![]() ![]() ![]() He recounts certain events from the more obscure perspectives of those on the sidelines such as Jimmie Nicol, the drummer who briefly stood in for Ringo Starr when he was ill with tonsillitis on tour in 1964, and is now “too forgotten a figure to even feature in roundups of forgotten figures”.īrown views his chosen subjects with a keen satirical eye as well as fondness (he clearly has a soft spot for Ringo) without taking it all too seriously. Despite the absence of big revelations, Brown still manages to find some original angles from which to explore the familiar story of the Beatles’ success. This fragmented approach works well for huge subjects like the Royal Family and the Beatles where there is virtually nothing new left to say about them, yet they remain endless sources of fascination. As with his 2017 biography of Princess Margaret, Ma’am Darling, Brown favours an anecdotal format, tackling the band’s history from John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s early childhoods in 1940s Liverpool to the band’s split in 1970 across 150 short chapters rather than a straightforward linear narrative. ![]() ‘One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time’ by Craig Brown is not a biography which claims to reveal vast amounts of new information or insight about the most famous rock band of all time. ![]()
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