The Beatles from A to Zed

Joe Johnson caught the radio bug at the age of 10 when he worked with his dad one summer filling vending machines. One of their weekly stops was top 40 station, WFUN in South Miami. Johnson was mesmerized watching the deejay through the glass and the mold was cast from that day forward. In 1978, Johnson joined Love 94 FM as a co-host of the Morning Show. He moved to Majic 102.7 in 1986 where he spent 28.5 years as Creative Services Director, evening host, morning show host, then middays and Public Affairs host. He is the creator and host of the award-winning Beatle Brunch radio show, which has aired locally since 1992 and is syndicated nationally. Johnson has won 6 A.I.R. (Achievement in Radio) awards for his on-air and production work, an Addy Award® for copywriting and in 2015 he was named “Best FM Personality” by The Broward – Palm Beach New Times Magazine. Joe’s interviewed Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Peter Frampton, Yoko Ono, Brian Wilson, Donny Osmond, Mike Douglas and Regis Philbin, among others.

Peter Asher is a singer, musician, record producer and writer, and he is the winner of multiple Grammy Awards, including twice being named Producer of the Year. Born in London in 1944, he got his start as half of the duo Peter and Gordon and was the first head of A&R for Apple Records. Today he continues to perform regularly in addition to his ongoing music production for records and movies. In The Beatles from A to Zed: An Alphabetical Mystery Tour (Henry Holt and Co.), the legendary record producer and performer takes readers on an alphabetical journey of insights into the music of the Beatles and individual reminiscences of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. In The Beatles from A to Zed, based upon twenty-six episodes of his current and highly popular radio show “From Me to You” on the Beatles Channel of SiriusXM, Peter Asher shares his memories and insights about the Fab Four, weaving his reflections into a whimsical alphabetical journey that focuses not only on songs whose titles start with each letter, but also on recurrent themes in the Beatles’ music, the instruments they played, the innovations they pioneered, the artists who influenced them, the key people in their lives, and the cultural events of the time.