If you like the Beatles, read this!
Ticket to Ride by Larry Kane
This book chronicles the Beatles' 1964 and 1965 U.S. tours. Kane was a journalist who followed them on the tours, and in this book he tells of the experience in his own words, and includes excerpts from interviews he did with the Beatles, both as a group and individually.
Here's the summary from the back.
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It was the world's first major rock 'n' roll tour and the beginning of a revolution. Larry Kane, the only American journalist in the official Beatles press corps, tells the inside story.
In 1964, the Beatles invaded America: thirty-two shows in twenty-five cities in thirty-one days, record-smashing attendance, unimaginable fan reactions. It was the first major rock 'n' roll concert tour ever, and the world would never be the same.
Ticket to Ride tells the story of this tour like it's never been told before and charts the transformation of four young Liverpudlian innocents into world-renowned musical legends and cultural icons. Larry Kane was the only American journalist to travel to every stop of the Beatles' 1964 and 1965 North American tours. He saw it all - on the Beatles' airplane, in their hotel suites and limousines, and backstage. Witness through his eyes some of John's, Paul's, George's, and Ringo's most personal moments, their views on the changing world around them, and the world's greatest rock band in their finest moments. Enjoy the ride!
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