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  <name><![CDATA[Bob Spitz]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Bob Spitz is an American writer and author best known for his celebrity biographies. He is the author of The Making of Superstars, Barefoot in Babylon, Dylan, Shoot Out the Lights, The Saucier's Apprentice and a Beatles biography entitled The Beatles: The Biography. Apparently, The Beatles had a number of errors, which the publisher corrected in second printings [1]. When he was asked about these errors by the editor of Beatles fan zine Daytrippin‘, Spitz replied with a verbally abusive letter, saying &quot;You need an enema. Really! Do something useful with your life.&quot;[2]

Spitz has also written articles which have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Conde Nast Traveler, Men's Journal, In Style, Esquire and the Washington Post. He has one daughter by his second wife. He lives in Connecticut.[3]

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  <title><![CDATA[The Beatles: The Biography]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Saucier's Apprentice: One Long Strange Trip through the Great Cooking Schools of Europe]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dylan: A Biography]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Beatles, Beatlemania, and the Music that Changed the World]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Barefoot in Babylon: The Creation of the Woodstock Music Festival, 1969]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Saucier's Apprentice: One Long Strange Trip through the Great Cooking Schools of Europe]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The making of superstars: Artists and executives of the rock music business]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Beatles]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Alfred Molina]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Beatles: The Biography]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Barking at the Moon Hpb]]></title>
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