Beatleness : how the Beatles and their fans remade the world / Candy Leonard.

Examines the social impact of the Beatles upon American popular culture in the 1960s, looking at how the band influenced the lives of its fans during a decade of strife and tumult.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leonard, Candy (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Arcade Publishing, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Beatles.
Beatles > Influence.
Rock musicians > England > Criticism and interpretation.
Rock groups > England > Criticism and interpretation.
Popular music > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Rock music > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Nineteen sixties > Social aspects > United States.
Popular music fans > United States > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:xxiv, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
How the Beatles and their fans remade the world.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Setting the stage
  • Something new : "Ed Sullivan Show" to "A Hard Day's Night" : February 9, 1964-July 1964
  • British boys : "A Hard Day's Night" to "Help!" : August 1964-November 1965
  • The embodiment of cool : "Rubber Soul" to "Revolver" : December 1965-January 1967
  • I'd love to turn you on : "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" to "Magical Mystery Tour" : February 1967-December 1967
  • We all want to change the world : "Hey Jude"/"Revolution" to "Abbey Road" : January 1968-December 1968
  • The last leg : "Abbey Road" to "Let It Be" : January 1969-May 1970
  • Beatleness abounds.