The Beatles Diary

The world's most famous and beloved act existed as a band just ten years officially, but the extraordinary story of The Beatles has inspired countless books, films, and articles. Now at last we have the definitive Beatles chronicle of events. It is a 30 year diary beginning with wartime Liverpool and ending in the collapsing days of the band in the 60s. Few insiders know the story of The Beatles like author Barry Miles, and he tells the story of popular music's most legendary band as it happened, with new insights and new authenticity. The Beatles Diary is the story of the definitive 20th Century group, a most revealing personal history, fascinating for those who grew up with the Fab Four and essential reading for anyone interested in rock's most influential phenomenon. A day-by-day Diary of the Fab Four. The book includes newspaper clippings of J P G & R from an entire era: of fans, friends, mentors, followers, maharajis, musicians, drug arrests, scandals, break-ups, marriages, love and death, memorabilia, and much much more. Author Barry Miles has written biographies of Paul McCartney, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Frank Zappa. He has also written a book about John Lennon.