O’Grady, Maureen, 299, 301, 331
“Oh, Yoko,” 671
Oh! Calcutta!, 524–525, 550
“Oh! Darling,” 612
“Oh My Love,” 671
“Old Brown Shoe,” 599
“Old Dirt Road,” 735–736
Old Grey Whistle Test, 746
Oldenburg, Claes, 479
Oldham, Andrew Loog, 298–299, 338–339, 413, 430, 715
Oldies and Mouldies, 719–721, 726–727, 729, 735, 738, 745
Olivier, Laurence, 524, 525, 543
“Only a Northern Song,” 561
Ono, Eisuke, 470–473, 660–661
Ono, Isoko, 469–472, 660–661
Ono, Keisuke, 471
Ono, Setsuko, 472
Ono, Yoko. See Lennon, Yoko Ono Ono Music, 700
Opium: The Story of a Cure (Cocteau), 617
Orbison, Roy, 309
Ormsby-Gore, David, 350
Osmond, Humphrey, 426
Our World, 499–500, 502
Owen, Alun, 354–355
Oz magazine, 669, 670–671
Paddy, Klaus and Gibson, 422, 423, 437–438
Palm Beach, Florida, 776–777, 788
Palmer, Tony, 577
Pang, May
with JL in Los Angeles, 712, 714, 716–717, 722–724, 726, 728, 731
with JL in New York, 734, 736, 737, 741
Paolozzi, Edouardo, 236
“Paperback Writer,” 439, 440, 445
Paramount Jazz Band, 243, 272
Paramour, Norrie, 269
Parker, Colonel Tom, 404–405
Parkes, Charles Molyneux, 27
Parkes, Stanley, 36, 336, 367, 386–387
Parkins, Brenda, 728
Parlophone, 87
Beatles audition for, 259, 268, 269–272
Parnes, Larry, 84, 174–177, 179–180, 184–185
Partridge, Ken, 382
Peace campaigns and causes, of JL, 595–597, 601–602, 626–633, 635–638, 665, 668, 669
Pederson, Ingrid Maria, 18, 30
Peebles, Andy, 802
Peebles, Ann, 723–724
Peel, David, 684, 686–687
“Peggy Sue,” 746
Pennebaker, Donn (D.A.), 481, 660
“Penny Lane,” 482–485
Pentagon Papers, 682
People, 187–188, 220
Pet Sounds, 480
Peter and Gordon, 429–430
Philippines, on 1966 world tour, 442–444
Phillips, Bijou, 816
Phillips, Percy, 141, 142
Pickles, Thelma, 154–155, 157, 161
Pickup, Ronald, 525
“Piggies,” 576
Pilcher, Norman, 277, 573, 692
Pink Floyd, 498
Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 498
Plastic Ono Band, 607–608, 633–634, 649–652, 815
“Cold Turkey” and, 619
declines to go to Woodstock, 619
“Instant Karma” and, 634–635
“Power to the People,” 663
at Toronto rock ’n’ roll festival, 621, 629
Playboy interview, 800
Plaza Hotel, New York, 346, 347–348
“Please Please Me,” 292, 339, 702
on charts, 294, 319, 344, 357
cover of, 318
publishing rights to, 296
recording of, 289
Please Please Me, 294–296, 297, 308
Pobjoy, William Ernest, 94, 112
Polydor, 238–240, 250, 268, 344
“Polyethylene Pam,” 613
Pop Go the Beatles, 309
Pope Smokes Dope, 684
Powell, Cynthia. See Lennon, Cynthia Powell
Powell, Lilian, 158–159, 260, 277, 323, 511
Cynthia’s divorce from JL and, 541, 544–545
JL’s success and, 388–389
Julian’s birth and, 306
Powell, Margery, 277
Powell, Sandy, 736
Powell, Tony, 277
Power, Duffy, 174, 177, 180, 305
“Power to the People,” 662–663, 750
Preludin, 201, 202, 235
Presley, Elvis, 79–84, 105, 161, 291, 349
Beatles meet, 404–406
death of, 758
Preston, Billy, 587, 629, 634, 649, 655
Prichard, John, 496
Primal Album, The, 649–652, 655–656
Primal Scream: Primal Therapy, the Cure for Neurosis (Janov), 639
Primal scream therapy, 639–642, 647–649
Private Eye magazine, 280, 317, 456, 557
Pryce-Jones, Morris, 46–47
“P.S. I Love You,” 270–271, 281
“Psychedelic,” 425–426
Psychedelic Experience, The (Leary), 430, 436
Purple Hearts (drugs), 235
Pussycats, 729, 730, 731–732
Quarry Bank High School
Beatles’ music studied at, 529
JL attends, 59–65, 81, 94–95, 115
Quarrymen, 91–101, 107, 116–117, 163, 166–168
first recording of, 141–143
formation of, 89–91
Harrison joins, 136–139
McCartney joins, 109, 116–117
McCartney’s influence on, 136
Penny Lane and, 483
Peter Best and, 164–166
rehearsals of, 95
Radcliffe, Paula, 95
Radley, Bertha, 46
“Rain,” 439–440
Ram, 668, 669–670, 671–672
Rape (film), 597, 620
RCA, 731–732
Record Retailer, 287–288, 308
Red Mole, 661–662
Reeperbahn, Beatles perform at, 189–192
“Release Me,” 485
“Remember,” 650
Remo Four, 246
Renoir, Auguste, 774
“Revolution,” 567, 576, 581, 604–605
“Revolution 1,” 555, 571
atmosphere at time of writing, 553–555
“Revolution 9,” 572
Revolver, 432–438, 440, 450
Rhind, Geoff, 106
Rhone, Dorothy (Dot), 165–166, 203, 234–235, 266, 286
Richard, Cliff, 221, 269, 291, 306, 307, 343
Richards, Keith, 338, 413, 500, 502, 579, 617
Richards, Ron, 270
Richter, Dan, 616–619, 667, 671, 675, 684, 694, 698, 703
Richter, Jill, 616
Rigby, Eleanor, epitaph at St. Peter’s church, 45–46, 435
Righteous Brothers, 368
Riley, John, 422–423
Ringo, 715, 727
Rivera, Geraldo, 701, 756
Robbins, Bett, 175–176, 394
Robbins, Mike, 138, 175–176, 394
Roberson’s Colored Operatic Kentucky Minstrels, 4
Robert Fraser Gallery, 562
Roberts, Charlie, 100, 142
Rock and Roll Circus, 579, 581
“Rock and Roll Music,” 393
“Rock Around the Clock,” 77–78
Rock festivals, 619–622, 630–631, 637
“Rock Island Line,” 86, 92
Rock Liberation Front, 686
Rock ’n’ roll, 77, 83–85
Rock ’n’ Roll, 746, 750
Rodgers, Richard, 352
Roe, Tommy, 290, 304
Rolling Stone magazine, 589, 630, 648, 699
Cott’s interview with JL in, 801–802
Wenner’s interview with JL in, 656–659
Rolling Stones, 337–339, 341, 413, 479–480, 579, 619, 770
Ronettes, 345
Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits, 745–746
Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, 172–173, 176, 208, 225, 246, 271
Rosemary’s Baby (film), 706
Rossington, Norman, 456
Rotogravure, 771
Royal Variety Show, 330–331
Rubber Soul, 415–419, 420
Rubin
, Jerry, 685–687
“Run for Your Life,” 416
Russell, Leon, 674, 719
Ryan, Patrick, 456
Ryan, Robert, 706
Salzman, Paul, 535
Sams, Craig, 551
Sams, Greg, 576–577
Sarris, Andrew, 366
“Satisfaction,” 413, 427
Saturday Club, 300
Saturday Night Live, 772
“Savoy Truffle,” 576
Schilling, Jerry, 406
Schreiber, Art, 371–372
Schwartz, Francie, 546
Scott, Gerry, 181, 183
Seale, Bobby, 685–687
Seaman, Fred, 779–780, 792–793, 797, 803
Searle, Ronald, 63–64
Sebastian, John, 480
Segal, Eric, 561
Segal, George, 660
Seger, Bob, 686
Seider, Harold, 715
Self-Portrait (film), 620
Sellers, Peter, 65, 298, 384, 447–448, 605, 628
Sentimental Journey, 628, 643–645
“Sexy Sadie,” 537, 556
“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club
Band,” 487, 496
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 487–492, 495–498
Sha Na Na, 621
Shadows, 221, 257, 269, 291, 306
Shankar, Ravi, 455, 482, 674
Shapiro, Helen, 293
Shaved Fish, 750
“She Came in Through the Bathroom Window,” 613–14
“She Loves You,” 316, 339, 344, 349, 357
“She Said She Said,” 433
Shea Stadium concerts, 403–404, 453
Sheeley, Sharon, 176
Sheff, David, 799–800
Shenson, Walter, 355, 384, 395, 513
Sheridan, Tony, 20, 204–207, 217, 234, 238–240, 253, 265
“She’s Leaving Home,” 491, 498
Short, Don, 311, 426–427, 573
Shotton, Beth Davidson, 484
Shotton, Pete
Apple Corps and, 516
career choices and, 112
childhood of, 44–45, 47, 51, 52
education of, 60–64, 94–95
JL’s help for, 387
JL’s music and, 89
Julia’s death and, 147, 152
at Kenwood, 540
masturbation and, 73
Penny Lane and, 484
Quarrymen and, 89–90, 109, 118
smoking and, 66
Silver Beetles, 178–186
Simon & Schuster, 360
Simone, Nina, 567
Sinclair, John, 686, 689
“Six O’clock,” 715
Skiffle, 86–87. See also Quarrymen Skywriting by Word of Mouth (Lennon), 710
Slow Train Coming, 778
Smile (film), 541–542, 566, 620
Smith, Bill “Smell Type,” 90, 91
Smith, George
death of, 70–71
JL’s childhood and, 15, 30, 31–33, 42, 49, 58–59, 67
marriage to Mimi, 26–27, 28
Smith, Larry “Legs,” 517, 528
Smith, Mary Stanley “Mimi”
Alf Lennon’s return and, 380
Beatles and, 190–191, 232, 364–366, 367, 389, 402
correspondence with Wirgman, 361–362, 365–366, 367–368, 390–393, 402
Cynthia Lennon and, 158–159, 220, 260
Davies’s book and, 569
Epstein and, 252–253, 256, 258
family background of, 26–29
Fishwick and, 143–144, 152
George Smith’s death and, 70–72
Harrison and, 138
In His Own Write and, 361, 362
JL’s accent and, 303–304
JL’s appearance and, 633
JL’s artwork and, 66–67
JL’s birth and, 13–14
JL’s career choices and, 110, 112
JL’s childhood and, 15, 25–26, 29–39, 45, 47, 49, 53, 59
JL’s continued contact with, 707, 709, 781–782, 800–801, 806
JL’s education, 114
JL’s financial support for, 302
JL’s first apartment and, 170–171
on JL’s handling of money, 389
JL’s marriage to Cynthia and, 276–277, 301–302, 323
JL’s MBE and, 407
JL’s move to US and, 677
JL’s music and, 88, 89, 92, 165, 292
Julia and Dykins and, 19–20
Julian’s birth and, 306
Julia’s courtship and marriage to Alf and, 9–10, 11
Julia’s death and, 152
McCartney and, 119
moves to Harbour Edge, 389–393
music and, 41, 43, 82, 83
Penny Lane and, 483
Quarrymen and, 106–107
Sean’s birth and, 749
Yoko Ono and, 558–559
Smith, Mike, 253
Smothers, Dickie, 728
Smothers, Tommy, 607, 728
Snowdon, Lord (Anthony Armstrong-Jones), 366, 402, 628
Some Time in New York City, 698–700, 711, 714
“Something,” 612, 623–624
“Sour Milk Sea,” 564
Souvenir Press, 363
Spaniard in the Works, A (Lennon), 400–402, 521
Spector, Phil, 345, 634–635, 643, 645, 649, 655, 683
Oldies and Mouldies and, 719, 720, 721, 726–727, 729, 735
“Speed and Sport Illustrated” (Lennon), 49
Sperone Gallery, 799
Spinetti, Victor, 532, 576
In His Own Write stage adaptation, 523–524, 543–544
Spinozza, David, 711
Yoko Ono and, 712, 726, 737, 739, 741
Spooner, Douglas, 664
St. Peter’s Anglican church, 45–47, 76
Stamp, Mr. Justice, 664–665
“Stand By Me,” 746
Stanley, Anne. See Cadwallader, Anne Stanley
Stanley, Annie Millward (grandmother), 10, 11, 15
Stanley, Elizabeth. See Sutherland, Elizabeth Stanley
Stanley, George (grandfather)
JL’s childhood and, 15, 29–30, 31–33
Julia and Dykins and, 18–19
Julia’s courtship and marriage to Alfred, 9–12
Stanley, Harriet. See Birch, Harriet
Stanley Stanley, Mary. See Smith, Mary Stanley “Mimi”
Stanshall, Viv, 517, 528
Star-Club, Hamburg, 265–269, 287, 290–292
Starkey, Maureen Cox, 455, 459, 546, 605
marries Starr, 385
Transcendental Meditation and, 505, 533, 536
Starkey, Ritchie. See Starr, Ringo Starr, Maureen. See Starkey, Maureen Cox
Starr, Ringo, 166, 173, 209, 271, 324, 385–386, 605. See also Beatles
All Things Must Pass, 655
appearance of, 465
“Cold Turkey,” 619
Concert for Bangladesh, 674
Everson Museum exhibit and, 683
How I Won the War, 459
JL and, 582, 725, 771
JL’s songwriting and, 410
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, 649
on marijuana and music, 416
marriage of, see Starkey, Maureen Cox
McCartney and, 644
McCartney’s lawsuit and, 663–665
music after Beatles, 599, 628, 643, 669–670, 715, 727, 738, 771
other interests of, 599
Transcendental Meditation and, 505–506, 533, 534, 536
visits JL in New York, 800
Yoko Ono and, 552, 553, 571
“Steel and Glass,” 736
Steele, Tommy, 84, 174
Steinem, Gloria, 397
Steiner, Georg, 194
Stevens, John Robert, 761
Stevens, Margo, 741
Stewart, Ian, 338
Stigwood, Robert, 507
Stills, Stephen, 670
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