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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

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