The Beatles: Fab But True

The Beatles: Fab but True&nbsp;examines 16 discrete stories about the Beatles that range from the merely unreal to the cosmically coincidental. Unlike the countless other Beatles books that have been written over the decades,&nbsp;The Beatles: Fab but True&nbsp;does a deep dive on some of the lesser-known—but more remarkable—aspects of the lives and career of the Fab Four and their numerous and colorful associates and colleagues.<br /><br />You&#39;ll learn:<br /><br />• How a lucky bet on a longshot racehorse helped birth the Beatles<br />• How a drum salesman and a partially disabled signwriter created the enduring Beatles logo<br />• How Paul McCartney conjured the fictional name Eleanor Rigby in 1966, only later to find that the real one lay buried beneath his feet<br />• How the Beatles battled racial segregation in the South and played the first integrated concert at the Gator Bowl<br />• Why the Beatles were labeled as “hustlers” by the Rolling Stones<br />• How an innocent musical homage to Chuck Berry got John Lennon entangled with a music industry mobster<br /><br />This book tells these and many other remarkable stories in a quick-reading, fun, and authoritatively researched book.