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The Beatles are here! : 50 years after the band arrived in America, writers, musicians, and other fans remember
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- Summary
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Presents an exploration of the Fab Four's arrival in the U.S. featuring essays and interviews from writers, musicians, and fans on how they were inspired and changed by the Beatles.
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- Creator
- edited by Penelope Rowlands
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- First edition
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2014
- Physical Details
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- xxiii, 255 pages ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781616203504, 1616203501
- OCLC
- ocn841896946
- Tools of Satan, Liverpool division / Joe Queenan -- Greil Marcus, rock critic -- We saw them standing there / Amanda Vaill -- A newspaper article / Gay Talese -- in love with gorgeous George / Penelope Rowlands -- A letter from Vickie Brenna-Costa -- Henry Grossman, photographer -- Good bye, Mitzi Gaynor, Verlyn Klinkenborg -- Jamie Nicol Bowles, fan -- Billy Joel, musician -- Swimming to John / Noelle Oxenhandler -- Gay Talese, reporter -- My four friends, / Cyndi Lauper -- A Facebook encounter -- Vickie Brenna-Costa, fan -- America's Beatlemania hangover / Debbie Geller --- "Cousin Brucie" Morrow, disc jockey -- Sister Mary Paul McCartney / Mary Norris -- Peter Duchin, bandleader -- Anne Brown, fan -- A diary entry by Anne Brown, age 15 -- Springsteen's hair stands on end / Peter Ames Carlin -- FUN / Veronique Vienne -- Vicky Tiel, fashion designer -- Tom Long, fan -- Janis Ian, musician -- A way to live in the world / Carolyn See -- Up, up, up / Lisa See -- Joann Marie Pugliese Flood, fan -- Into the future / Pico Iyer -- Fran Lebowitz, nonfan -- Michael Laven, fan -- An e-mail from Phillip Lopate -- White out / Judy Juanita -- Renee Fleming, soprano -- Where music had to go / Anthony Scadutto -- Tom Rush, musician -- Thawing out / Barbara Ehrenreich -- Laura Tarrish, fan -- Screening the Beatles / David Thomson -- Gabriel Kahane, composer and songwriter -- Vera, Chuck and Dave / Roy Blount, Jr. -- Linda Belfi Bartel, fan -- David Dye, radio show host -- The back of the album / David Michaelis -- Will Lee, musician -- Why couldn't they leave us alone? / Sigrid Nunez -- Leah Silidjian, fan -- Independence Day, 1976 / Will Hermes