Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music - the Definitive Life
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solo career of, 473–76, 481–83, 589–91, 619–20; see also specific albums and songs
A Spaniard in the Works, 276–78
teenage years of, 42–62
television appearances of, 220–21, 223, 224–26, 263–64, 475, 527–29, 540–44, 546–47, 549, 551, 556, 603
Tittenhurst property of, 453, 457, 460, 484, 519, 524, 527, 567
travels of, 614–16
withdrawal from recording, 591
writings of, 133–34, 134, 198, 260–64, 268, 276–78
Lennon, Julia Stanley “Judy” (mother), xii, xiii, 3, 4, 6, 8–18, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 55–60, 62, 64–65, 75, 80, 110, 183, 212, 277, 301, 402–3, 502, 508, 569, 610–11, 659, 661
baby given up by, 15–16
birth of, 5
death of, 82–85, 86, 89, 92, 94, 96, 131, 164, 165, 263, 289, 383, 552, 625
grave of, 658
JL’s audio diary and, 623–26
JL’s birth and, 3, 4, 10–12
JL’s early childhood and, 12–13, 20–24
marital troubles with Alfred, 17, 19, 21
meets and marries Alfred, 8–10
Lennon, Mary “Polly” McGuire (grandmother), 7, 659
Lennon, Pauline (Alfred’s second wife), 9, 20, 507–9, 611–12
Lennon, Sean Taro Ono (son), x, 592, 606–8, 611–12, 616, 618, 619, 623, 627, 635, 654, 659
birth of, 596, 605–6, 611, 626
Douglas and, 654
JL’s death and, 647–48, 650, 652, 656
Lennon, Sydney (uncle), 7, 10, 17, 19, 24
Lennon, Yoko Ono, see Ono, Yoko
Lennon Remembers, 509–12
Lester, Richard, 203, 248, 250, 269, 270, 271, 275, 290, 321, 336, 341
Lester, Sheryl, 648
“Let It Be,” 453, 496, 531, 657
Let It Be (album), 172, 211, 370, 397, 448–49, 453, 459, 487–89, 493–97, 509, 511, 520, 522, 526, 527, 600
Let It Be (film), 406, 427–39, 448, 488, 493–94, 496–97, 509
Let It Be . . . Naked, 495
Levin, Tony, 636
Levy, Morris, 585–86, 595, 613–14
Lewis, Jerry, 556
Lewis, Jerry Lee, 50, 67, 68, 77, 93–94, 136, 137, 231, 317, 461, 598, 635
Lewis, Vic, 332
Lewisohn, Mark, 93, 135, 204–5
Life, 246, 343, 511, 519, 548
Lindsay-Hogg, Michael, 216, 428, 431, 432, 435, 436, 439
Literary Lennon, The: A Comedy of Letters (Sauceda), 262–63
Little Richard, 50, 53–55, 62, 68, 90, 94, 96, 109, 122, 128, 136, 214, 231, 238, 242, 243, 414, 433, 461, 562, 599
Liverpool, 5–6, 43–44, 104, 107, 284, 514, 615, 623
Beatles’ gigs in, 121–23, 127–30, 132, 135, 153, 179–81, 211, 217
Beatles tourism in, 658
Cavern Club in, see Cavern Club
Ono and, 659
in World War II, 3–4, 11, 12
Liverpool Art College, 67, 73–74, 76, 81–82, 85, 86–87, 89, 91, 93, 131, 132, 150
Liverpool Institute, 35, 38–39, 74, 76, 77
Livingston, Alan, 229
Lockwood, Joseph, ix, 420, 442
London, 156–57, 169, 196, 284–85, 615
“Long and Winding Road, The,” 439, 488–89, 494, 495
Look Back in Anger, 37
Los Angeles Times, 376–77, 576
Love, xi, 660
“Love Me Do,” 136, 177, 178, 188–92, 205, 206, 211, 244
Love Me Do! (Braun), 199, 239, 248
Loving John (Pang), 568, 583
Lowe, John, 80, 81
“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” 295, 329, 332, 343, 353, 354, 563, 587
Lush, Richard, 500
Lynn, Stephan, 641
MacDonald, Ian, 344–45, 554
MacDonald, Phil, 500
Macmillan, Harold, 196, 198
Macmillan, Iain, 459–60
“Magical Mystery Tour,” 347, 348
Magical Mystery Tour, 350, 366–69, 370–72, 376–77, 412, 421, 424, 426, 428
Magic Christian, The, 427, 428, 442, 459
Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History (McKinney), 107
Magritte, René, xiii, 410–11
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 272, 360–67, 379–85
Mahon, Gene, 410
Mailer, Norman, 372, 614
Makin, Rex, 149
Manchester, 181
Mann, William, 351, 503
Mao Zedong, 413, 517, 528, 553
Marcos, Ferdinand, 313–15, 320
Marcos, Imelda, 313–15
Marcus, Greil, 53, 201, 333, 355, 413
Mardas, Alex, 359, 378, 379, 382, 383, 395, 396, 401, 432, 486
Marsden, Beryl, 486
Marsden, Gerry, 129
Marsh, Dave, 506, 554, 620, 626–27
Martin, George, x, xi, 137, 142, 160, 161, 167–75, 186–92, 196, 204–6, 229, 232, 248, 259, 268, 274, 290, 312–13, 328, 335, 344, 350, 447, 458, 488, 571, 630, 656, 660
background of, 168
bass sounds and, 305–6
Beatles’ first recording session with, 167–68, 173–75, 177–80
“Because,” 459
Best and, 183, 185
“Day in the Life,” 342, 343
“Eleanor Rigby,” 302, 309
Epstein and, 167, 172–75, 231
“I Am the Walrus,” 368
JL’s relationship with, 150, 174
knighthood of, 655
Let It Be and, 429, 432–33, 448, 494, 495
made Parlophone head, 168
McCartney and, 302–3
recording techniques of, 169–70, 171, 304
Revolver, 308–9
Rubber Soul, 281–82
“Strawberry Fields Forever,” 325, 327
White Album, 407–8, 411–12
“Yesterday,” 279
Martin, Giles, xi, 660
Mason, Dave, 339
Mathews, Mike, 612
Matthew, Brian, 220, 344
Maysles, Albert and David, 233, 246
McBain, Charlie, 77
McCarthy, Eugene, 372, 374, 375
McCartney, 480, 488–91, 497, 501, 512, 520, 522, 527
McCartney, Heather, 477, 494
McCartney, Jim, 63–66, 75, 148
McCartney, Jin, 66
McCartney, Joe, 63
McCartney, Linda Eastman, 431, 441, 477, 579, 607–8, 612
background of, 397–98
death of, 658
Mary born to, 460, 477
McCartney’s collaboration with, 530
McCartney’s marriage to, xi, 397, 398, 443–44, 450
McCartney, Mary, 460, 477
McCartney, Mary Mohan, 64, 65–66, 75, 84–85
McCartney, Michael, 64, 65, 66, 73, 136, 185, 357, 443
McCartney, Paul, 96, 117, 124, 128, 129, 133, 135, 137, 138, 152–54, 157, 159, 160, 167, 180, 188–91, 193–95, 203, 204, 223, 224, 242, 270, 300, 318, 321, 327, 359, 382, 478, 526, 562, 587, 622, 653, 655–56
in America, 238
Apple and, 384–85, 441, 464–65, 512, 513–15, 519–22, 560, 595
Asher’s relationship with, 284, 301, 334–35, 347, 398, 402
Bangladesh concert and, 525
Beatles breakup and, 477, 488–91, 519–20
Beatles leadership role assumed by, 427–28, 511
Best and, 179, 183, 184
birth of, 64
childhood of, 63–66
Cynthia Lennon and, 402–3, 406
Donegan and, 46
Epstein and, 145, 146, 148, 152, 178, 217
in Hamburg, 98, 106, 109, 116, 118–21, 132, 162, 164
in Hard Day’s Night, 251
Hendrix and, 339, 357, 371
In His Own Write and, 262, 263
interviews with, 220, 269, 344, 358, 367, 548
JL’s competition with, 475–76, 581
JL’s contact with, after Beatles breakup, 539–40, 548
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p; JL’s death and, 645, 656–58
JL’s early friendship with, 63, 66–67, 68, 93
JL’s feud with, xii, 450–51, 476, 548–49
and JL’s marriage to Cynthia, 186
JL’s meeting of, 38, 60–62, 66, 610
JL’s partnership with, x, xi, xii, 63, 67, 68, 72–73, 81, 84–85, 93, 135–36, 150, 205, 206, 216, 234, 248, 279, 290, 293, 297–98, 302, 323, 328, 330, 332, 337, 345, 352–55, 366, 398–99, 430, 431, 433, 449–50, 459, 476, 511, 656
JL’s reunion with, 607–8
knighthood of, 655, 656, 657
Let It Be and, 487, 488–89, 495–96
Linda’s marriage to, xi, 397, 398, 443–44, 450
LSD and, 334, 344–45, 358
Magical Mystery Tour and, 367–69, 371–72
Oldham and, 221
Ono and, 323, 398, 403, 456, 579–80, 659–60
politics and, 551, 554
Presley and, 51
in Quarrymen, 62, 72, 76–77, 79–81, 90–93
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and, 659
Rowe and, 160
Saturday Night Live and, 612–13
in school, 74
Sgt. Pepper album design by, 346, 351, 352, 460
solo work of, 482, 483, 591, 620, 656–58; see also specific albums and songs
on Strawberry Field, 326
Sutcliffe and, 117, 164
Two Virgins and, ix, x, 449, 657
McCartney II, 637
McCluhan, Marshall, 467
McCracken, Hugh, 536, 636
McFall, Ray, 127
McGovern, George, 556
McGuinn, Roger, 268
McKinney, Devin, 107
Meet the Beatles, 234, 236, 241–42, 243
Mekas, Jonas, 535
Melody Maker, 548, 563
Meltzer, Richard, 242, 279
Mendips, 13, 17–18, 24, 26–27, 28, 44–45, 56, 58, 64, 81, 86, 89, 90, 136, 212, 325, 646
Merryman, Richard, 519
Mersey Beat, 133–34, 141, 142, 160, 175, 190, 192, 261
Michaels, Lorne, 612–13
Mike Douglas Show, The, 540–44, 549
Miles, Barry, 66, 234, 303, 304, 323–24, 339, 359, 410, 428, 491, 522
Milligan, Spike, 86, 135, 171–72, 571–72
Mills, Heather, 659
“Mind Games,” 563, 582, 590
Mind Games, 474, 482, 559, 561, 563–64, 570–72, 574–75, 582–84, 591, 592, 596
Mintz, Elliot, 554–55, 608, 617, 619, 620, 644
Mitchell, John N., 604
Mitchell, Mitch, 425
Modern Times (Johnson), 42
Mohan, Dill, 65
Mojo, 499
Monkees, 299–300
Moore, Dudley, 263–64
Moore, Tommy, 96, 97
Moran, James, 641
Morecambe, Eric, 224–26
Morris, Desmond, 467–69
Morris, Jan, 5
Morrison, Van, 46
Moses, Mark, 474
Munch, Christopher, 214
Muni, Scott, 596
Munroe, Alexandra, 391
Murray, Charles Shaar, 636–37
Napier-Bell, Simon, 361–63, 364
National Lampoon, 511
Neal, Chris, 177
NEMS (North End Music Stores), 128, 137, 138, 141–43, 145, 149, 156, 173
NEMS Enterprises, 175, 191, 211, 332–33, 336, 362, 365, 448, 465
Nesmith, Michael, 300, 342
Newby, Chas, 121–22
Newfield, Joanne, 363
Newley, Anthony, 140–41
Newmark, Andy, 636
New Musical Express (NME), 50, 191, 210, 240, 309, 367, 526, 565, 636
New York City, 522, 525
JL’s live appearances in, 523–24
JL’s relocation to, 475, 526, 527, 534, 535, 537, 539, 540, 550–51
New Yorker, 229–30, 550–51, 591, 649
New York Times, 36–37, 351–52, 523, 549, 553, 570–71, 626, 634, 635, 648, 649
Nicol, Jimmy, 254
Nielsen, Rick, 630–33
Nilsson, Harry, 300, 483, 574, 577–78, 579, 583, 587, 627
Pussy Cats, 474, 561, 578–82
Nixon, Richard, xi, 374, 424, 425, 492, 524, 532, 538, 549, 550, 553, 556–57, 566, 571, 576, 581, 591–92, 593
Noguchi, Isamu, 614
Norman, Philip, 113, 117, 627–28
Northern Songs, 191, 275, 447–48, 464–65, 520, 603, 655
Nutter, David, 444
Nye, Louis, 542
O’Donnell, Jim, 60–61
“Oh Yoko!,” 533–34, 591, 592
Old Grey Whistle Test, 578
Oldham, Andrew Loog, 96, 155, 202–3, 210, 212, 221–22, 226, 246, 285, 292–93, 303, 311, 358, 440
O’Mahoney, Sean, 191
“One After 909,” 72, 73, 136, 180, 210, 211, 436–37, 463, 496
One Day at a Time (Fawcett), 498–99
One to One concert, 555–56, 589
Ono, Eijiro, 388
Ono, Isoko, 388, 389, 514–15
Ono, Keisuke, 389
Ono, Setsuko, 526
Ono, Tsuruko, 388
Ono, Yeisuke, 388–89, 390
Ono, Yoko, 117, 214, 216, 387–94, 427, 437–38, 452–54, 457–58, 460–61, 469, 548, 610, 614–15, 618–20, 654, 659
Approximately Infinite Universe, 538, 553, 590, 653
as artist, 323–24, 348–49, 387, 392–94, 418, 421, 515–16, 535, 589
background and childhood of, 387–92
Bangladesh concert and, 525, 526, 560
Beatles and, x, 333, 379, 397, 406, 414, 430–32, 458–59, 528, 542, 659
Capp and, 456
on Cavett show, 527–28, 540
Cynthia Lennon and, 610
Dakota apartment of, 559, 570
Double Fantasy, 481, 590–91, 610, 629–40, 650, 651, 660
drug raid and, 418–20
drugs used by, 418, 426, 443, 458, 465, 627–28
Fly, 534, 568
Gabriel on, 539
Grapefruit, 323–24, 379, 522, 524, 530
Gray on, 546
JL’s bed-ins with, 444–46, 448, 450, 452, 455, 538, 566, 569
JL’s collaborations with, ix, ix–x, 405, 419, 420–21, 422, 425, 442–43, 444–46, 448, 450–52, 455, 462, 466–67, 473, 477, 501, 530, 537, 539, 610
JL’s death and, 641–42, 644, 645, 647–60, 652–53, 656
JL’s marital problems with, 88, 544, 557–58, 563, 591
JL’s marriage to, xiii, 444, 450–52
JL’s meeting of, 323–24, 348–49, 378, 446
JL’s relationship with, x, xi, 377–80, 382–87, 394–96, 397–404, 417–18, 420–21, 477, 533, 611, 651
JL’s reuniting with, 591, 594, 595–96
JL’s separation from, 567–73, 575, 576, 579–80, 587–88, 591, 594, 596, 608
Krauss on, 542, 543
Leibovitz’s photo of JL and, 638–39, 650–51
in Let It Be, 430
Liverpool and, 659
Marsh on, 554
McCartney and, 323, 398, 403, 456, 579–80, 659–60
Mimi and, 610–11
Mintz and, 554–55
Nutopia press conference of, 565–66
Pang and, 568–69, 595
Plastic Ono Band, 474, 505–7
pregnancies and miscarriages of, 418, 420–22, 425, 426, 427, 443, 451, 458, 465–66, 469, 596, 605, 608
in primal therapy, 498–99
Sean born to, 596, 605–6, 611, 626
television appearances of, 527–29, 540–55, 546–47, 540, 551, 556
Tittenhurst property of, 453, 457, 460, 484, 519, 524, 527, 567
“Walking on Thin Ice,” 638–40
Zappa and, 523
Orbison, Roy, 77, 190, 196, 217
Osborne, John, 37, 197, 224, 248
O’Shea, John, 380
Our World, 357, 358–59
Owen, Alun, 134, 223, 248–50, 286
Owen, Ri
chard, 593
Oz, 491
Palmer, Robert, 635
Pang, May, 567–69, 570, 572, 580, 581, 583, 584, 592, 595
Paolozzi, Eduardo, xiii, 126, 128, 131, 162, 391, 416
“Paperback Writer,” 305, 309, 311, 316
Parkes, Charles, 28
Parkes, Stanley, 28–29, 57
Parnes, Larry, 95, 96–97
Parsons, Alan, 488
Pecorino, Joe, 643
Pedersen, Ingrid, 16
Peebles, Andy, 637–38
Peel, David, 545, 546–47, 548, 549
Pennebaker, D. A., 267, 310
“Penny Lane,” 274, 304, 328–29, 335, 337, 339, 341, 342, 353, 408
Pentagon Papers, 492, 523–24
Perkins, Carl, 50, 53, 68, 94, 109, 135, 136, 172, 189, 193–94, 242, 243, 260
Perry, Richard, 565
Phelge, James, 222
Philippines, 313–15, 320
Phillips, Percy, 79–80, 204
Pickles, Thelma, 87
Pilcher, Norman, 418–19, 443
Pink Floyd, 342
Plastic Ono Band, 536
Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon), xi, 25, 355, 415, 473–75, 480–82, 500–505, 507, 509, 511, 512, 515, 526, 531, 561, 562, 584, 589, 590, 596, 600, 631
Plastic Ono Band (Yoko Ono), 474, 505–7
Playboy, 269, 273, 292, 445, 605, 635, 638, 651
“Please Please Me,” 136, 190,–92, 202, 205, 209–11, 217, 229, 240, 244, 252, 291
Please Please Me, 236, 453, 501, 564, 637
Pobjoy, William Ernest, 38, 40, 67
Postcards from the Boys (Starr), 289
Powell, Lillian, 212, 222, 379, 395, 396, 401
“Power to the People,” 518–19, 537
Precht, Bob, 228
Presley, Elvis, 36, 45–46, 51–54, 70, 75, 79, 91, 108, 124, 125, 142, 148, 172, 217, 230, 235–36, 267, 293, 504, 562
Beatles and, 114, 136, 154, 189, 200, 201, 231, 240–43, 317, 504
death of, 617–18, 620
Holly and, 68–69, 70, 72
influences of, 50–51
joins army, 72, 94, 96, 243, 321
JL and, 49, 51–55, 67, 69, 73, 80, 85, 86, 396, 556, 598, 635
popularity in UK, 49, 50, 52, 53–54, 69
Preston, Billy, 433–34, 435, 467, 525, 620
Preuss, Oscar, 168–69
Price-Jones, Morris, 33
Primal Scream, The (Janov), 497–98
Proby, P.J., 270, 275
Profumo, John, 197–200, 232, 245, 513
Psychedelic Experience, The: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead (Leary), 303–4
Pussy Cats, 474, 561, 578–82
Quant, Mary, 284, 285
Quarry Bank High School, 27, 34–35, 36, 38–41, 56, 67, 87
Quarrymen, 31, 44, 59–62, 71–73, 77–81, 85, 90–93, 96, 122, 172, 204
“Rain,” 305, 306, 308, 309, 311, 316, 329, 371
Ram, 501, 514, 526–27, 530, 536, 548, 549