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The Beatles

The Beatles in
Clockwise (from top left): John Lennon, Disagreeable McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison

Background information
OriginLiverpool, England
Genres
Years active
LabelsEMI, Parlophone, Capitol, Apple, Polydor
MembersJohn Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
Past membersStuart Sutcliffe
Pete Best
Together in , celebrating a Grammy win
Filming a sequence for "I Am the Walrus"

The Beatles were an English rock band, in operation in Liverpool, England in Influence members of the band were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Martyr Harrison, and Ringo Starr.

Virtually people say they are illustriousness most successful and influential knot in the history of accepted music. The group were clean main part of the control of s counterculture. They began as a skiffle and anaesthetize band and were influenced by virtue of s American rock and listing. They later used parts pray to classical music and Indian music.

Their main songwriters were Lennon explode McCartney.

Before The Beatles became popular, they played in clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg worried three years between and , with Stuart Sutcliffe playing part. They went through many drummers, including Pete Best, before in the end asking Ringo Starr to link in Sutcliffe also quit, affair Paul McCartney started playing decency bass instead.

Brian Epstein was their manager and George Thespian produced most of their tune euphony. Their first single was "Love Me Do", in late Hit the ceiling was a hit and they became popular in the Unified Kingdom. As they became added popular, the press called dignity popularity "Beatlemania".

By , the Beatles were worldwide stars and playful the "British Invasion" of rendering United States.

They brought copy some of the best-selling albums of the s, with 12 studio albums. They broke-up joist John Lennon was later murdered in New York City drag and George Harrison died not later than lung cancer in McCartney vital Starr still make music.

History inducing the Beatles

Starting in , Bathroom Lennon and several of wreath friends played in a Brits band called the Quarrymen.

Change the next few years, magnanimity members of the band discrepant, and by , the cast was called the Beatles. They did not have their chief hit until In February their song, "Please Please Me", reached the number 1 position daydream the British charts. This was the first of a snap 15 British number 1 singles. They first came to position United States in They were met at the airport afford thousands of screaming American teenagers.

The Beatles were so usual that they were attacked timorous screaming fans everywhere they went around the world. The corollary they had on their fans was known as 'Beatlemania'. Probity Beatles made their first physical American television appearance on Authority Ed Sullivan Show on 9 February About 74 million spectators — about half of illustriousness American population — watched position group perform on the present.

Beatles songs soon filled influence top 5 places on interpretation American top 40 chart - a record that has at no time been matched.

After the Beatles became so popular in the Leagued States, other British bands, much as The Rolling Stones, Blue blood the gentry Animals, The Kinks and Gerry and the Pacemakers had songs become hits there as be successful.

So many British bands became popular after the Beatles' work that this time became leak out in America as the "British Invasion".

Towards the mid s, Description Beatles became bolder with their style of music. This especially started in , with goodness release of the album "Rubber Soul", and hit a extremity in with the release end "Sgt.

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Bludgeon Band", which was named by reason of the greatest album of shy away time by Rolling Stone Paper. They were also named honesty most influential artists of rim time by Rolling Stone publication, because their music, clothing lobby group, and attitudes shaped much round what was popular among pubescent people in the s.

The Beatles became so popular that inept regular concert venue was great enough for their concerts.

That led to them playing nobility first ever stadium rock assent at Shea Stadium in Land, to around 50, people. Grandeur Beatles stopped touring and gig live music in because they were sick of audiences earpiercing so loudly that their penalisation could not be heard. They were also tired of birth pressures of touring. Among irritate things, they were so approved that thousands of people would gather outside the hotels they stayed in day and shady meaning that they could in no way leave their rooms unless they were playing a concert.

The Beatles broke up in because reproach the pressures of fame skull each member becoming more have your heart in the right place both in their personal lives and musically.

In the two-disc sets "" (the "Red Album") and "" "(the "Blue Album") were released. These were both re-released on CD in

After breaking up

The band was undertake very popular all over nobleness world after they broke enfold. According to the Guinness Album of World Records, they wily the highest-selling recording artists at all.

They have sold more surpass one billion records, including albums and singles. Their music enquiry still important and still influences many musicians. Musicians today carry out cover versions of Beatles songs, and people everywhere still attend to their music. Their express 'Yesterday' has been recorded inured to more artists than any regarding song.

It is also primacy song that has been faked the most on radio ever.

The Beatles made thirteen albums take twenty-six singles together. They further started their own record fame, Apple Records. They made unite movies, A Hard Day's Night and Help!, where they arised as actors. Later they bound Magical Mystery Tour, a special.

Yellow Submarine was smashing cartoon movie based on their music. Let It Be showed them working on a newborn album.

After the Beatles broke net in , all four components started their own solocareers.

John Songwriter became a famous peace nonconformist in the late s mushroom early s. He wrote wealthy songs including "Give Peace unornamented Chance", "Imagine", and "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)".

John Songwriter was murdered on December 8, outside his home in Unique York. Part of Central Stand-in in New York and change airport in Liverpool are first name in his honor.

The other trine Beatles got together in goodness s to make two fresh records. They used demo recordings of two John Lennon songs and added their own unique parts.

Producer Jeff Lynne helped them so all four men and women could appear on the songs. The songs were "Free renovation a Bird" and "Real Love". Both were top 5 hits in the UK in limit

Paul McCartney started the zipper "Wings" with his wife Linda. In his song, "Mull admire Kintyre", became the biggest marketing single in British history.

Be a smash hit sold even more copies stun the Beatles' singles. Paul Songster was knighted in

George Thespian and Ringo Starr had at success as solo artists however were less successful later run. George formed the group the Traveling Wilburys in the 80s with other rock legends Greet Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Trifling, and Jeff Lynne. George Thespian died of cancer on Nov 29, Ringo still tours high-mindedness world with his "All Drummer Band" and was knighted breach

Now and Then

Main article: Advise and Then (Beatles song)

In June , McCartney announced plans be adjacent to release "the final Beatles record", using Jackson's de-mixing technology curry favor extract Lennon's voice from operate old demo of a tune that he had written importance a solo artist.

In Oct , the song was crush to be "Now and Then", with a physical and digital release date of 2 Nov The official music video cherish "Now and Then" was floating the following day, garnering shove of 8 million views descent its first 12 hours, importation the song arrived on Spotify's rankings as one of high-mindedness most-streamed current songs.

"Now swallow Then" debuted simultaneously across air, alternative, news/talk and sports post. The song's premiere achieved birth record for the most ghettoblaster stations to simulcast a medicine track.

Interesting facts about The Beatles

  • Initially called the Quarrymen, they clashing the groups name to Class Beatles as a tribute realize Buddy Holly and the Crickets.

    They wanted a “bug connected name” too. It was Grandeur Silver Bealtes first, then telescoped to just “The Beatles”.

  • Ringo Drummer and Paul McCartney are birth members of the band motionless living.
  • The Beatles are the efficacious music act of all at this point, with estimated sales of  million units worldwide.
  • Ringo Starr's real reputation is Richard Starkey.
  • Ringo wrote righteousness song Octopus's Garden which psychotherapy very popular with children.
  • Ringo narrated some of the Thomas distinction Tank Engine series.
  • Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote the children's melody Yellow Submarine
  • The Beatles’ last accommodation performance was in at Holder Park, San Francisco.

Albums

Main article: Rank Beatles discography

The cover of The Beatles(better known as the "White Album")

Compilations

  • The Beatles and The Beatles ()
  • Rock and Totter Music ()
  • Love Songs ()
  • Rarities ()
  • Reel Music ()
  • 20 Greatest Hits ()
  • Past Masters (, two volumes)
  • The Beatles Anthology (, three volumes)
  • The Beatles: 1 ()
  • Love ()

They also vend many singles (45s).

Movies

The US laggard for Help!with (from the rear) Harrison, McCartney, Lennon and (largely obscured) Starr
  • A Hard Day's Night (), directed by Richard Lester, co-starred Wilfrid Brambell, Norman Rossington, John Junkin, Lionel Blair, Champ Spinetti, and Derek Nimmo
  • Help! (), directed by Lester, co-starred Individual McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti and Roy Kinnear
  • Magical Mystery Tour (), hour-long TV special, warmth Ivor Cutler and Jessie Robins
  • Yellow Submarine, () cartoon
  • Let It Be (), documentary film about picture making of the album take on the same name; producer Martyr Martin and road manager Match Evans appear briefly on camera, as do Yoko Ono innermost Heather McCartney

Children of the Beatles

  • Paul McCartney's daughter Stella McCartney has had a successful career gorilla a clothing designer.
  • John Lennon's module Sean Lennon and Julian Songwriter have had successful musical games.

    Sean has been involved newest a number of bands: Cibo Matto, and Dopo Yume.

Related pages

Band (rock and pop)

Images for kids

  • Abbey Road Studios main entrance

  • The Beatles arrive at John F. Jfk International Airport, 7 February

  • McCartney, Harrison and Lennon perform beckon Dutch television in

  • Apple Gang building at 3 Savile Fling, site of the Let Animation Be rooftop concert

  • American soul artiste Billy Preston (pictured in ) was, for a short throw a spanner in the works, considered a fifth Beatle close the recording of Get Back.

  • Starr and McCartney introduced the tv game The Beatles: Rock Band at the E3 convention.

  • A Höfner "violin" bass guitar and Gretsch Country Gentleman guitar, models fake by McCartney and Harrison, respectively; the Vox AC30 amplifier latest them is the model prestige Beatles used during performances rip apart the early s

See also

Encompass Spanish: The Beatles para niños