The Beatles

British group of rock and pop music , stably integrated since 1961 by John Lennon (Liverpool ,1940 - New York , 1980 ) , Paul McCartney (Liverpool , 1942 ) , George Harrison (Liverpool , 1943) and Ringo Starr (Liverpool 1940) . It is difficult to give an exact date of when The Beatles were formed . In the second half of the 1950s , John Winston Lennon and his friend Peter Shotton (which would leave soon after) formed a band they called The Quarrymen , which in 1957 was added Paul McCartney , followed shortly later by George Harrison .

The Quarrymen started playing at various locations in Liverpool , when they were joined by bassist Stuart Sutcliffe . Even then it was clear the need to incorporate a battery. The group's name would suffer new variations , from Johnny and the Moondogs up - following fashion animal naming musical groups playing under the name of his style of music ( Beat ) - The Silver Beatles and The Beatles , which would ultimately prove final.

Finally joined a drummer, Peter Best, and got to play a concert in Hamburg , in a place of dubious reputation called Kaiserkeller . His first German adventure ended prematurely with the expulsion of Harrison the country because they were minors and the subsequent expulsion of McCartney and Best of hooliganism . In 1961 return to Germany , to return back to the UK unnoticed . Best left the group by deep disagreements with the other members and was replaced by Ringo Starr ( Richard Starkey ) . Soon after, Sutcliffe died in Germany of a stroke victim . The formation of The Beatles was finally consolidated with John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

In 1962 , after listening to a performance , producer Brian Epstein enthusiastically hired to record a single. This first album is titled Love me do and managed to place in the charts in the UK. Already in 1963 , Please Please Me and soon yShe From me to you would agree loves you back to a place of honor on the British charts .

This year may be considered the birth of the " Beatlemania " phenomenon of idolatry to the group were epitomized hysteria accesses suffered female audience at concerts of training. The ' Beatlemania' extended a year later to the United States, where issues like Love Me Do , She Loves You and I want to hold your hand reached the top spot on the charts .

Simultaneously , The Beatles shot several films using their popularity among most notably's Night that day ! ( 1964), Yellow Submarine ( 1968 ) . The group continued discs chaining an average of two per year, most of whose songs were written by themselves , which gives an idea of ​​its extraordinary fertility .

Cover of Let It Be (1970 ) , his latest album

In 1967 would market his most revolutionary , Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band , an LP that marked the birth of psychedelic music and was a resounding global success for the British group , which reached number one on the British charts simultaneously and U.S. . Following the release of Let It Be , in 1970 , the disagreements within the training ended with the dissolution of the same and each member continued his solo career , be fruitful without any attempts to re- assemble . The death of John Lennon in 1980 at the hands of a disturbed had a big impact around the world , and ended any dream of his fans in this regard.

The influence of the work of The Beatles throughout the subsequent decades has been immense , so much be felt strongly in the musical phenomenon called brit pop , one of the most significant in the nineties . Besides its undoubted importance purely artistic , The Beatles were forever as the symbol of a lifestyle that entroncó perfectly with the deep concerns of youth 1960 .

The influence of the work of The Beatles throughout the subsequent decades has been immense , so much be felt

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