HISTORY OF THE BEATLES

In Liverpool, in 1957, John Lennon had a group called the Quarry Men. On July 6th of that year he met Paul McCartney and McCartney joined the group. In 1958 George Harrison joined in. All three played the guitar. The other members of the group were Stuart Sutcliffe, on the bass guitar, and Pete Best, on the drums.

In 1960 they travelled to Hamburg and became the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the group in 1961. McCartney changed from lead guitar to bass guitar and The Beatles went back to Liverpool. In 1962 Ringo Starr replaced Best. John Lennon and Paul McCartney started writing songs for the band.

In 1962 The Beatles made their first record, Love Me Do, and appeared on television for the first time. They became popular in Britain, and then in the USA. On 4th of April, the top five records in the USA were all Beatles records. In 1963 they released their first LP, Please Please Me. In the next thirteen years they made eleven more, including Beatles for Sale (1964), Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966), Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) and the White Album (1968). The Beatles broke up in 1970. Their last records were Abbey Road (1969) and Let It Be (1970). All the four members had solo musical careers after The Beatles. John Lennon passed away in 1980.