Who is The Beatles?

The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era. The Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period from 1960, with Stuart Sutcliffe initially serving as the bass player. The core of Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison went through a succession of drummers, most notably Pete Best, before asking Starr to join them. Their first single, “Love Me Do”/”P.S. I Love You,” was recorded in September 1962. The song was written by Lennon/McCartney, something almost unheard of in rock at the time. Up till then most rock bands only did cover songs. The song barely made the British top 20. The Beatles phenomenon didn’t truly kick in until “Please Please Me”  hit number one on the British charts in early 1963. They acquired the nickname “the Fab Four” as Beatlemania grew in Britain over the following year, and by early 1964 they had become international stars, leading the “British Invasion” of the United States pop market. After their break-up in 1970, they each enjoyed successful musical careers of varying lengths. McCartney and Starr, the surviving members, remain musically active. Lennon was shot and killed in December 1980, and Harrison died of lung cancer in November 2001.

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