The Beatles: Fab but True : Remarkable Stories Revealed

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The incredible backstories, cosmic coincidences, and colorful characters who loved,supported, exploited, and cheated the Beatles

The Beatles: Fab but Trueexamines 16 discrete stories about the Beatles that range from the merely unreal to the cosmically coincidental. Unlike the countless other Beatles books that have been written over the decades,The Beatles: Fab but Truedoes a deep dive on some of the lesser-knownbut more remarkableaspects of the lives and career of the Fab Four and their numerous and colorful associates and colleagues.

Readers will learn:

How a lucky bet on a longshot racehorse helped birth the Beatles
How a drum salesman and a partially disabled signwriter created the enduring Beatles logo
How Paul McCartney conjured the fictional name Eleanor Rigby in 1966, only later to find that the real one lay buried beneath his feet
How the Beatles battled racial segregation in the South and played the first integrated concert at the Gator Bowl
Why the Beatles were labeled as hustlers by the Rolling Stones
How an innocent musical homage to Chuck Berry got John Lennon entangled with a music industry mobster

This book tells these and many other remarkable stories in a quick-reading, fun, and authoritatively researched book.By Doug Wolfberg and Foreword by Tom FrangioneDoug Wolfberg is a musician, author, professor, and attorney who combines disciplined forensic research and sparkling storytelling with a lifelong love of the Beatles. He’s visited the places where the Beatles’ history unfolded, and interviewed people who were there when it happened. He lives in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Tina; their adopted dog, Lucy; and an assortment of rescued cats who are not easily impressed.Over 80 color and b/w photosRemarkable Stories RevealedOver 80 color and b/w photos