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Shout! : the true story of the Beatles (original 1981; edition 2004)

by Philip Norman

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Updated to include Paul McCartney's knighting and the deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison. Philip Norman's biography of the Beatles is the definitive work on the world's most influential band--a beautifully written account of their lives, their music, and their times. Now brought completely up to date, this epic tale charts the rise of four scruffy Liverpool lads from their wild, often comical early days to the astonishing heights of Beatlemania, from the chaos of Apple and the collapse of hippy idealism to the band's acrimonious split. It also describes their struggle to escape the smothering Beatles' legacy and the tragic deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison. Witty, insightful, and moving, Shout! is essential reading not just for Beatles fans but for anyone with an interest in pop music.… (more)

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Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation by Philip Norman (1981)

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I'll just say this. I've been a fan of the Beatles for almost five full decades. Their first single, Love Me Do came out less than 24 hours before I was born. I heard the Beatles from birth. My older brother and sister kept me current with each new song. I was struck dumb by the deaths of John and George. I've seen countless Beatles tribute bands, seen Beatlemania! three times, seen Paul three times, watched all the movies, watched the full Anthology series, seen the Backbeat stage play, and read hundreds of articles on the band. And, to top it off, I've read over 60 books on the Beatles, both as a band, and the four individuals.

Through all of that, this is the singular best book I've ever read on the Beatles. Period. (

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TobinElliott | Sep 3, 2021 |

"It was the rooftop concert with their hair blowing into their eyes, with Ringo in a red plastic mac, George in green trousers, John in a ladies' short fur coat. It was four musicians playing together as no four musicians ever could or ever would again."
I got tears in my eyes whenever I saw pictures of them in the book and I got tears in my eyes when I reached the moment when John died and a few more times.The only time I rushed was towards the end and I skipped some of their details about the songs and money and deals.
I will always love this band.
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Denicbt | Feb 5, 2018 |

Good view into the business of being the Beatles. Very pro-John and anti-Paul, would have preferred the author to remain neutral, otherwise, informative book. (

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jimifenway | Feb 2, 2016 |

Read this first back in the early eighties after Lennon was killed... have leafed through it again here and there... a very strong, if pro-John, bio of the boys. (

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BooksForDinner | Oct 3, 2011 |

A well written comprehensive look at the Beatles from start to finish and beyond. The author does have his biases (He's a John fan and not a Paul fan), but he states this up front in the introduction. The material is presented in an entertaining way that kept me turning the pages. All the Beatles are covered in this book, but there is more of an emphasis on John and Paul and not as much on George and Ringo, although the latter two are not ignored. (

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cbfiske | Jul 12, 2011 |

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Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation

Original title

Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation

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Shout!: The True Story of the Beatles

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Liverpool, England, UK

Hamburg, Germany

London, England, UK

New York, New York, USA

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Murder of John Lennon

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Epigraph

John alone seemed to get it right, back in the seventies' bleary dawn when everyone around him was mourning the end of an era, the disintegration of a movement, the extinction of a culture, the death of a dream. "It's just a rock group split up," he said with his usual withering bluntness. "It's not important."

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John Lennon was born on 9 October 1940, during a brief respite in Nazi Germany's bombing of Liverpool.

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English

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782.421660922

Canonical LCC

ML421.B4

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Updated to include Paul McCartney's knighting and the deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison. Philip Norman's biography of the Beatles is the definitive work on the world's most influential band--a beautifully written account of their lives, their music, and their times. Now brought completely up to date, this epic tale charts the rise of four scruffy Liverpool lads from their wild, often comical early days to the astonishing heights of Beatlemania, from the chaos of Apple and the collapse of hippy idealism to the band's acrimonious split. It also describes their struggle to escape the smothering Beatles' legacy and the tragic deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison. Witty, insightful, and moving, Shout! is essential reading not just for Beatles fans but for anyone with an interest in pop music.

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