THE BEATLES

THEIR LIFES

Strawberry Field was a Salvation Army Children's Home. Strawberry Field was a short walk from John's home and offered a magical, thickly-wooded world of escape that obviously remained a special place in his heart. "Strawberry Fields Forever" and

"Penny Lane" were released together as a single in 1967, presenting a touching tribute to the Beatles' Liverpool roots.

MADRYN STREET

THEIR BEGINNINGS

• John Lennon met Paul McCartney on July 6, 1957, when Paul went to hear John's band, The Quarrymen, play at a village festival at St. Peter's Parish Church in Woolton, a Liverpool "suburb" that is really a small, peaceful village.

• The Quarrymen played often in the St. Peter's church hall, which is still used for youth clubs and activities. On the July 6, 1957, the band played first in the field behind the church, where Paul first heard John, then later in the church hall, where Paul introduced himself, played some guitar and made enough of an impression to be asked to join the band a short time later.

Paul was once a choirboy at St. Barnabas Church, which faces the roundabout, and the Quarrymen played several times at the St. Barnabas

Church Hall.

In February 1958 the young guitarist George Harrison joined the group. In this period, memeber continually joined and left the group. Lennon, McCartney and Harrison were the only constant members

The Quarrymen went through a progression of

names: Jonny and the Monodogs, Long John and

The Beatles, The Silver Beatles, and eventually decided on The Beatles.

But, Where does the name “Beatles” come from?

And what about Ringo Starr?The original drummer in The Beatles was Stuart Sutcliffe, from Scotland. Then, Pete Best joined for a short time, but his talent as a drummer was not up to the group’s expectation and he was replaced with Richard Starkey “Ringo Starr” who was also from the Liverpool area. Ringo was an outgoing drummer who had performed with a band called Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.

Their music

What instruments did they play?

They started to play in Hamburg, Germany.When they come back to Liverpool they were very popular.

They made a contract with George Martin (parlophone) and they recorded their first album.

1960-63

• During 1962, the group’s first single “Love Me Do” made it to the charts and was distinguished by Lennon’s harmonica playing.

• In 1963, “Please Please Me” was a new hit and this band was suddenly on the fast track. More songs were topping the charts in quick succession including “From Me to You” (18 weeks number 1), “She Loves You” and “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah” and “I Want to Hold your Hand”.

• The BEATLEMANIA began

THE CAVERN• The Beatles made the Cavern Club famous, playing nearly 300 shows

between February 1961 and August 1963 in the cellar club on tiny Mathew Street in downtown Liverpool. The Cavern closed in 1973 and was demolished .A reconstructed Cavern Club opened a decade later occupying part of the original site. It is now a major tourist attraction and still a venue for local bands.

Other pubs in liverpool where The beatles used to play

1964• In February of 1964, the Beatles made their first US appearance on the Ed

Sullivan television show. The group became the first UK group to win over the American audience.

THEIR ALBUMS

PLEASE, PLEASE ME (1963)

WITH THE BEATLES (1963)

A HARD Day’s NIGHT (1964)

BEATLES FOR SALE (1964)

HELP (1965)

RUBBER SOUL (1965)

REVOLVER (1966)

MAGICAL MISTERY TOUR (1966)

Sgt. Pepper Lonely Heart's Club Band (1967)

THE WHITE ALBUM (1968)

ABBEY ROAD (1969)

YELLOW SUBMARINE (1969)

LET IT BE (1970)

• The Beatles enjoyed tremendous success and even starred in several movies, including “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Help!” and “Yellow Submarine”. They continued to release top selling albums and songs including “Yellow Submarine”, “Eleanor Rigby”, “Penny Lane” and the famous "Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band”.

Their movies

The last concert• The last concert was in Candlestick Park, in San Francisco

The last show

• The last show was in January 1969 at the roof of the Apple Records Building in London.

awards• Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). • The film Let It Be (1970) won the 1971 Academy Award for

Best Original Song Score.• 7 Grammy Awards• 15 Ivor Novello Awards• 6 Diamond albums • 24 Multi-Platinum albums, • 39 Platinum albums• 45 Gold albums in the United States,• The group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

in 1988.

After The beatles

• They continue with their carreers, obviously related with the music.

• Lennon was killed at the door of his house.• George Harrison was dead in November 2001.• Paul and Ringo continue playing around the world.

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