Benny Hill was an unlikely figure of global admiration—he was a deeply private individual, a loner, uninterested in money and the trappings of success. Acclaimed in the 1950s as the first British TV comedy superstar, loved for his pioneering ideas and humor, Hill's popularity remained undimmed for decades. But in the 1980s, he was reviled in Britain, with his innuendo-strewn humor branded sexist. His TV show's sudden end in 1989 was followed by a self-inflicted decline in his health, and Benny died in 1992.

Funny, Peculiar: The True Story of Benny Hill

Lewisohn, Mark.

Humor & Entertainment

Macmillan, UK

Shows and describes locations in London related to the lives and careers of the Beatles, including concert, recording, and film sites

The Beatles London

Travel

Schreuders, Piet

Smith. Adam.

Europe

St Martins Pr

Arts & Photography

Music

The Beatles have been at the top for fifty years, their music remains exciting, their influence is still huge, their acclaim and achievements cannot be surpassed. But who really were the Beatles, and how did they and everything else in the 1960s fuse so explosively?
Mark Lewisohn's three-part biography is the first true and accurate account of the Beatles, a contextual history built upon impeccable research and written with energy, style, objectivity and insight. This first volume covers the crucial and less-known early period - the Liverpool and Hamburg years of a hungry rock and roll band, when all the sharp characters and situations take shape.
This is the Beatles like you've never read them before. It isn't just 'another book', it's the book, from the world-acknowledged authority. Forget what you know and discover the complete story.

The Beatles - All These Years: Volume One: Tune In

Little,Brown

Benny Hill's saucy smirks at underdressed women are relished the world over. Yet the comedian cut an unlikely figure of global admiration: unmarried and emotionally enfeebled in his few relationships, he was a deeply private individual uninterested in the trappings of success, a frugal man content to live in his humble childhood home flooded, freezing and burgled while his building society account bulged with millions of pounds he didn't use and hadn't wanted to earn. Funny, Peculiar is the first objective and full account of Benny Hill's life and work. Tenaciously researched and yet sensitively reported, it charts the highs, lows and many paradoxes of a man whose professional strengths-observation, impression and mime-bought him unimagined success, and whose weakness, especially an inability to change, fashioned his ultimate downfall. - First in-depth biography since Benny's death in April 1992. - A return to favour with audiences who are jaded with 'alternative comedy'. - Existing biographies are unreliable, lightweight and out of date. - Benny has been screened in 109 countries, and enjoyed for over 50 years

Biographies & Memoirs

Pan Books, Ltd.

EMI Beatles Recording

Doubleday, Canada

The Beatles: Recording Sessions, The Official Abbey Road Studio Session Notes 1962-1970

Random House Value Publishing

Chronicles the innovative techniques incorporated by the Beatles during a decade of studio recording sessions and features candid photographs of the sessions

The Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Abbey Road Studio Session Notes 1962-1970

Harmony Books+

Offers a chronological account of the Beatles' lives and careers, from their earliest days to the present, as both a group and as solo artists

The Beatles Day by Day

Three Rivers Press

The Complete Beatles Chronicle

A massive, gorgeous chronicle of the Beatles' days together, from the producer of the wildly successful The Beatles: Recording Sessions. Exhaustively documents the group's public and private lives from the early days until their breakup. Illustrations.

Arts & Literature

Harmony

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