Reading and Listening | The Beatles | Music and Theater Arts

[Davies] = Hunter Davies, The Beatles, New York: Norton, 2009. ISBN: 978-0393338744.

The Beatles Anthology, San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000.

The Beatles: Complete Scores; Every Song Written & Recorded by the Beatles. Hal Leonard (2nd Edition), 1993. ISBN: 978-0793518326.

Week	Topics	Reading and Listening	Analysis Topics
I	Intro and Meet the Beatles 1963: Please, Please Me	No readings	None
II	1963: With the Beatles	[Davies] p. 1–53 Album: With the Beatles	“I Saw Her Standing There” “Misery” “Ask Me Why” “Please, Please Me” “Love Me Do” “Roll Over Beethoven” “Twist and Shout”
III	1964: A Hard Day's Night	[Davies] p. 54–111 Album: A Hard Day's Night	“A Hard Day’s Night” “I’m Happy Just to Dance with You” “And I Love Her” “Tell Me Why” “Can’t Buy Me Love” “Anytime at All” “I’ll Cry Instead”
IV	1964: Beatles for Sale	[Davies] p. 112–158 Album: Beatles for Sale	“No Reply” “I’m a Loser” “Baby’s in Black” “I’ll Follow the Sun” “Eight Days a Week” “Kansas City” “Rock and Roll Music”
V	Beatles in the News and on the Screen	[Davies] p. 159–198	None
VI	1965: Help!	[Davies] p. 199–206 Album: Help!	“Help!” “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” “I Need You” “Ticket to Ride” “You’re Going to Lose that Girl” “Yesterday” “Act Naturally”
VII	1965: Rubber Soul	[Davies] p. 207–215 Album: Rubber Soul	“Drive My Car” “Norwegian Wood” “Nowhere Man” “The Word” “What Goes On” “In My Life” “Run for Your Life”
VIII	1966: Revolver	[Davies] p. 227–238 Album: Revolver	“Taxman” “Eleanor Rigby” “Here, There and Everywhere” “Yellow Submarine” “Good Day Sunshine” “Got to Get You into My Life” “Tomorrow Never Knows”
IX	Magical Mystery Tour 1967: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band	[Davies] p. 239–260 Album: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band	“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” “Getting Better” “She’s Leaving Home” “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite” “Within You, Without You” “When I’m Sixty-four” “A Day in the Life”
X	1968: The Beatles	[Davies] p. 261–284 Album: The Beatles	“Back in the U.S.S.R.” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” “Martha My Dear” “Blackbird” “Honey Pie” “Cry Baby Cry” “Revolution 1”
XI	1969: Yellow Submarine	[Davies] p. 285–339 Album: Yellow Submarine	“Yellow Submarine” “Only a Northern Song” “Hey Bulldog” “All You Need is Love” “Pepperland” “Sea of Time” “March of the Meanies”
XII	1969: Abbey Road	[Davies] p. 339–379 Album: Abbey Road	“Come Together” “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” “Octopus’s Garden” “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” “Here Comes the Sun” “You Never Give Me Your Money” “The End”
XIII	1970: Let It Be	[Davies] p. ix–lxxx Album: Let It Be	“Two of Us” “Dig It” “Let It Be” “Maggie May” “I’ve Got a Feeling” “The Long and Winding Road” “Get Back”
XIV	Paper discussion	No readings	None
XV	Wrap-up and evaluations	No readings	None