The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John
Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the
foremost and most influential act of the rock era.[1] Rooted in skiffle,beat, and 1950s rock and roll, the
Beatles later experimented with several genres, ranging from pop ballads and Indian
music topsychedelia and hard rock, often incorporating classical elements in innovative ways. In the
early 1960s, their enormous popularity first emerged as "Beatlemania", but as the group's music
grew in sophistication, led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, they came to be
perceived as an embodiment of the ideals shared by the counterculture of the 1960s.
The Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period
from 1960, with Stuart Sutcliffeinitially serving as bass player. The core of Lennon, McCartney and
Harrison went through a succession of drummers, most notablyPete Best, before settling on Starr.
Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act and producer George Martinenhanced
their musical potential. They gained popularity in the United Kingdom after their first hit, "Love Me
Do", in late 1962. They acquired the nickname "the Fab Four" as Beatlemania grew in Britain over
the following year, and by early 1964 they had become international stars, leading the "British
Invasion" of the United States pop market. From 1965 onwards, the Beatles produced what many
consider their finest material, including the innovative and widely influential albums Rubber
Soul (1965), Revolver (1966), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), The
Beatles (commonly known as the White Album, 1968) and Abbey Road (1969).
After their break-up in 1970, they each enjoyed successful musical careers of varying lengths.
McCartney and Starr, the surviving members, remain musically active. Lennon was shot and killed in
December 1980, and Harrison died of lung cancer in November 2001.
According to the RIAA, the Beatles are the best-selling music artists in the United States, with 178
million certified units. They have had more number-one albums on the British charts and sold more
singles in the UK than any other act. In 2008, the group toppedBillboard magazine's list of the alltime most successful "Hot 100" artists; as of 2015, they hold the record for most number-one hits on
the Hot 100 chart with twenty. They have received ten Grammy Awards, an Academy Award for Best
Original Song Score and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards. Collectively included in Time magazine's
compilation of the twentieth century's 100 most influential people, they are the best-selling band in
history, with estimated sales of over 600 million records worldwide.[2][3] The group was inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, with all four being inducted individually as well from 1994 to
2015.

In 1954, John Lennon, Quarry Bank High School student, bringing together some of schoolmates,
formed the group "TheQuarrymen".
Paul McCartney met John Lennon on 6 July 1957 and entered into his squad after he impressed
John to score a propyl version fashioned after a song of Eddie Cochran. McCartney recruited a year
later, on George Harrison, his buddy from school aged only 15, who was admired for his great
developments when the guitar solo. The band broke up shortly after that meeting. The group
underwent several changes both in name (with the coming of George band named "Moondogs" then
"John And The Moondogs" then "Silver Beatles") and as members and is finally in 1960, The
Beatles.
Band name was the idea of Stuart Sutcliffe (then a member of the band) and the band's name was
inspired by Buddy Holly,Crickets ("Crickets"). It kept the concept of "insect" ( beetle ) and musical
concept was combined with the beat of the measure (beat).
At the time, the battery was Pete Best. They are playing in a small club called the Casbah; then take
a tour to Hamburg. In December 1961, Brian Epstein becomes their agent.
In April-May 1962, being employed in "Star Club" in Hamburg, occasionally singing drummer Ringo
Starr (Richard Starkey his real name) of the band Rory Storm and theHurricanes.
In August 1962 Ringo Starr is joined in the band; thus replacing Best, the Beatles distribution
becomes complete. In the same year, George Martin, producer of the houseParlophone (EMI
member) accepts Brian Epstein's insistence, hearing the "Beatles" -ilor. It immediately signed a first
contract.
On 5 October 1962 the band launched its debut disc of Love Me Do in Part A and PS I Love You on
side B. On 26 November 1963, the Beatles recorded the second disc Please Please Me will reach
number two in the top of Great Official Britain.

Beatlemania (1963-1966)
In the course of 1963, the band records is steadfastness in first place in the British charts. The total
number of discs that were sold this year, two and a half million is a record in the history of British
music.
In April 1963 appears third single, From Me to You. In May-June, participating in a tournament, along
with Roy Orbison, and in August is the single She Loves You (preordered circulation: 500,000
copies).

Beatles Mania began in England on October 13, 1963 with a televised appearance at the London
Palladium (Saturday night at the Palladium). The tournament in Sweden resulted in a huge
success. In November 1963 - Beatles sing at the Royal Command Performance in the same
program with Marlene Dietrich and Maurice Chevalier. At the end of 1963, the album With The
Beatles (preorder 1,000,000 requests). A critic from the newspaper Sunday Times wrote, "are the
greatest composers after Beethoven".
In January 1964 concert supporting "Olympia", along with Trini Lopez and Sylvie Vartan. The single I
Want to Hold Your Hand will take place in the American top sites.
Beatlemania exploded in the US then, after 3 occurrences in the band's TV show Ed Sullivan - "The
Ed Sullivan Show" on February 9 (73 million telespectactori) 16 February and 23 February 1964. A
follow concert in "Coliseum" Washington, which managed to collect 20,000 thousand spectators.
This band, pop music plays on, became shortly a global phenomenon with fans who adored her
band members with hysterical adulaii from fans and condemnation from cultural commentators and
others, including Frank Sinatra.
Some critics put the band was rooted in confusion over the sources of their music (a similar
confusion of the plan and sprawling Elvis Presley in 1956, criticism from people who did not know
the tradition of blues, R & B and gospel in which shone Elvis) and one was caused by reaction of
disbelief on hair length members of The Beatles.
In 1964 they occupied the top five positions of Hot 100 of Billboard magazine, a feat that has not
been repeated.
In May-June followed tours in Europe and Australia and in July held premiere of A Hard Day's Night single with the title winning first place in the rankings quickly. In August-September have claimed the
first big tournament overseas (meeting with Bob Dylan), went on tour in England, the show televised
with The Yardbirds and the emergence song I Feel Fine / She's a Woman (first place in the charts).
In 1965, the four were appointed members of the Order of the British Empire for outstanding
contributions (financial balance recovery of England thanks to massive sales of discs of the
group). In the same year, begins shooting the film Help!, Premiered in June. In August-September,
says a new tour overseas, where a concert with 55,000 spectators was filmed by Brian Epstein. In
the same year, Lennon and Harrison started taking LSD and McCartney later, towards the end of
1966.
In 1966 followed the last concert in England organized by the newspaper New Musical Express in
July tour in West Germany (first triumph Hamburg), then tour in the Philippines(the record number of
spectators - 100,000) and concert in Japan.

Controversies (1966-1970)

Lennon has tarnished the image of the Beatles in the next year, when he said in an interview that the
Christian religion is dying, saying that the Beatles is more popular than Jesus. Finally, he apologized
after being criticized very hard by religious groups after their albums were banned or even burned to
countries in South America, after receiving threats from groups the Ku Klux Klan.
The Beatles, after the concert in Candlestick Park in San Francisco on August 29, 1966, focused
their forces in the recording studio, new compositions and musical experiments by lifting them
remarkably artistic reputation and yet retaining the huge popularity. But the group's financial fate took
a turn bad when their manager, Brian Epstein, died on 27 august 1967.
After this, the band followed their individual interests and met less often. Their last concert
appearance is considered to be live on the roof of Apple-sized studio in London in January 1969 and
appeared compiled in the album "Let It Be". In July 1969 the band reunited to record the
album Abbey Road. Officially, the Beatles broke up in 1970, and any hope of a meeting was dashed
when Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman in 1980. However, a virtual meeting took
place in 1995 with the release of two recordings of Lennon, which have contributed the other 3
members Beatles. This resulted songs "Free as a Bird" and Real Love. "There were also launched,
three previously unreleased album featuring material and a documentary project known as The
Beatles Anthology.

Discography (original UK albums)

Please Please Me, March 22, 1963

With the Beatles, November 22, 1963

A Hard Day's Night, July 10, 1964

Beatles for Sale, December 4, 1964

Help!, August 6, 1965

Rubber Soul, December 3, 1965

Revolver, August 5, 1966

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, June 1, 1967

Magical Mystery Tour, December 8, 1967

The Beatles, November 22, 1968

Yellow Submarine, January 13, 1969

Abbey Road, September 26, 1969

Let It Be, May 8, 1970

Composition

John Lennon - rhythm guitar, vocals

Paul McCartney - bass, vocals

George Harrison - lead guitar, vocals

Ringo Starr - drums, vocals