Niven, David, 771

  Nixon, Richard M., 671, 681–682, 688–689, 733–734

  “No Reply,” 393

  “Nobody Loves you When You’re Down and Out,” 736

  Northern Songs, 296, 326

  becomes public company, 382

  sold to Lew Grade, 603–604

  “Norwegian Wood,” 418–419

  Not Only…But Also, 456

  “Nowhere Man,” 417, 419

  Number 4. See Bottoms Number 5. See Smile “Number 9

  Dream,” 736

  Nutter, David, 594–595

  “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,” 576, 623

  Obscene Publications Act, 493, 634, 642

  “Octopus’s Garden,” 613

 

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