The Beatles (174 page)

“
Humpity-Dumpity
”:
NME,
5/15/64 (advertisement).

There are various versions
: “Brian called me and I went down to his office.”
Beatlefan,
Oct.-Nov. 1984, p. 22. “It was EMI asking if I could come down to the studio.” Baker,
Beatles Down Under,
p. 19. “The phone rang. It was George Martin.” Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 102.

“
I nearly shit
”:
Beatlefan,
Sept.-Oct. 1994, p. 12.

“
mischief and carrying on
”: Ibid.

“
Wherever we went
”: Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
pp. 84–86.

“
his head was a balloon
”:
Beatlefan,
Sept.-Oct. 1994, p. 13.

“
the most relaxing and happy
”: C. Lennon,
A Twist,
p. 127.

“
happy families time
”: Ibid., p. 128.

“
in the eye of a hurricane
”: Solt & Egan,
Imagine,
p. 63.

“
He played well
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 139.

“
the Four Fabs
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 146.

“
at least 100,000 cheering
”:
NME,
5/12/64.

“
Fuck off, yer bald old crip!
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 149.

CHILD DYING
: Ibid., p. 147.

“
We’d been sitting
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 139.

Fierce crosswinds
: Baker,
Down Under,
p. 24.

“
back of a flat-bed
”: Neil Aspinall in
Anthology,
p. 140.

“
the J. F. Kennedy position
”: George Harrison in D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 159.

“
you might get shot
”: John Lennon, Adelaide press conference, 6/12/64.

“
It was like a heroes’ welcome
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 140.

“
a bitterly cold day
”:
Variety,
6/24/64.

“
nearly twice as many
”:
New York Times,
6/13/64.

“
horrendous
”: Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 140.

“
madness we had not seen
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 161.

the girls fainting
: “Hundreds of youngsters fainted and… sustained minor injuries.”
New York Times,
6/13/64.

“
screamed so hard
”: Ibid.

“
frightening, chaotic
”: Baker,
Down Under,
p. 57.

Description of premiere
: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 132.

“
behaved like delighted
”: Author interview with Walter Shenson, 4/22/99.

“
off-beat
”: “Off-Beat Film on Beatles,”
The Times
(London), 7/8/64.

“
exercise in anarchy
”:
Sunday Times,
7/12/64.

“
delightfully loony
”:
Daily Express,
7/8/64.

“
a whale of a comedy
”: “The Four Beatles in ‘A Hard Day’s Night,’ ”
New York Times,
8/12/64.

“
I dug
A Hard Day’s Night
”: John Lennon, 1970 interview, in
Anthology,
p. 128.

“
We knew it was better
”: Ibid., p. 129.

“
not as good as James Bond
”: John Lennon, Liverpool interview, 7/10/64.

the movie opened to critical success
:
NME,
7/10/64.

“
with a record 160 prints
”: “On the British Movie Scene,”
New York Times,
8/2/64.

“
would gross at least a million
”:
NME,
7/10/64.

“
That’s the stuff!
”: “Beatles Still Love to Play Jokes,”
NME,
7/17/64.

“
It was extraordinary
”:
“They were absolutely terrified.”
Sunday Times
(special Beatles issue), 1983.

“
[Friends] kept coming down
”: Press reception transcript, Liverpool, 7/10/64.

“
one or two little rumors
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 144.

Paul had settled a paternity claim
: Goldman,
Lives of John Lennon,
p. 150.

“
with astonishing nonchalance
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 179.

“
Being local heroes
”: John Lennon, 1967 interview, in
Anthology,
p. 144.

their “own people
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 144.

“
Miles away from Speke
”:
Sunday Times
(special Beatles issue), 1983.

“
Did you ever imagine
”: Press conference with Gerald Harrison, 7/10/64.

“
You want to get some teeth
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 181.

a 1:30
A.M.
flight
: Lewisohn,
Chronicle,
p. 165.

“
really weird characters
”: C. Lennon,
A Twist,
p. 114.

“
People were ringing
”: Author interview with Nigel Walley, 3/11/98.

“
select
”: C. Lennon,
A Twist,
p. 114.

“
They were the hardest-working entertainers
”: Author interview with Ray Ennis, 10/1/97.

“
By the time we were getting drunk
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 183.

she’d suffered a nervous collapse
: “Last Monday she went to a hospital with cuts on her arms.”
New York Times,
7/25/64.

“
Aw,
fuck off
”: George Harrison in D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 183.

“
very edgy and nervous
”: Ibid.

“
was the epitome of great talent
”: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.

“
a send-off
”: Author interview with Ken Partridge, 1/18/98.

“
He tried hard to conceal
”: Ibid.

“
It had a disastrous effect
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/9/97.

“
He was always putting pills
”: Author interview with Billy J. Kramer, 12/16/97.

“
Brian was far too uptight
”: Author interview with Ken Partridge, 1/18/98.

“
on jukeboxes in a hundred thousand joints
”:
Kansas City Times,
10/18/64, p. 1.

“
America was now very aware
”: Neil Aspinall in
Anthology,
p. 146.

“
and now it was perceived
”: Rayl,
Beatles ’64,
p. 66.

“
Communist… pact
”: “Beatlemania Analyzed,”
Seattle Times,
8/22/64.

“
It scares you
”:
Los Angeles Times,
8/19/64.

“
I saw two girls
”: “We Couldn’t Get into Beatlesville!”
NME,
8/21/64.

“
No sooner had the Beatles moved
”: Walter Hofer, 3/83, AGA.

“
total madness
”: Author interview with Larry Kane, 12/24/97.

“
Security was just awful
”: Ibid.

“
exasperated sheriff’s deputies
”: “Youngsters Swarm Over Hotel,”
Las Vegas Review-Journal
(story and photo caption), 8/20/64.

“
pinned in their dressing room
”: “Beatles Bat It Out for Seattle,”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
8/22/64.

“
a frozen T-bone
”: Author interview with Art Schreiber, 3/3/98.

“
dull-sounding big beat
”:
Vancouver Sun,
8/24/64.

“
screaming, weeping ecstasy
”:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
8/22/64.

“
It felt like an earthquake
”: Author interview with Larry Kane, 12/24/97.

“
They were real players
”: Author interview with Bill Medley, 5/7/98.

“
we don’t want [the fans] quiet
”: John Lennon, 1966 interview, in
Anthology,
p. 150.

“
vibrated like crazy
”: Author interview with Art Schreiber, 3/3/98.

“
After a few days of circling
”: Author interview with Larry Kane, 12/24/97.

“
Lennon was a fiend
”: Author interview with Art Schreiber, 3/3/98.

George put it, “rattle
”: “Pop stars shouldn’t rattle their audience.” George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 145.

“
We were being asked about it
”: John Lennon, 1972 interview, in
Anthology,
p. 145.

“
We couldn’t help ourselves
”:
John Lennon from 1968 and 1972 interviews in
Anthology,
p. 145.

“
It was all perfectly respectable
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 198.

“
Mal knocked on my door
”: Author interview with Larry Kane, 3/15/02.

the Beatles steered clear
: “… but no one caught anything.”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
8/22/64.

A makeshift barricade
: Author interview with lobby manager, Edgewater Hotel, 9/4/97.

Girls were eventually discovered
:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
8/22/64.

Later the Beatles learned
: “Ringo told me they did it, and how they were all very proud of it.” Author interview with Larry Kane, 12/24/97.

“
explosive situation
”:
Variety,
9/9/64.

“
to jam up against
”:
Vancouver Sun,
8/24/64.

“
If you don’t stop
”: Paul McCartney, from a bootleg recording, Empire Stadium, 8/22/64.

“
It was pretty scary
”: Author interview with Chris Hutchins, 8/6/97.

“
Dozens of fans stormed
”:
NME,
9/4/64.

In Boston on September 12
:
Boston Globe,
9/13/64.

“
The police were truly awful
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 224.

“
surged toward the stage
”: “Police Hard Put to Quell Charge of Beatle Fans,”
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
9/16/64.

“
as did a brass railing
”: “Ohio Girls Rush Beatles and Police Interrupt Show,”
New York Times,
9/16/64.

“
Sit down, sit down
”: “Bye Bye Beatles Fans, Police Sigh,”
Cleveland Press,
8/15/64.

“
hurricane of boos
”:
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
8/16/64.

“
It touched off a kind of screaming
”: Author interview with Art Schreiber, 3/3/98.

Several windows were shattered
:
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
8/16/64.

The police were reluctant
: “The Beatles, now dressed again and not at all pleased at having to push on, did return and Cleveland got its concert.” D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 227.

“
Welcome to you in the trees!
”: Audiotape, Hollywood Bowl, 8/23/64.

“
a gorgeous California night
”: Author interview with Larry Kane, 12/24/97.

A lot of importance
: “It seemed so important and everybody was saying things.” John Lennon, 1964 interview, in
Anthology,
150.

“
They were great as a live band
”: George Martin in
Anthology,
p. 150.

“
not much of the mop-haired
”: “Beatle Fans—Hollywood Bowl Chapter,”
Los Angeles Times,
8/24/64.

“
almost too well behaved
”: John Lennon in Jim Steck interview (audio), 8/25/64.

“
best-looking” starlets
: David Gerber in Rayl,
Beatles ’64,
p. 100.

“
very casual
”: Author interview with Larry Kane, 12/24/97.

“
We saw a couple of film stars
”: John Lennon, 1966 interview, in
Anthology,
p. 150.

“
was a very expensive
”: George Harrison in D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 203.

“
about eight feet tall
”: Ibid., p. 150.

Ringo, who came dressed
: “I had a poncho and two toy guns.” Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 150.

“
I wish we had real guns
”:
NME,
10/11/64.

Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee
: “John was receiving visitors like Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee.” Ibid.

“
harangued and hassled
”: Derek Taylor in Rayl,
Beatles ’64,
p. 108.

“
absolute privacy
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 204.

“
It was bad from the get-go
”: Author interview with Larry Kane, 3/8/02.

“
Beatlemania [was] in full frenzy
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 204.

“
the whole of Hollywood paparazzi
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 150.

“
Tell him to drop his camera
”: John Lennon, 1964 interview, in ibid., p. 153.

The next day, predictably
:
“Beatles Leave L.A. Gasping,”
Los Angeles Herald Examiner,
8/24/64.

In Baltimore
: Rayl,
Beatles ’64,
p. 194.

“
That was horrendous
”: George Harrison in D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 204.

But at the old Muhlbach
: Author interview with Art Schreiber, 3/3/98.

“
Older women would come up
”: Ibid.

“
After most shows, you couldn’t
”: Wendy Hanson, 11/27/83, AGA.

“
The Beatles
hated
that
”: Author interview with Tony Barrow, 10/31/97.

“
reminded him of Brigitte Bardot
”: Author interview with Art Schreiber, 3/3/98.

“
This is it!
”: Rayl,
Beatles ’64,
p. 123.

the city hit them
: “The Beatles reeled.” D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 207.