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.infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Derek Taylor</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Derek_Taylor_by_Phil_Franks_(C).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Taylor in 1970"><img alt="Taylor in 1970" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/Derek_Taylor_by_Phil_Franks_%28C%29.jpg/220px-Derek_Taylor_by_Phil_Franks_%28C%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="344" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Derek_Taylor_by_Phil_Franks_%28C%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="400" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:1.4em;">Taylor in 1970</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Derek Wyn Taylor<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1932-05-07</span>)</span>7 May 1932<br /><a href="/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula" title="Wirral Peninsula">Wirral</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">8 September 1997<span style="display:none">(1997-09-08)</span> (aged 65)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sudbury,_Suffolk" title="Sudbury, Suffolk">Sudbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Journalist</li><li>writer</li><li>publicist</li><li>record producer</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;">British<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">1949−1997</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Cellarful_of_Noise" title="A Cellarful of Noise">A Cellarful of Noise</a></i> (co-author)<br /><i><a href="/wiki/I,_Me,_Mine" title="I, Me, Mine">I, Me, Mine</a></i> (editor)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Joan Doughty</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1958)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Children</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">6</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Derek Wyn Taylor</b> (7 May 1932 – 8 September 1997)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a British journalist, writer, publicist and record producer. He is best known for his role as press officer to <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with whom he worked in 1964 and then from 1968 to 1970, and was one of several associates to earn the moniker "<a href="/wiki/The_Fifth_Beatle" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fifth Beatle">the Fifth Beatle</a>". Before returning to London to head the publicity for the Beatles' <a href="/wiki/Apple_Corps" title="Apple Corps">Apple Corps</a> organisation in 1968, he worked as the publicist for California-based bands such as <a href="/wiki/The_Byrds" title="The Byrds">the Byrds</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Beach_Boys" title="The Beach Boys">the Beach Boys</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Mamas_and_the_Papas" class="mw-redirect" title="The Mamas and the Papas">the Mamas and the Papas</a>. Taylor was known for his forward-thinking and extravagant promotional campaigns, exemplified in taglines such as "The Beatles Are Coming" and "<a href="/wiki/Brian_Wilson_is_a_genius" title="Brian Wilson is a genius">Brian Wilson Is a Genius</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriore200563_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPriore200563-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was equally dedicated to the 1967 <a href="/wiki/Summer_of_Love" title="Summer of Love">Summer of Love</a> ethos and helped stage that year's <a href="/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Monterey Pop Festival">Monterey Pop Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IndependentObituary_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndependentObituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taylor started his career as a local journalist on the Wirral, now part of Merseyside, aged 17 working for the Hoylake and West Kirby Advertiser followed by the <i><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Daily_Post_and_Echo" class="mw-redirect" title="Liverpool Daily Post and Echo">Liverpool Daily Post and Echo</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-IndependentObituary_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndependentObituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then became a North England-based writer for national British newspapers that included the <i><a href="/wiki/News_Chronicle" title="News Chronicle">News Chronicle</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Dispatch" title="Sunday Dispatch">Sunday Dispatch</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunday Express">Sunday Express</a></i>. He also served as a regular columnist and theatre critic for the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Express" title="Daily Express">Daily Express</a></i> from 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-IndependentObituary_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndependentObituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1970s, Taylor worked for <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a> and then <a href="/wiki/HandMade_Films" title="HandMade Films">HandMade Films</a>. The term "<a href="/wiki/Pocket_symphony" title="Pocket symphony">pocket symphony</a>" is generally attributed to Taylor for his description of the Beach Boys' 1966 single "<a href="/wiki/Good_Vibrations" title="Good Vibrations">Good Vibrations</a>". </p><p>A trusted confidant of the Beatles, Taylor remained particularly close to <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a> long after <a href="/wiki/Break-up_of_the_Beatles" title="Break-up of the Beatles">the band's break-up</a> and maintained a friendship with <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> until the latter's <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_John_Lennon" title="Murder of John Lennon">murder</a> in 1980. In addition to working as editor on Harrison's 1980 autobiography, <i><a href="/wiki/I,_Me,_Mine_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="I, Me, Mine (book)">I, Me, Mine</a></i>, Taylor authored books such as <i>As Time Goes By</i>, <i>The Making of Raiders of The Lost Ark</i>, <i>Fifty Years Adrift (In An Open Necked Shirt)</i> and <i>It Was Twenty Years Ago Today</i>. Having returned to Apple in the early 1990s, Taylor died of cancer in September 1997 while working on the <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beatles_Anthology_(book)" title="The Beatles Anthology (book)">Beatles Anthology</a></i> book. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work_with_the_Beatles">Work with the Beatles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derek_Taylor&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Work with the Beatles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taylor was a national journalist working for the <i>Daily Express</i> when he was assigned to write a review of a <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">Beatles</a> concert on 30 May 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had been expected by his editors to write a piece critical of what at that time was considered by the national press as an inconsequential teen fad. However, he was enchanted by the group and instead sang their praises. Shortly afterwards, he was invited to meet the Beatles and soon became a trusted journalist in their circle, especially as he was a fellow Liverpudlian.<sup id="cite_ref-Unterberger/AM_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unterberger/AM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the band gained national attention in Britain, Taylor's editors conceived of running a column ostensibly written by a Beatle to boost circulation, to be <a href="/wiki/Ghostwriter" title="Ghostwriter">ghostwritten</a> by Taylor. <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a> was the Beatle eventually decided upon. Although Harrison was initially only given the right to approve or disapprove of the content, Harrison's dissection of the first draft turned the column into an ongoing collaboration between the two, with Harrison providing the stories and Taylor providing the polish. </p><p>In early 1964, Beatles manager <a href="/wiki/Brian_Epstein" title="Brian Epstein">Brian Epstein</a> hired Taylor away from his newspaper job, putting him in charge of Beatles press releases, and acting as media liaison for himself and the group. He subsequently became Epstein's personal assistant for a short period.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor assisted Epstein in the writing of his autobiography, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Cellarful_of_Noise" title="A Cellarful of Noise">A Cellarful of Noise</a></i>. Taylor conducted interviews with Epstein for the book and then shaped the transcriptions of the audio recordings into a narrative, retaining most of Epstein's basic words. </p><p>Taylor served as press officer for the Beatles' first concert tour of the US in the summer of 1964. After a falling out with Epstein,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he resigned from his position at the end of the tour, in September. Brian Epstein demanded that Taylor continue working for a three-month notice period, however. After this, he went to work for the <i>Daily Mirror</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-BeatlesBible_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BeatlesBible-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_a_publicist_in_California">As a publicist in California</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derek_Taylor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: As a publicist in California"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1965, Taylor left the UK and moved with his growing family to California. There he started his own <a href="/wiki/Public_relations" title="Public relations">public relations</a> company,<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> providing publicity for groups such as <a href="/wiki/The_Byrds" title="The Byrds">the Byrds</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Beach_Boys" title="The Beach Boys">the Beach Boys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Revere_and_the_Raiders" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Revere and the Raiders">Paul Revere and the Raiders</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Unterberger/AM_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unterberger/AM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/wiki/The_Mamas_%26_the_Papas" title="The Mamas & the Papas">the Mamas & the Papas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RBP_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RBP-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to music critic <a href="/wiki/Richie_Unterberger" title="Richie Unterberger">Richie Unterberger</a>, through his time working in Hollywood, Taylor "became, probably, the most famous rock publicist of the mid-'60s".<sup id="cite_ref-Unterberger/AM_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unterberger/AM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among Taylor's strategies, he touted the Byrds as a new breed of American band with parallels to the Beatles.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also encouraged nascent rock journalists to perceive Beach Boys founder <a href="/wiki/Brian_Wilson" title="Brian Wilson">Brian Wilson</a> as a musical genius.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGaines1995152,_169_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGaines1995152,_169-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Using his connections in Britain, Taylor ensured that the Beach Boys' 1966 album <i><a href="/wiki/Pet_Sounds" title="Pet Sounds">Pet Sounds</a></i> received a level of acclaim from UK music critics and Wilson's peers, including <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a>, that had not been forthcoming in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGranata2003190–91,_201–02_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGranata2003190–91,_201–02-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1967, Taylor helped organise the <a href="/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Monterey Pop Festival">Monterey Pop Festival</a>, serving as the event's publicist and spokesman.<sup id="cite_ref-IndependentObituary_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndependentObituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a few weeks in the autumn of 1967, Taylor hosted a Sunday-evening freeform radio program on Pasadena station <a href="/wiki/KWVE_(AM)" title="KWVE (AM)">KRLA</a>. Having contributed to the station's magazine, <i><a href="/wiki/KRLA_Beat" title="KRLA Beat">KRLA Beat</a></i>, since 1965,<sup id="cite_ref-RBP_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RBP-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he became editor in 1967, helping to guide the magazine's focus towards US <a href="/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s" title="Counterculture of the 1960s">countercultural issues</a> and <a href="/wiki/Psychedelia" title="Psychedelia">psychedelia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>George Harrison's song "<a href="/wiki/Blue_Jay_Way" title="Blue Jay Way">Blue Jay Way</a>" was written during Harrison's 1967 visit to California, on a foggy night waiting for Taylor and his wife Joan to arrive at his rented home in the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Hills" title="Hollywood Hills">Hollywood Hills</a>. During the same visit, Taylor accompanied Harrison on his trip to the <a href="/wiki/Haight-Ashbury" title="Haight-Ashbury">Haight-Ashbury</a> district of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BeatlesBible_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BeatlesBible-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taylor was a catalyst in <a href="/wiki/Harry_Nilsson" title="Harry Nilsson">Harry Nilsson</a>'s musical career;<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> hearing Nilsson's song "1941" on a car radio, he bought a case (twenty-five copies) of his album <i><a href="/wiki/Pandemonium_Shadow_Show" title="Pandemonium Shadow Show">Pandemonium Shadow Show</a></i>, sending copies to various members of the music-industry. Among the recipients were all four Beatles, who became enamoured of Nilsson's talent and invited him to London. Nilsson subsequently became a collaborator and good friend of both Lennon and <a href="/wiki/Ringo_Starr" title="Ringo Starr">Ringo Starr</a>. In 1973, Taylor produced Nilsson's album <i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Touch_of_Schmilsson_in_the_Night" title="A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night">A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Beatles'_Apple_Corps"><span id="The_Beatles.27_Apple_Corps"></span>The Beatles' Apple Corps</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derek_Taylor&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Beatles' Apple Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 1968, at Harrison's request, Taylor returned to England to work for the Beatles again, as the press officer for their newly created <a href="/wiki/Apple_Corps" title="Apple Corps">Apple Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlack200389_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlack200389-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor oversaw the public launch of the company's record label, <a href="/wiki/Apple_Records" title="Apple Records">Apple Records</a>, in August 1968,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoggett201149_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoggett201149-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> marked by the release of the Beatles' single "<a href="/wiki/Hey_Jude" title="Hey Jude">Hey Jude</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlack200390_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlack200390-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the campaign, "Hey Jude" and three other Apple singles were compiled in a gift box and dispatched to <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Queen_Mother" class="mw-redirect" title="The Queen Mother">the Queen Mother</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">British prime minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchaffner1978111_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchaffner1978111-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period, Taylor frequently clashed with Paul McCartney, about whom he later wrote: "I don't think I ever hated anyone as much as I hated Paul in the summer of 1968."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoggett201149_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoggett201149-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, Taylor provided uncredited contributions to the lyrics of two songs issued on the band's double album, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beatles_(album)" title="The Beatles (album)">The Beatles</a></i>: "<a href="/wiki/Happiness_Is_a_Warm_Gun" title="Happiness Is a Warm Gun">Happiness Is a Warm Gun</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Savoy_Truffle" title="Savoy Truffle">Savoy Truffle</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMiles2001317,_320_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMiles2001317,_320-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1968 and 1970, Taylor had a major role in the company's activities, leading the publicity campaigns for the band's projects and for those of the other artists signed to Apple Records.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415–16_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415–16-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among these, he helped stage Lennon and <a href="/wiki/Yoko_Ono" title="Yoko Ono">Yoko Ono</a>'s 1969 campaign for world peace. He is named in the lyrics of Lennon's song "<a href="/wiki/Give_Peace_a_Chance" title="Give Peace a Chance">Give Peace a Chance</a>", along with <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Smothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Tommy Smothers">Tommy Smothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Leary" title="Timothy Leary">Timothy Leary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norman_Mailer" title="Norman Mailer">Norman Mailer</a>, who like Taylor were all present at the recording of the song. In March 1970, Taylor commissioned the young photographer Les Smithers to photograph <a href="/wiki/Badfinger" title="Badfinger">Badfinger</a>, a rock band signed to Apple Records. That portrait has now been acquired by the <a href="/wiki/National_Portrait_Gallery,_London" title="National Portrait Gallery, London">National Portrait Gallery</a>. </p><p>Taylor's time as Apple press officer became as notable for its extravagance as much as the creativity of his campaigns and press releases.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoggett201135,_81–82_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoggett201135,_81–82-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETalevski1999416_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETalevski1999416-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Allen_Klein" title="Allen Klein">Allen Klein</a> as Apple's business manager in early 1969 – leading to a period that Taylor later described as "miserable" – expenditure and staff numbers were cut back drastically.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoggett201181–82_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoggett201181–82-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While describing Taylor as a "lavish spender", author Nick Talveski notes that much of his job entailed denying the media access to the Beatles. Talveski adds: "To his eternal credit, Taylor nevertheless became one of the most popular professionals in the [music] industry, one of very few men to perfect the art of saying 'no' graciously."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In her 2009 memoir, former Apple employee Chris O'Dell says that Taylor "stood for everything that was good and honest and funny and bright about Apple".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'DellKetcham2009163_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'DellKetcham2009163-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taylor left the company in late 1970, having outlasted most of the other senior employees there, thanks to the affection and high regard in which he was held by Lennon, Harrison and Starr.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoggett2011139_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoggett2011139-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April that year, Taylor had confirmed <a href="/wiki/Break-up_of_the_Beatles" title="Break-up of the Beatles">The Beatles' break-up</a> using deliberately vague terms, partly to mask his sadness: </p> <blockquote><p>Spring is here and Leeds play Chelsea tomorrow and Ringo and John and George and Paul are alive and well and full of hope. The world is still spinning and so are we and so are you. When the spinning stops – that'll be the time to worry. Not before …<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoggett2011128–29_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoggett2011128–29-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="After_the_Beatles">After the Beatles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derek_Taylor&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: After the Beatles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taylor went to work for the newly launched UK record company WEA (later <a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Group</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETalevski1999416_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETalevski1999416-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the British umbrella company that distributed and marketed several labels owned in the US by <a href="/wiki/Kinney_National_Company" title="Kinney National Company">Kinney National Company</a>. These record labels included Warner Bros., Reprise, Elektra and Atlantic.<sup id="cite_ref-Unterberger/AM_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unterberger/AM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor served as Director of Special Projects, working with artists such as <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">the Rolling Stones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yes_(band)" title="Yes (band)">Yes</a>, <a href="/wiki/America_(band)" title="America (band)">America</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Young" title="Neil Young">Neil Young</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vivian_Stanshall" title="Vivian Stanshall">Vivian Stanshall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carly_Simon" title="Carly Simon">Carly Simon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alice_Cooper" title="Alice Cooper">Alice Cooper</a>. He also presided over a revival of British jazz singer <a href="/wiki/George_Melly" title="George Melly">George Melly</a>, producing two albums for him. He was instrumental in signing seminal Liverpool Art School rock band <a href="/wiki/Deaf_School" title="Deaf School">Deaf School</a>, featuring future record producer <a href="/wiki/Clive_Langer" title="Clive Langer">Clive Langer</a>. He was instrumental in the Rhead Brothers signing to WEA and received a dedication on both their 1977 album <i>Dedicate</i> and the re-issued <i>Black Shaheen</i> (2017). </p><p>Independently of his work for WEA, Taylor co-produced Nilsson's <i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Touch_of_Schmilsson_in_the_Night" title="A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night">A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night</a></i> in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-Unterberger/AM_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unterberger/AM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had previously provided liner notes for Nilsson's <i><a href="/wiki/Aerial_Ballet" title="Aerial Ballet">Aerial Ballet</a></i> album. (A story written by Taylor's daughter Vanessa was printed on the back cover of Nilsson's album <i><a href="/wiki/Harry_(album)" title="Harry (album)">Harry</a></i>.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Return_to_the_United_States">Return to the United States</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derek_Taylor&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Return to the United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the mid-1970s Taylor served as a Vice-President of Marketing for Warner Bros. Records, where he was instrumental in the acquisition of the <a href="/wiki/Rutles" class="mw-redirect" title="Rutles">Rutles</a> project, and supervised the worldwide marketing campaign for the album release and television special. A spoof on the Beatles' career and legacy, the Rutles' <i><a href="/wiki/All_You_Need_Is_Cash" title="All You Need Is Cash">All You Need Is Cash</a></i> special featured Harrison playing a reporter interviewing a Derek Taylor-like character, named Eric Manchester and played by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Palin" title="Michael Palin">Michael Palin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor left Warner's in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-BeatlesBible_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BeatlesBible-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As well as staying close to Harrison throughout the 1970s, Taylor maintained a correspondence with Lennon during the latter's years of retirement between 1975 and 1980. Taylor did not enjoy his second period in California, however, and returned to England after a couple of years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Back_in_England">Back in England</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derek_Taylor&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Back in England"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the early 1980s he worked as a co-author on books with <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Phillips" title="Michelle Phillips">Michelle Phillips</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a>. He also worked with George Harrison's film company, <a href="/wiki/Handmade_Films" class="mw-redirect" title="Handmade Films">Handmade Films</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1988, while accepting the Beatles' induction into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>, Harrison named Taylor and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Aspinall" title="Neil Aspinall">Neil Aspinall</a> as the two people worthy of the much-used title "<a href="/wiki/The_Fifth_Beatle" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fifth Beatle">the Fifth Beatle</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'DellKetcham2009122_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'DellKetcham2009122-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the early 1990s Taylor was asked to rejoin Apple to be in charge of marketing of the multiple projects planned for that decade. The projects included the CD release of the non-Beatle Apple catalogue and major Beatles releases such as <i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_BBC_(The_Beatles_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Live at the BBC (The Beatles album)">Live at the BBC</a></i> and compilation albums associated with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beatles_Anthology" title="The Beatles Anthology">The Beatles Anthology</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETalevski1999416_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETalevski1999416-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work_as_an_author">Work as an author</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derek_Taylor&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Work as an author"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1973 he wrote a very informal memoir, <i>As Time Goes By</i>, published by <a href="/wiki/Sphere_Books" title="Sphere Books">Sphere Books</a> and reprinted by its Abacus imprint the following year. (It was re-issued in 2018.) </p><p>Over 1978–79, Taylor collaborated again with Harrison, helping him to complete his autobiography, <i><a href="/wiki/I,_Me,_Mine" title="I, Me, Mine">I, Me, Mine</a></i>, published in 1980 by <a href="/wiki/Genesis_Publications" title="Genesis Publications">Genesis Publications</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The following year, Taylor's on-set account of the production of <i><a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" title="Raiders of the Lost Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark</a></i> was published as <i>The Making of Raiders of The Lost Ark</i> by Ballantine Books.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He subsequently wrote his own autobiography, <i>Fifty Years Adrift</i>, published in December 1983 by Genesis, for which Harrison provided a glowing introduction to the signed, limited-edition volume. Only 2000 copies were printed, and the book quickly became a collectors' item after Harrison joined Taylor in promoting the publication. </p><p>In 1987, Taylor's <i>It Was Twenty Years Ago Today</i> (published by Bantam Press in the UK, and Fireside for Simon & Schuster in the US)<sup id="cite_ref-Jensen/UPI_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jensen/UPI-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the release of the Beatles' <i><a href="/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band" title="Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band">Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</a></i>. It provides a detailed documentary of the people and events that shaped the album and the wider events of the <a href="/wiki/Summer_of_Love" title="Summer of Love">Summer of Love</a> counterculture.<sup id="cite_ref-Duffy/Sentinel_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duffy/Sentinel-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book includes archive interviews and photographs as well as extensive transcripts from a <a href="/wiki/Granada_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Granada TV">Granada TV</a> documentary, which was also titled <i><a href="/wiki/It_Was_Twenty_Years_Ago_Today_(film)" title="It Was Twenty Years Ago Today (film)">It Was Twenty Years Ago Today</a></i> and for which Taylor served as consultant.<sup id="cite_ref-Jensen/UPI_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jensen/UPI-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>As Time Goes By: Living in the Sixties (Rock and Roll Remembrances Series No 3)</i> (Popular Culture Ink) was published in June 1990 in the US. </p><p><i>Getting sober...and loving it!</i>, co-authored with his wife Joan Taylor, was released in 1992. The book collects personal experiences from alcoholics, including himself, combined with practical information. Ringo Starr wrote the foreword.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the UK Bois Books published <i>What You Cannot Finish</i> and <i>Take A Sad Song</i> in 1995, coinciding with the release of the <i><a href="/wiki/Beatles_Anthology" class="mw-redirect" title="Beatles Anthology">Beatles Anthology</a></i> (Taylor was extensively interviewed for the TV program). Posthumous volumes include <i>Beatles</i> (<a href="/wiki/Ebury_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Ebury Press">Ebury Press</a> 1999). In addition, an audio CD, <i>Here There and Everywhere: Derek Taylor Interviews The Beatles</i>, was released on the Thunderbolt label in 2001. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derek_Taylor&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Derek Taylor died of throat cancer at his home in <a href="/wiki/Sudbury,_Suffolk" title="Sudbury, Suffolk">Sudbury, Suffolk</a>, on 8 September 1997. At the time of his death he was still working for Apple, helping to compile the <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beatles_Anthology_(book)" title="The Beatles Anthology (book)">Beatles Anthology</a></i> book.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415–16_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETalevski1999415–16-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His funeral took place in Sudbury, Suffolk on 12 September, attended by family and friends such as Harrison, Aspinall, Palin, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Innes" title="Neil Innes">Neil Innes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jools_Holland" title="Jools Holland">Jools Holland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derek_Taylor&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taylor was married to Joan Taylor (née Doughty) from 1958 until his death. The couple had six children: Timothy, Dominic, Gerard, Abigail, Vanessa and Annabel.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joan Taylor appeared in his stead in the 2011 documentary <i><a href="/wiki/George_Harrison:_Living_in_the_Material_World" title="George Harrison: Living in the Material World">George Harrison: Living in the Material World</a></i>. </p><p>In 2013, American singer and <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac" title="Fleetwood Mac">Fleetwood Mac</a> vocalist <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Nicks" title="Stevie Nicks">Stevie Nicks</a> revealed that she had had a brief affair with Taylor in the late 1970s, and that she wrote the song "<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Child_(song)" title="Beautiful Child (song)">Beautiful Child</a>", included in the album <i><a href="/wiki/Tusk_(album)" title="Tusk (album)">Tusk</a></i>, about him.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derek_Taylor&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/-TY50u1huTPXhw8so0eplp-iYw8/appointments">"Derek WYN TAYLOR personal appointments - 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Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/missodellmyhardd00odel/page/308">308</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4165-9093-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4165-9093-4"><bdi>978-1-4165-9093-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fab+Four+FAQ+2.0%3A+The+Beatles%27+Solo+Years%2C+1970%E2%80%931980&rft.place=Milwaukee%2C+WI&rft.pages=308&rft.pub=Backbeat+Books&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1-4165-9093-4&rft.aulast=Rodriguez&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmissodellmyhardd00odel%2Fpage%2F308&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerek+Taylor" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarrison2011" class="citation book cs1">Harrison, Olivia (2011). <i>George Harrison: Living in the Material World</i>. 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"A Slice of History". <i>Mojo: The Beatles' Final Years Special Edition</i>. London: Emap. pp. 86–92.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=A+Slice+of+History&rft.btitle=Mojo%3A+The+Beatles%27+Final+Years+Special+Edition&rft.place=London&rft.pages=86-92&rft.pub=Emap&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Black&rft.aufirst=Johnny&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerek+Taylor" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDoggett2011" class="citation book cs1">Doggett, Peter (2011). <i>You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup</i>. New York, NY: It Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-177418-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-177418-8"><bdi>978-0-06-177418-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=You+Never+Give+Me+Your+Money%3A+The+Beatles+After+the+Breakup&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.pub=It+Books&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0-06-177418-8&rft.aulast=Doggett&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerek+Taylor" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGaines1995" class="citation book cs1">Gaines, Steven (1995). <i>Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys</i>. New York, NY: Da Capo Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-306-80647-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-306-80647-9"><bdi>0-306-80647-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Heroes+and+Villains%3A+The+True+Story+of+the+Beach+Boys&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.pub=Da+Capo+Press&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0-306-80647-9&rft.aulast=Gaines&rft.aufirst=Steven&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerek+Taylor" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGranata2003" class="citation book cs1">Granata, Charles L. (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/wouldntitbenice00char"><i>Wouldn't It Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds</i></a>. Chicago, IL: A Cappella Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55652-507-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-55652-507-9"><bdi>1-55652-507-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wouldn%27t+It+Be+Nice%3A+Brian+Wilson+and+the+Making+of+the+Beach+Boys%27+Pet+Sounds&rft.place=Chicago%2C+IL&rft.pub=A+Cappella+Books&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=1-55652-507-9&rft.aulast=Granata&rft.aufirst=Charles+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwouldntitbenice00char&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerek+Taylor" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiles2001" class="citation book cs1">Miles, Barry (2001). <i>The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years</i>. London: Omnibus Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7119-8308-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7119-8308-9"><bdi>0-7119-8308-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Beatles+Diary+Volume+1%3A+The+Beatles+Years&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Omnibus+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-7119-8308-9&rft.aulast=Miles&rft.aufirst=Barry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerek+Taylor" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'DellKetcham2009" class="citation book cs1">O'Dell, Chris; with Ketcham, Katherine (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/missodellmyhardd00odel"><i>Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved</i></a>. New York, NY: Touchstone. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4165-9093-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4165-9093-4"><bdi>978-1-4165-9093-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Miss+O%27Dell%3A+My+Hard+Days+and+Long+Nights+with+The+Beatles%2C+The+Stones%2C+Bob+Dylan%2C+Eric+Clapton%2C+and+the+Women+They+Loved&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.pub=Touchstone&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-4165-9093-4&rft.aulast=O%27Dell&rft.aufirst=Chris&rft.au=with+Ketcham%2C+Katherine&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmissodellmyhardd00odel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerek+Taylor" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPriore2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Domenic_Priore" title="Domenic Priore">Priore, Domenic</a> (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=81YIAQAAMAAJ"><i>Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece</i></a>. London: Sanctuary. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1860746276" title="Special:BookSources/1860746276"><bdi>1860746276</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Smile%3A+The+Story+of+Brian+Wilson%27s+Lost+Masterpiece&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Sanctuary&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1860746276&rft.aulast=Priore&rft.aufirst=Domenic&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D81YIAQAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerek+Taylor" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchaffner1978" class="citation book cs1">Schaffner, Nicholas (1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/beatlesforever00scha"><i>The Beatles Forever</i></a>. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-07-055087-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-07-055087-5"><bdi>0-07-055087-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Beatles+Forever&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.pub=McGraw-Hill&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=0-07-055087-5&rft.aulast=Schaffner&rft.aufirst=Nicholas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbeatlesforever00scha&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerek+Taylor" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTalevski1999" class="citation book cs1">Talevski, Nick (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/tombstoneblues00nick"><i>The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries</i></a>. 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style="width:1%">Associated<br />companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Corps" title="Apple Corps">Apple Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Records" title="Apple Records">Apple Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisongs" title="Harrisongs">Harrisongs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Songs" title="Northern Songs">Northern Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parlophone" title="Parlophone">Parlophone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seltaeb" title="Seltaeb">Seltaeb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Startling_Music" title="Startling Music">Startling Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swan_Records" title="Swan Records">Swan Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tollie_Records" title="Tollie Records">Tollie Records</a></li> <li><a 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