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The Beatles are here! : 50 years after the band arrived in America, writers and other fans remember / edited by Penelope Rowlands.

Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML421.B4 R68 2014
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Rowlands, Penelope, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Beatles--Influence.
Beatles.
Rock music fans--United States.
Rock music fans.
Rock musicians--England--Criticism and interpretation.
Rock musicians.
Rock groups--England--Criticism and interpretation.
Rock groups.
Rock music--Criticism and interpretation.
Rock music.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
Criticism and interpretation.
United States.
England.
Genre:
Essays.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 255 pages ; 21 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Other Title:
50 years after the band arrived in America, writers and other fans remember
Fifty years after the band arrived in America, writers and other fans remember
Place of Publication:
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2014.
Summary:
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.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
9781616203504
1616203501
OCLC:
841896946

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