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Today, October 2, 1964, in The Beatles’ History, Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein releases his book, “A Cellar Full of Noise.” A Cellarful of Noise is the title of Brian Epstein's 1964 autobiography. His assistant, Derek Taylor, was the ghostwriter of the book, which describes the early days of The Beatles. When Brian asked John Lennon what he thought the book should be called, Lennon suggested "Queer Jew". John later was quoted as saying that the book should have been titled "A Cellarful of Boys" in reference to Epstein's homosexuality. 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. 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.” Brian references the infamous Decca audition in his book, when he was told, “Not to mince words Mr. Epstein, we don’t like your boys’ sound. Groups of guitarists are on the way out.” Brian, “You must be out of your mind. These boys are going to explode. I am completely confident that one day they will be bigger than Elvis Presley.” The book was reprinted by Souvenir Press with an introduction by Craig Brown in 2021. #thebeatles #beatles #johnlennon #paulmccartney #georgeharrison #ringostarr #brianepstein #derektaylor #ghostwriter #sily #nowandforever #acellarfullofnoise #beatlesmanager #nems #beatlemania #beatlesforever #thecavern #thesixties #1964 #ihadthatbook #johnpaulgeorgeringo #peaceandlove