THE BEATLES in LIVERPOOL, HAMBURG, LONDON: People Venues Events That Shaped Their Music (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780996372213)

The Beatles in Liverpool, Hamburg, London deals with the all-important early years of the group. Takes you from the birth of The Beatles, all the way through to the global phenomenon that the world's media--with no little irony--dubbed "Beatlemania". It details: The People. The Venues. The Events. It includes sections on the birth of rock 'n' roll, in the USA and Britain; talks about the influence African-American music had on the group; covers the state of 'pop' and the media in Sixties' Britain; and highlights many of the people and the places The Beatles knew, and loved, and sometimes even loathed, in Liverpool, Hamburg, and London... in the span... From 'Be-Bop-A-Lula' to 'Beatlemania'.