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The Beatles
Who are they?

Some may say that they are four young long-haired hooligans singing

The others may put them in the same rank with the

Still the others may call them outstanding pacifists, philosophers and optimists

They are four boys from Liverpool, who decided to play and

15 years of joint life and work, several concerts at the

…and the super-popularity which doesn’t fade away after so many years…

Rebels and idols, clowns and villains, magicians, quarrelers and spiritual leaders.

Rebels

They are THE BEATLES.

Have you never heard of them?

…It's a long way from Liverpool to legend…

John Lennon was just 17 when he formed his first band,

In 1957 Lennon met Paul McCartney and invited him to join

McCartney introduced to Lennon his friend and former classmate, George Harrison

John Lennon

Paul McCartney

George Harrison

Pete Best

Stuart Sutcliffe

In 1960 drummer Pete Best and bassist Stu Sutcliffe

They went through a lot of names before settling on The

The Quarrymen in Hamburg, 1960

In June 1962, after Stu had gone the band auditioned for

Ringo Starr, the drummer of another popular Liverpool band was recruited

In September, 1962, the band's first single, "Love Me Do" was

Their first album, Please Please Me was released in the UK

Their second album, With The Beatles became only the second album

Vee Jay Records obtained the US rights to most of the

On Ed Sullivan's show

In New Zealand and Australia their arrival was greeted by a

The first Beatles movie, A Hard Day's Night was released in

Beatlemania

The Fab Four became Members of the Order of the British

The Beatles' second movie, Help! came out in 1965

Revolver is considered to be one of the Beatles' best albums

Lennon set off a huge wave of record burning protests when

In August 1966, the band made what would turn out to

Their third feature film, Magical Mystery Tour, start in 1967

The band spent the first part of 1968 in India, studying

The double album, called The White Album which was released in

The band's last performance together outside the studio came in January

Their last recording session (for Abbey Road) followed in August.

In September 1969, Lennon told the band that he was leaving.

The band's breakup was announced in April 1970, a month before

Paul McCartney formed a band called Wings with his wife, Linda

John Lennon achieved great success as a solo artist. Tragically, he

George Harrison recorded many solo albums over the years, and died