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A Cellarful of Noise
Front cover
AuthorBrian Epstein
LanguageEnglish
PublishedOct. 1964 (Souvenir Press)
1 June 1998 (reprint)
Media typePaperback
Pages224
ISBN978-0-671-01196-3
OCLC39211052

A Cellarful of Noise is the title of Brian Epstein's 1964 autobiography.[1] His assistant, Derek Taylor, was the ghostwriter of the book,[2] which describes the early days of The Beatles, whom Epstein managed.[3]

Epstein asked John Lennon what he thought the book should be called, and Lennon suggested "Queer Jew". Lennon later was quoted as saying that the book should have been titled "A Cellarful of Boys" in reference to Epstein's homosexuality.[4]

In the 1978 film All You Need Is Cash, a book by Leggy Mountbatten—the manager of the Rutles and a parody of Epstein—is titled A Cellarful of Goys.[5]

The phrase is also in the lyrics of Petula Clark's 1965 hit "I Know a Place". Harry Shearer "dramatically reproduced" quotations from this book for the music documentary Pop Chronicles.[6]

The book was reprinted by Souvenir Press with an introduction by Craig Brown in 2021.[7]

We knew that America would make us or break us as world stars. In fact, she made us.[8]

Notes

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  1. ^ A Cellarful of Noise [Paperback]. Byron Preiss. 1998-06-01. ASIN 0671011960.
  • ^ "Derek Taylor". All Media Guide, LLC. 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  • ^ Spitz (2005) pp. 273–74
  • ^ Cross (2004) p255
  • ^ "The Rutles Story". Haber, David. 1997-09-01. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  • ^ Gilliland 1969, show 27, track 5.
  • ^ Brown, Craig. "Brian Epstein: The tortured secret life of the fifth Beatle".
  • ^ Gilliland 1969, show 29, track 2.
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