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THE BEATLES

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Who is not aware of the greatest English rock band, who ruled the hearts of people at the time of their peak and even now, when their music is 50 years old. The Beatles were active during 1960s. The band was formed in Liverpool in 1962, and comprise of 4 members. John Lennon, who works on rhythm guitar and also vocalist, Paul McCartney who plays bass guitar and also vocalist, George Harrison was the lead guitarist and Ringo Starr who play drums.

HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF THE BEATLES:

The band was formed by John Lennon on March 1957 and named it Blackjacks but they had to rename it to The Quarrymen as another local group was using the same name. Later Paul and George joined the group. The most interesting fact is all these guys were under 20years. They started playing in school and later renamed the band to The Beatles as a tribute to famous rock stars Buddy Holly and The Crickets. The group became famous by playing their music in local clubs and after doing international tours.

The two songs that become a milestone for their success were P.S I love You and Please Please Me that ruled the U.K chart busters and U.K Singles Chart in 1963, after its release. Later, the group made tours of many countries and their music numbers became hits world-wide.


They have the honor that they are included in some of the very few artists, whose music is not available free online until early 2000s

POPULAR SONGS:

  1. I Want or wish  To Hold Your Hand (1968)

  2. Love Me Do

  3. P.S. I love You

  4. Please  me

  5. From Me to You

  6. She Loves You, this single broke all the records of popularity and broke the fastest sales of any music record in the UK at that time, when three-quarters of a million copies were sold in less than a month.

  7. Dizzy M. Lizzy

  8. Let It Be’

  9. Yesterday

  10. Rubber soul

“Please Me” ruled the charts for thirty weeks, and displaced by another album “With The Beatles” which held the top spot for another twenty-one weeks. The degree of their popularity can easily be estimated by the fact that when the band plan to do the tour of U.S.A in 1963, a crowd of almost 4000 fans came to airport to see-off the group, and almost an equal population welcomed them at J.F.K Airport. The first live US television performance”The Ed Sullivan Show” was watched by approximately 74 million viewers, that makes almost 40% of entire U.S. population. After America, the band conducted an international tour in June that comprised of thirty-two concerts in nineteen days at countries like Denmark, Hong Kong, Australia, the Netherlands and New Zealand, and each concert was a success.

The group later worked in films too, like “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Help”. The Rolling Stone has included Rubber Stone in its magazine’s “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time” at number 5.


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