Ticket to Ride: Inside the Beatles' 1964 & 1965 Tours That Changed the World

by Kane, Larry

• ISBN13: 9780143034261
• ISBN10: 014303426X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-03
• Publisher: Penguin Group USA

Summary

Ticket to Ridetells the Beatles’ story like it’s never been told before. Larry Kane was the only American reporter to travel to every stop of the Beatles’ pathbreaking 1964 and 1965 North American tours, giving him more access to the Beatles than any other member of the U.S. media. Kane joined them everywhere—on the airplane, in their hotel suites and limousines, and backstage—making Ticket to Ride the most detailed and intimate look at the four young Liverpudlian innocents as they were transformed into world-renowned musical legends.

Author Biography

Larry Kane has been a broadcast journalist for more than forty-five years, thirty-eight of them as an anchorman in Philadelphia. He is an Emmy Award winner and well known for his 1964 and 1965 historic tours with the Beatles.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD	vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	vii
PROLOGUE: If That Was Fab	x
PART ONE: 1964
Chapter 1: A Ticket to Ride	3	(8)
Chapter 2: A Stranger in the Bedroom	11	(6)
Chapter 3: Seventy-two Hours of Madness	17	(10)
Chapter 4: Fishing for Trouble	27	(12)
Chapter 5: A Hollywood Fantasy	39	(10)
Chapter 6: Beatle Frights and Beatle Nights	49	(6)
Chapter 7: A Juicy Piece of the Apple	55	(6)
Chapter 8: Surf and Sex at the Jersey Shore	61	(8)
Chapter 9: Rockin' at the Birthplace of Freedom	69	(6)
Chapter 10: High-Speed Beatlemania	75	(10)
Chapter 11: Guns, Palm Trees, and a Rock-and-Roll Hurricane	85	(16)
Chapter 12: North to Boston: Does Anyone Have a Compass?	101	(4)
Chapter 13: Memories from the Fans	105	(4)
Chapter 14: Catfight in Cleveland, Wild Horses in New Orleans	109	(6)
Chapter 15: Word War in Kansas City, Fear in Dallas	115	(8)
Chapter 16: A Rolling Stone on the Beatles' Doorstep	123	(6)
PART TWO: Life on Tour
Chapter 17: A Plane Life	129	(6)
Chapter 18: Flirtatious Mothers and Candy Kisses	135	(6)
Chapter 19: What Were They Really Like?	141	(10)
Chapter 20: The Late Show: Free Love and Free Parking	151	(4)
Chapter 21: The Beatles' Inner Circle	155	(10)
PART THREE: 1965
Chapter 22: Help! In the Bahamas	165	(6)
Chapter 23: The Beatles Have Landed!	171	(14)
Chapter 24: Mugs and Drugs in Maple Leaf Country	185	(4)
Chapter 25: A Few Hours of Heaven	189	(6)
Chapter 26: Mayhem and Music in Texas	195	(6)
Chapter 27: Air Wars and the Beatles' Radio Daze	201	(6)
Chapter 28: Engine on Fire: John! Don't Jump!	207	(6)
Chapter 29: Back to Hollywood: Famous Faces in the Bedroom	213	(12)
Chapter 30: "We Are the Beatles, That's What We Are"	225	(6)
EPILOGUE: Beyond the Tours	231	(10)
APPENDIX: Complete 1964 and 1965 Tour Schedules	241