What Goes On

Walter Everett is Professor of Music in Music Theory at the University of Michigan. He is the author of the two-volume study, The Beatles as Musicians, and of The Foundations of Rock. In addition to editing or co-editing three other books of analytical essays on popular music, he has published more than thirty book chapters and articles on rock music from Elvis to Missy Elliott, as well as other analytical papers on music of the common-practice period. Tim Riley is NPR Critic and Emerson College associate professor. He reviews pop and classical music for NPR's Here & Now and On Point, and contributes to The New York Times, Radio Silence, and truthdig. He is the author of Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary, Hard Rain: A Dylan Commentary, Madonna: Illustrated, Fever: How Rock 'n' Roll Transformed Gender, and Lennon: Man, Myth, Music. In 2016, he won the LA Press/NAEJA Best Cultural Critic Award for his truthdig book reviews. Visit timrileyauthor.com.

Preface
Contents of Beatle videos

Prologue: Who Were the Beatles?

Introduction - Revolt Into Sound: Race, Class, Generation Divide and Gender Dominate Pre-Beatles Rock 'n' Roll
John Lennon Discovers Rock 'n' Roll
Elvis Presley and Other First-generation Rockers
The Beatles on the BBC
From Performance to Production and Poetic Concept

Chapter 1 - The Quarry Men (1940-1960)
A Pre-history
The Quarry Men
Becoming the Beatles: "In Spite of All the Danger"
Early Paying Gigs

Chapter 2 - The Pete Best Era (1961-1962)
1961-62 Original Releases
The Cavern, "My Bonnie" and Brian Epstein
Recording for EMI: George Martin
"Please Please Me"

Chapter 3 - Runaway Train: British Beatlemania (1963)
1963 British Releases
The Rise to National Prominence: Please Please Me
"I Saw Her Standing There"
"There's A Place"
Growth as Musicians
"She Loves You"
With the Beatles and "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
"All I've Got to Do"
"Not a Second Time"
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
Beatlemania Officially Recognized

Chapter 4 - Instant Combustion: World Embrace (1964)
Storming the States
1964 Original Releases
A Hard Day's Night
"I Should Have Known Better"
"If I Fell"
"Things We Said Today"
"I'll Be Back"
"I Call Your Name"
World Tour and Further Recording: Beatles for Sale

Chapter 5 - Repeat with a Twist (1965)
1965 Original Releases
The Beatles and the Changing Global Culture of 1965
"Ticket to Ride"
Help!
"The Night Before," "Another Girl"
"Yesterday"
The Beatles as Live Performers
"We Can Work It Out"
"Day Tripper"
Rubber Soul
"You Won't See Me"
"Michelle"

Chapter 6 - From the Stage to the Studio (1966)
The Final Tours
Revolver
"Here, There and Everywhere"
"And Your Bird Can Sing"
"Doctor Robert"
"Paperback Writer"
"Strawberry Fields Forever" / "Penny Lane"

Chapter 7 - Celebrity Psychedelia (1967)
1967 British Releases
The Summer of Love
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
"A Day in the Life"
Magical Mystery Tour
"The Fool on the Hill"
"I Am the Walrus"

Chapter 8 - Listening Through a Glass Onion (1968)
1968 British Releases
The Summer of Love, Inverted
Early-1968 Recording Projects and Rishikesh
Apple and Solo Excursions
The White Album
"Dear Prudence"
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
"Martha My Dear"
"I'm So Tired"
"Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
"Sexy Sadie"
"Revolution 9"

Chapter 9 - They May Be Parted (1969-1970)
1969-1970 British Releases
The "Get Back" Project
"Two of Us"
"Dig a Pony"
"I've Got a Feeling"
"One After 909"
"Don't Let Me Down"
The Spring of 1969
"The Ballad of John and Yoko"
Abbey Road
"Oh! Darling"
The Ex-Beatles
The Beatles' Legacy

Appendix 1: Recordings That Influenced the Beatles
Appendix 2: 1960s Timeline
Appendix 3: Guide to Multimedia Materials

Selected Bibliography
Index of Song Titles, Artists' and Others' Names, Musical Terms and Concepts