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A Hard Day's Write, 3e: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song

by: Steve Turner

: A Hard Day's Write, 3e: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 780
EAN: 9780060844097
ISBN: 0060844094
Label: Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: October 01, 2005
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Release Date: October 18, 2005
Sales Rank: 5392
Studio: Harper Paperbacks



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A lavishly illustrated, rollicking account of the real people and events that inspired the Beatles' lyrics.



Who was 'just seventeen' and made Paul's heart go 'boom'? Was there really an Eleanor Rigby? Where's Penny Lane? In A Hard Day's Write, music journalist Steve Turner shatters many well-worn myths and adds a new dimension to the Fab Four's rich legacy by investigating for the first time the ordinary people and events immortalized in the Beatles' music and now occupying a special niche in popular culture's collective imagination.



Arranged chronologically by album, the book breaks new ground by exploring how private incidents influenced the group's writing and how their music evolved. Turner reveals that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was really a drawing by Julian Lennon of his childhood friend; Bungalow Bill was an all-American tiger hunter; Doctor Robert was a New York 'speech doctor'; and much more. A longtime Beatles admirer, Turner tracked down and interviewed the real-life subjects of the songs, probed public records and newspaper archives, and spoke in depth to the people closet to the Beatles to unearth tales that have never before been made public. The result is a book that chronicles an untold story of the Beatles themselves.



Illustrated with over 200 photographs, A Hard Day's Write is a visually alluring and highly entertaining journey to the land stretching just beneath your conscious mind, mapped out with strawberry fields, fool-topped hills, and long and winding roads.





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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great
This is an incredible book. Everything you ever wanted to know about EVERY song they wrote.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A Hard Days Write - The Beatles Songs
Great book. Focuses on the origins of their songs as well as the people who influenced them. Fantastic ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - good, but i want more
I love The Beatles and thoroughly enjoyed reading about each of their songs. I just wish there was more ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Detailed and descriptive
Turner's book is another essential one about Beatles music. I have read a few of these "about the songs" ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Extremely Pleased
I purchased this book for my son-n-law and I almost kept it for myself! This book has a lot of really good ... Read More

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