The Beatles: The Legendary Fab Four

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The Beatles: The Legendary Fab Four The Beatles, said to be one of the greatest bands of all time, came to be when Paul McCartney met John Lennon on June 6, 1957 whilst Lennon had been performing with his band (The Quarrymen) at a fair in Woolton, England. McCartney had impressed Lennon with his guitar playing skills and was invited into the band. Less than a year later, George Harrison entered the band as another guitarist. Stu Sutcliffe and Pete Best also joined as the bass guitarist and the drummer. In the summer of 1960, the band was offered a two month gig in Germany. Around this time, the band decided to change their name. They went through many names; Johnny and the Moondogs, The Silver Beetles, The Beatals, The Silver Beatles, …show more content…

The fall of that same year, the band signed a manager, Brian Epstein, who got the band a recording contract in 1962. Their producer, George Martin, liked their sample songs and signed the Beatles to a one year contract, also recommending a studio drummer.
Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) was the last person to join the Beatles. He had met the band while he was touring with his own band, Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, in the October of 1960. He was invited to join the Beatles in 1962, replacing Pete Best.
The band proceeded to record their first single in the September of 1962. One side of the record was “Love Me Do”, and the other was “P.S. I Love You”. This single became popular, but their next single (“Please Please Me”) reached number one. The Beatles really became popular in 1963. After recording an album, they proceeded to tour most of ‘63.
When the band appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9th, 1964, Beatlemania really started to pick up in the USA. Following their success, the band released their first movie, A Hard Day’s Night. They also made four other movies (Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, and Let It …show more content…

Each member proceeded to pursue their own solo career.

Solo Careers/Lives
Paul McCartney was the first Beatle to put out a hit solo album (McCartney, 1970.) From there, McCartney put together a band, Wings, which was popular throughout the ‘70s, winning two Grammy awards and putting out many hit singles.
When fellow band member and friend John Lennon died in 1989, McCartney stopped touring for a while. He did, however, keep recording music. During this time he collaborated with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson.
Tragedy struck once again in 1998, when longtime wife and soulmate, Linda Eastman passed away. McCartney then married Heather Mills four years later, they had a daughter (2003), and then separated in 2006. McCartney is currently married to Nancy Shevell, whom he married in 2011.
McCartney’s most recent album, New, came out in 2013.

John Lennon released his debut solo album (John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band) in 1970, and released Imagine a year later in 1971, which was the most successful of his solo efforts. It was also named number three#3 on Rolling Stones Magazine’s “All Time Best

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