John Lennon/Paul
McCartney (The Beatles)
John Lennon (1940-1980) Paul McCartney (1942- ) George Harrison (1943-2001) Ringo Star (1940- )
Nationality: British
Popular Songs: Love Me Do, Help, She
Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, I Saw Her Standing There, Paperback
Writer, Please Please Me, Drive My Car, Twist and Shout, Eight Days a Week, Yellow
Submarine, Let it Be, Here Comes the Sun, Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need
is Love, Get Back, Hey Jude, Yesterday……
Interesting Facts:
-The Beatles were the world’s most popular
musical group from 1964 to 1970.
-They met in
Liverpool, England performing in a band called the Quarrymen.
-The Beatles made
their American debut on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
- Rooted in 1950’s
rock and roll, the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles
ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to
psychedelic and hard rock, often
incorporating classical elements in innovative
ways.
-In 1965 Queen
Elizabeth II appointed all four Beatles Members of the Order of the British
Empire.
-The Beatles filmed
several movies including Help, A Hard Day’s Night, Magical Mystery
Tour, Let it Be, Yellow Submarine.
-Lennon, McCartney,
Harrison and Starr all released solo albums in 1970. Paul McCartney
had success in the 1970’s with the band Wings.
-The Beatles are the
best-selling band in history, with an estimated sales of over 600 million
records worldwide.
-The group was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, and all four were
inducted individually from 1994-2015
