Guess what author, now in his 90s, has a new book about The Beatles called “The Boys Who Became The Beatles”? Well, the title of the post certainly gave that one away. Passionate lifelong collector and prolific writer, Hunter Davies is hoping with this new book to shed additional light on those four guys who changed and affected so many lives! This title has a September 17, 2026, release date in the UK!
“Drawing on a wealth of never-before-revealed, intimate material, and his own experience as a boy of similar age from a working-class Northern background, Hunter now tells the story of where they came from, what it was like, how it shaped their hopes and aspirations.
(Please note-the book description from above is from the Amazon UK description of the new title)
AMAZON US-At the time of the writing of this post, the book is not listed on AMAZON US: The post will be amended if that changes!
AMAZON UK LINK:
Get Back: The boys who became The Beatles: Amazon.co.uk: Davies, Hunter: 9781529977417: Books
AMAZON UK DESCarIPTiON OF THE BOOK:
“They did not seem arrogant or entitled. I didn’t see them bossing around their staff or being horrid to studio assistants. But they did worry if this was all there was. All this fame and fortune, was it really all that great? The world saw them as an overnight success, who had come from nowhere. But they knew from whence they had come. Perhaps that’s what kept them grounded.’
Hunter Davies, the only authorised biographer of The Beatles, revisits his treasured 39 notebooks filled with remarkable interviews to explore the lives of John, Paul, George and Ringo as they were growing up and coming of age.
Drawing on a wealth of never-before-revealed, intimate material, and his own experience as a boy of similar age from a working-class Northern background, Hunter now tells the story of where they came from, what it was like, how it shaped their hopes and aspirations.
Hunter spent three years with The Beatles, visiting all their homes, and each of them visiting his. He also spent time with their parents, school friends, teachers, girlfriends, members of the Quarry Men and many others from their inner circle. Their conversations often harked back to the War, with memories of air-raid shelters and rationing, to the NHS coming in, the eleven plus and grammar schools, and council house life in the 1950s.
We all know what they became famous for, but here Hunter takes us into the much more private world of their formative years, for this colourful, richly detailed, personal portrait of the young boys who were destined to come together and revolutionise music and pop culture.”
POSTSCRIPT: Looking forward to the proposed new material that will make its debut with this new book. I’ll bet that Hunter Davies never envisioned to be still writing about the Beatles in his 90s when he released the first authorized biography of the band back in 1968. Any new nuggets of information will be most certainly welcomed! Thank you, Hunter for helping to preserve so many of those memories for posterity!
I will close with John Lennon’s solo Dakota musical piece about always being considered as One of the Boys!
One Of The Boys (Home Recording)
Be healthy and be happy!
Buzz
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