The History of The Beatles

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Are you fond of band music?

“As John Lennon said, Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own

It. Ever heard of The Beatles? It is one of the greatest bands of all time, they are the first band that used

The effects in their music. The Beatles are the best selling band in the United States. Even though they are

Already disbanded, they have a lot of fans until now and they continue to influnce people with their

Music. Because of their popularity since decades ago until now, people can’t go wrong when they hear

The word The Beatles, the first thing that will come into their mind is the famous classic rock band.

HOW THE BEATLES STARTED

Where they got their band name

In Liverpool, 1957 of July, Paul McCartney met John Lennon when they were teenagers. Paul impressed

John with his mastery of accoustic guitar and he was invited by John Lennon to join to his group called

The Quarrymen. Then in February 1958, George Harrison joined the group. In 1959 they played regular

Gigs at the club called The Casbah. They were joined by vocalist Stuart Sutcliffe and by drummer Peter

Best. They were all huge fans of Buddy Holly, whose band was the Crickets (in fact they recorded of a

Number of Holly’s songs). The name Silver Beetles was adopted as a tribute to the Crickets, the second

“e” change into “a” to bring the name in line with their styles then finally shortened to The Beatles. The

group went through several names such as “The Johnny and the Moodogs, “The Silver Beatles”, “The

Beattals”, “The Silver Beattals”, “The Silver Beatles and eventually “The Beatles”. By The time The

Beatles really hit it big in about 1964 the t...

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