by Ken McNab
Hopkin, Mary 5, 12, 49, 250, 267, 268
Hopper, Dennis 177
Howard & Wyndham 100, 122, 123, 252
Hunter, Meredith 275
I
‘I Am The Walrus’ 172, 186, 245
‘I Me Mine’ 8, 268, 298
‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’ 53, 94, 194–200, 241
Idle, Eric 243
Iggy Pop 246
Imagine (album) 6
‘Imagine’ 48
‘In My Life’ 183
Independent Television (ITV) 70
International Times 186, 249
Isle of Wight (festival) 203–8, 212, 213, 230, 274
‘Isn’t It A Pity’ 7, 268
‘I’ve Got A Feeling’ 22, 29, 31, 51
J
Jackson, Michael 123
Jagger, Mick 5, 39, 40, 63, 177, 202, 229, 246, 275
James, Dick 28, 37, 69, 70, 75–7, 83, 86, 95
Jarrett, Jeff 94, 95
‘Jealous Guy’ 6
Johns, Glyn 5, 6, 29, 30, 51, 52, 60, 61, 90, 91, 107, 112, 114, 133, 148, 179
Jones, Brian 63, 165, 166, 170, 203
Jones, Quincy 255
‘Junk’ 6
K
Kaiserkeller Club, Hamburg 218
Kass, Ron 68, 116, 117
Kennedy, John F. 73, 139, 248, 273
King, B.B. 60
King, Martin Luther 73
King Edward Sheraton Hotel, Toronto 127, 128
Klein, Allen 16
as Apple business manager 67, 96
attitude towards The Beatles 109, 115
backing from John Lennon 25–7, 38, 119
battle for Nems 100, 101, 112,
battle for Northern Songs 121–3, 224–8, 232, 252, 266
childhood 24, 25
convoluted Apple contract 112, 113
examining Apple’s finances 40
fighting Lew Grade 123, 224–9, 252, 266
losing everything 233, 234, 266, 295
negotiating royalty payments 117–21, 148, 224, 225, 266
and Yoko Ono 25
plans for ‘Get Back’ 179, 180
retaining grip on Apple 301
stripping Apple 115–18, 144, 146
tentative agreement with Eastmans 42
threat to sue Capitol 225
winning over The Beatles 27, 37–40, 109, 115
Kosh, John 192, 193
Krause, Bernie 79, 80
Kubrick, Stanley 188
Kurlander, John 92, 94, 161, 176
L
LaBour, Fred 247, 248
Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge 57
Lawson Memorial Hospital, Golspie 158, 165–70
Leary, Timothy 129–33, 136, 173
Led Zeppelin 5, 202, 203
Lennon, Cynthia 7, 14, 46, 61, 149, 166, 168
Lennon, John
Amsterdam bed-in 72–5, 77
approval of Allen Klein 25–7, 38
Bagism 78
calling 1970 Year One 298
Cambridge gig 57, 58
car accident, Scotland 158, 165–70
changing name to John Ono Lennon 105
charity show for UNICEF 283
creative rebirth of 48
criticising Apple 20
dealing with fame 207
divorce from Cynthia 7, 14, 39
FBI file on 132, 261, 287
feelings for Northern Songs 84, 85
financial worries 253
giving Klein Rolls-Royce 295
Hanratty case 276 277
hatred of the Eastmans 40, 98
heroin habit 7, 47, 171, 186–8, 200, 289
issuing writ against Northern Songs 266
leaving The Beatles 232–4, 292
Montreal bed-in 128–33, 135–41, 145, 149
nominated as Man of the Decade 273, 274
and Yoko Ono 2, 3, 7, 9, 17, 18, 39, 46, 53, 178
promoting world peace 72, 73, 130–3, 140, 141, 188, 260, 274, 278, 297
returning MBE 262, 263, 277, 287, 288
shareholding in Northern Songs 101, 102
supporting legalisation of cannabis 290
Toronto Festival 216–23
wedding in Gibraltar 65, 66
working on Abbey Road 61, 104, 172–6, 196–200
Lennon, Julia 25
Lennon, Julian 149, 151, 157, 166, 168
Let It Be (album) 145, 154, 192, 268, 298, 302
‘Let It Be’ 6, 29, 34, 41, 51, 52, 89, 91, 94, 104, 133, 160
‘Let It Down’ 7
Levy, Morris 173
Lewis, Brian 116
Lewis, Jerry Lee 215
Lewisohn, Mark 95, 197
Lindsay-Hogg, Michael 3, 4, 9, 10, 18, 19, 28, 33, 34, 51, 177–80
Little Richard 21, 215, 216
Lockwood, Sir Joseph 26, 27, 44, 69, 119, 120, 192–4, 197, 224, 225
Lomax, Jackie 61, 251, 267
‘Long And Winding Road’ 22, 34, 133, 160, 161, 302
‘Lovely Linda’ 294
‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’ 245
M
Maclen Music 266
‘Maggie Mae’ 133
The Magic Christian (film) 6, 40, 80, 86, 124, 126, 276, 285
Mailer, Norman 136
Maltz, Stephen 13
Mann, Manfred 217
Manson, Charles 195
Mardas, Magic Alex 12, 19, 53, 116, 261
Margaret, Princess 62, 64, 276
Martin, George 5, 6, 20, 53, 83, 84, 92, 94, 107, 110, 119, 153, 154, 174–6, 179, 185, 197, 200, 255, 266, 267
‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’ 6, 172, 185, 237
McArthur, Tony 237
McBean, Angus 107, 108
McBroom, Bruce 86–9
McCabe, Peter 43, 227
McCartney, Linda 48, 61, 62, 67, 142, 147, 188, 189, 201, 204, 205, 249–52, 292, 293
McCartney, Mary 205, 250, 292
McCartney, Michael 62
McCartney, Paul
cutting ties with Apple 250
despair over future 249, 251, 293
disdain for Allen Klein 27, 39, 98, 114, 226, 227–9
enjoyment of fatherhood 211
escaping to Kintyre 250, 251, 264
feelings for Northern Songs 84, 85
finding recovery in music 294, 295
invitation to play with Hendrix 250, 251
issue of writ against Northern Songs 266
marriage to Linda 61–4
reports of death 237, 238, 246–9, 265
seeking legal dissolution of The Beatles 302
shareholding in Northern Songs 101, 102
taking stock of his life 48, 49, 142, 147, 230
verbal assault by other Beatles 113
vision of Apple empire 11
wanting to tour 8, 124, 231
working on Abbey Road 61, 104, 160–4, 172–6, 194–200
McDonald, Phil 171
McGrath, Joe 80, 286
McLuhan, Marshall 287
MacMillan, Iain 189–91, 193, 194, 196, 247
‘Mean Mr Mustard’ 57, 174, 176
Mendelsohn, John 236
Michigan Daily 247, 248
Miles, Barry 46, 186, 249, 293, 302
Miller, Steve 114, 115, 251
Millwood, Steve 191
Milne, Dr David 158, 167–70
Mitchell, John 126
Mojo (magazine) 111, 147
Monterey Festival 86, 203
Montreux Film Festival 105
Monty Python’s Flying Circus 243
Moog synthesisers 79, 80, 125, 185, 196, 198
Moon, Keith 284
Morris, Desmond 273
N
Nabokov, Vladimir 128
Nanker Phelge 40
Natural Music Workshop, Cambridge 57, 58
Nemperor Holdings 41, 42
Nems 75
battle for 100, 112, 224, 295
Beatles to buy 24, 27, 38
part of Nem
peror 41
sale to Triumph 43, 68, 97, 111, 120, 121, 161
New Musical Express 236
The New York Times 116, 235, 277
‘Night And Day’ 255
Nilsson, Harry 49
Nixon, Richard 126, 132, 135, 259, 287, 292
Norman, Philip 99
Northern Songs 28, 37, 86
battle for 100–3, 111, 112, 121–3, 161, 224–8
sold to Lew Grade (ATV) 70, 75, 76, 95, 96, 123, 295
ownership of 38, 69, 83–5, 252
shares held by Nems 38, 121
Nutter, David 65–7, 231, 244
Nutter, Tommy 31, 65, 189, 190
O
‘Octopus’s Garden’ 50, 94, 95, 176, 199
O’Dell, Chris 32, 117, 164
O’Dell, Dennis 4, 50, 68
‘Oh! Darling’ 6, 94, 172, 194, 199
‘Old Brown Shoe’ 54, 79, 89, 94
Olympic Studios 112–15, 119
O’Mahoney, Sean 271, 272
‘One After 909’ 29, 31, 133
Ono, Kyoko 127, 149, 157
Ono, Yoko
Amsterdam bed-in 72–5, 77
Bagism 78
Cambridge gig 57, 58
divorce from Tony Cox 22, 23
and Allen Klein 25
and John Lennon 2, 3, 9, 10, 17, 18, 39, 46, 53, 178
miscarriage 243, 245, 261
Montreal bed-in 128–33, 135–41, 145
promoting world peace 72, 73, 130–3, 140, 141, 188, 260, 261, 297
racist remarks about 46, 47, 135, 151
Rape (film) 77
Smile (film) 211
Toronto gig 218–23
wedding in Gibraltar 65, 66
Ormrod, Bruce 99, 103
Ottawa University peace panel 139, 140, 141
Oz (magazine) 65
P
Palin, Michael 243
‘Paperback Writer’ 4, 93
Parkes, Stan 150, 152, 158
Parrott, Les 10, 30
Parsons, Alan 29, 30, 33
Paxton, Tom 207, 208
peace demonstrations (see also bed-ins) 71, 74, 259, 260
Peebles, Andy 59
Peel, John 91
Pennebaker, D.A. 212, 221
Perry, Andre 131, 137
Peter, Paul and Mary 259
Pink Floyd 79, 95
Pinsker, Harold 41
The Plastic Ono Band 167, 214, 218, 221, 222, 237, 268, 284, 286
Platz, David 122
Plaza Athénée Hotel, Paris 66, 67
Please Please Me (album) 107
‘Please Please Me’ 153
Polydor Records 59
‘Polythene Pam’ 174, 176
Presley, Elvis 203
Preston, Billy 21, 22, 34, 53, 61, 91, 148, 179, 221
Apple contract 52
Delaney and Bonnie 281, 284
rooftop concert 29–31
working with George Harrison 110, 198, 267, 268
Q
QE2 (liner) 126–8
Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal 128–33, 135
R
Radha Krishna Temple 135, 163
‘Rain’ 4
Rape (film by Yoko Ono) 77, 105
‘Revolution’ 3, 73
‘Revolution Number 9’ 104, 246
Revolver (album) 94, 132, 217
Richenberg, Leonard 43, 44, 68, 69, 97, 120
Richmond, Tony 10
Richter, Dan and Jill 187, 188
Ritz Hotel, London 62
Rock, Allan 139, 140
Rolling Stone (magazine) 8, 11, 27, 40, 147, 212, 213, 234, 236, 261, 291
Rolling Stones 5, 23, 45, 147, 170, 203, 267, 275
Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (film) 24, 165, 177
rooftop concert, Savile Row 28–34, 193
Royal Festival Hall, London 21
Rubber Soul (album) 51
Russell, Ethan 201
S
‘Save The Last Dance For Me’ 133
Scene and Heard (radio programme) 20, 125, 229
Schneider, Ronnie 99
Schonfeld, Robert D. 43, 227
Scorsese, Martin 90
Scott, Ken 163
Scott, Roger 136
Seagrove, Derek 190–2
Seeger, Pete 259, 260
Sellers, Peter 49, 50, 80, 86, 87, 126
Sentimental Journey (album) 255
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (album) 105, 119, 133, 188, 247, 285
Shankar, Ravi 12
‘She Came In Through The Bathroom Window’ 22, 157, 176
Shea Stadium 60
Silver, Charles 37, 76, 83–5, 95
Slater Walker Invan Trust 100
Smile (film by John Lennon and Yoko Ono) 211
Smith, Alan 103
Smothers, Tommy 129, 136
Snowdon, Lord 62, 276
‘Something’ 7, 8, 46, 53, 61, 79, 89, 94, 110, 157, 159, 172, 197, 241, 242, 256, 278
‘Sour Milk Sea’ 61
Southern, Terry 6, 127, 285
Spector, Phil 302
Spencer Thornton 100, 122
Stanley, Harriet 150, 151
Stanley, Mimi 150, 151, 158, 262
‘Stardust’ 266
Starkey, Maureen 31, 61, 157, 167, 279, 297
Starr, Ringo
acting ability 284, 285
approval of Allen Klein 28, 38
childhood illnesses 3, 255
drum solo 175
hospitalisation 211, 212
launch of ‘Give Peace A Chance’ 167
move into acting 49, 50, 80, 124
post-Beatlemania 79
recording standards 254, 255, 266
reluctance to tour 9, 124
Stevens, John 57, 58
‘Stormy Weather’ 266
‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ 172, 186, 247
Subafilms 100
‘Sun King’ 174, 176
Sunday Times 96, 97
Sutherland, Bertie 152
Sutherland, Mater 152, 166
T
Taylor, Alistair 28, 68, 116–18, 293
Taylor, Derek 11, 16, 19, 24, 28, 32, 49, 68, 76, 86, 87, 115, 128, 130, 139, 162, 168, 232, 243, 248, 251, 262, 265
Taylor, James 12, 46, 146, 147, 251, 267
Tchicai, John 57, 58
‘Teddy Boy’ 6, 52, 133, 294
‘That Would Be Something’ 294
‘This Boy’ 183
‘Those Were The Days’ 5, 49
The Times 67, 287
Tittenhurst Park 124, 187, 188, 200, 201, 212, 219, 271, 273
Tommy (rock opera by The Who) 5, 203
‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ 132
Toronto Peace Festival 286
Toronto Rock ’n’ Roll Revival 215–23
Townshend, Pete 203
Trident Studios 237
Triumph Investment Trust 41–4
acquiring Nems 43, 44, 68, 100, 111, 120
Troy, Doris 211, 254, 267
Trudeau, Pierre 139, 286, 291
Twickenham Film Studios 1–6, 18, 19, 69, 80, 87, 89, 147, 160, 195, 201
‘Two Of Us’ 6, 8, 22, 29, 34, 51, 133, 161
Two Virgins (album) 46, 119, 125, 151
U
‘Under The Mersey Wall’ 80
Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions (album) 58, 125
United Artists 25, 37
V
‘Valentine Day’ 294
Vaughan, Sarah 255
Vietnam War 47, 288
Beatles’ opposition to 71, 288
protests against 71, 126, 132, 259–61, 297
Vincent, Gene 216
Voormann, Klaus 143, 217–20, 223, 237, 243, 244, 268
W
‘Wah Wah’ 19
Walker, Kenny 215
Ward, Ed 236
Watkins, Peter 47, 48
Watson, Fraser 74
‘We Shall Overcome’ 131, 259, 261
; Wedding Album 223
Welch, Raquel 285
Wenner, Jann 236, 261, 291
‘What’s The New Mary Jane’ 268
Wheeler, Cecil 66
Whelan, John 290
‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ 7, 21
White, Alan 217–20, 223, 237
White Album (The Beatles) 2, 5, 9, 21, 46, 49, 69, 73, 94, 133, 153, 186, 224, 225, 242, 246
The Who 5, 177, 203
Wigg, David 20, 125, 229, 230, 242, 245, 253
‘Wild Honey Pie’ 174
Williams, Tony 250, 251
Wilson, Harold 263
Wilson, Rick 74
Wings 254
‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ 54, 245, 267
Woodstock (festival) 274
The World of John and Yoko (TV documentary) 273
Y
Yellow Submarine (album) 5
Yellow Submarine (film) 284
‘Yellow Submarine’ 94
‘Yesterday’ 110
Yorke, Ritchie 130, 217, 220, 288
‘You Can’t Catch Me’ (Berry) 173
‘You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)’ 104, 159, 165, 268, 269
‘You Never Give Me Your Money’ 109, 110, 157, 160, 176, 241
Z
Zappa, Frank 45
Zapple record label 47, 15, 125, 223
