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The Beatles (Importance of)

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This book is riddled with inaccuracies. Some of the most glaring have been included below:

1. John's mother Julia remarried and she abandoned her son and never saw him again.

2. Paul was right-handed except when learning guitar because he was a left-handed guitar player.

3. George Harrison soon realized that he had no talent for the guitar...it took him years before he could keep up with Lennon and McCartney who were "gifted musically."

4. Ringo's first appearance on a Beatles album was on 1966's Revolver. His face was superimposed on that of his predecessor, Pete Best. In late 1965 when Rubber Soul was released, Best asked John Lennon why his [Pete's] nose looked so large.

5. George Martin won George Harrison in a poker game because the youngest Beatle played in the Dave Clark 5, another popular British Invasion band.

There are more, but you get the general idea. There is no excuse for this kind of thing. Save your money and buy other Beatle biographies instead.

This book is horrible with little info on the Beatles

This book was just OK. It didn't exactly have a section on Ringo.

Do you enjoy listening to the Beatles? If you do then you should check out this book: The Importance of the Beatles, written By: Adam Woog. I think that this book was very good and informed me on a lot of things that I didn't no about the Beatles.
One reason why I liked this book so much is because, I liked how Adam started the book off with, " The guitar's all very well, John, but you'll never make a living out of it" quoted by John Lennon's Aunt Mimi, I liked it because this quote is proven wrong.
Another reason why I liked this book is because; I liked how Adam let the reader know how much The Beatles changed the way of music. I liked how he made The Beatles sound like good musicians, which is good because if I had never heard of The Beatles then after I read this book I would think that must be really good and I would go and get a c.d. so I can listen to it because the author made me feel like they were a good band.
This book also made me feel like, just because The Beatles were a famous band they still had hard lives. I enjoyed the way the book was written out for an example it started at before The Beatles and ended at after The Beatles.
I really liked this book and I would recommend this book to anyone.