From about 1964- 1970 the

Beatles were the worlds

most famous band. Since
then, there have been
movies, books, articles,
college courses, etc.
about them. The Beatles
are legendary! They sold
over 1 billion
(1,000,000,000) CDs and
videos. THATS A LOT!

The Beatles were made up of four

musicians from Liverpool, England. John
Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison,
and Ringo Starr. They all pretty much
taught themselves how to play.

Before the Beatles:

In the 1950s when the Beatles were
growing up, Liverpool was a poor
seaport city. But being by the
ocean was good for John, Paul,
George, and Ringo because sailors
brought back rock-and-roll records
from the United States.
Rock-and-Roll grew out of American
styles like country and AfricanAmerican rhythm and blues. Rockand-Roll had a lot of energy and
was wild. The favorite instruments
Guitars,
were:
drums,
pianos,
saxophones

Influencers:
The Beatles were inspired by artists like:

Elvis Presley
Bill Haley and
the Comets

Chuck Berry

Little Richard

John Lennon: Founder

- John was born in 1940 during WWII.
Johns father left when he was five.
Although John was raised by his aunt and
uncle, his mother stayed near by and
taught him to play the guitar a little.
- John was a troublemaker in school. He
was smart but never got good grades.
-John Lennon started a band called
the Quarrymen while he attended
an art college

Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney was 2 years younger than John
Lennon. Pauls father set up a pair of radio
receivers for Paul and his brother. This is
how Paul heard his first rock-and-roll
music.
When Paul was a teenager he started to play
tunes on the piano, then the guitar. He
practiced everywhere, even the
bathroom!
Paul met John Lennon when he
saw the Quarrymen play. After
Showing John his skills, he was
invited to join.

George Harrison
If it werent for Paul McCartney, George may not
have been a member of the Beatles. John Lennon
thought George was too young. Paul was persistent,
and after George played a popular song perfectly
for them, John agreed to let him join.
George was the youngest Beatle,
born in 1943. His parents
encouraged him as a young boy
to keep playing the guitar. When
he was 14, he could play very
well.
George was 16 when he joined
the Quarrymen.

Ringo Starr aka Richard

Starkey
Ringo was born in
one of the roughest parts
of Liverpool. He was stricken
illnesses until he was 15. He
school because he was sick so
Ringo began playing the drums
Ringo joined a band
popular in Liverpool
which played at many of
the same places as the
Quarrymen now called the
Beatles.
Ringo stepped in for
Pete Best when he didnt
or couldnt come to
shows. Finally, they

with many
fell behind in
much.
as a teenager.

Introducing: The
Beatles!
George on
the lead
guitar
Paul
on
bass
guitar
John on
rhythm
guitar

Ringo on
the
drums

They began to play at small clubs in Liverpool

and Hamburg, Germany. These clubs were dark
and dank. The Beatles had to sing for hours
at a time. To keep their energy up, The
Beatles often told jokes, ate and drank on
stage. The fans loved it!

The Beatles (with Pete Best

as the drummer)

Signing with a Record

Company
businessman named
Brian Epstein who ran a

record store in Liverpool hear and was

impressed by the Beatles. He got them
signed with a record company.
He scheduled them for concerts, and got them
on the radio and TV shows. Brian told them
the only rule was they had to stop goofing
around on stage so much.

First Album: Please

Please Me
In 1962 the Beatles first
single Love Me Do was
released. It reached #17 in the
UK. 2 years later it was
released in the US and reached
#1.

The song She Loves You helped make the

Beatles first million-selling record. The
Beatles were more popular than ever in
Europe, but there was another place where
the Beatles wanted to become better known.

The United States!

In 1964, the Beatles played on a popular American
TV show the Ed Sullivan Show. 73 million
Americans tuned in to watch and listen.
The fans screamed so
loud, it was difficult to
hear the Beatles.
The Beatles were now
a big hit in the U.S.
too!

Beatlemania

Fans loved the Beatles! They loved their floppy

hair and their famous high-pitched Ooos.
Sometimes their fans actually fainted!
The Beatles began touring all over the world!
More than 55thousand
screaming fans
-- at the
time, the most
ever to have
attended a
single concert
-- packed New
York's Shea
Stadium in

Beatlemania
Traveling was
difficult. The
fans screamed so
loud it was hard
for the Beatles
to hear
themselves sing.
They had to rush
from place to
place to avoid
being mobbed by
adoring,
screaming fans.

NEW Beatles Sound

Finally they stopped
traveling to focus on
making records.
The Beatles experimented with
new sounds in their music.
They created some of the
most exciting music ever!
They put echoes on their
voices, recorded their
voices at different speeds
and experimented with music
and instruments from other
cultures like India. Sgt.
Peppers Lonely Hearts Club
Band is a great example!

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles have six songs in the top thirty of Rolling

Stones Magazines Top 500 songs ever!
Thats twice as many as The Beach Boys and Elvis
Presley combined!

In 1970, when the

band broke up,
many people
believed that
they made rock
and roll music as
important as
classical music.
(Beethoven)
They split up
because they each
wanted to try
their own music.
They were all
very successful.

Fun Fact:

The band
released
seven
albums in
the US and
UK in 1964,
all but
three of
them
charting at
#1. Two
others
peaked at
#2!

Information from:
1)Venezia, M.(1997). The Beatles. New York: Childrens Press.
2)White, D. (2005). Beatles Timeline. About.com. Retrieved March 20, 2009 from http://classicrock.about.com/od/beatles/a/beatles_history.htm
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