The Beatles
1957. Paul McCartney, a 15 year-old, met John Lennon, a 16 year-old. Paul joined The Quarrymen, band lead by John. George Harrison, a 14 year-old, joined the band to play lead guitar and Stuart Sutcliffe joined The Quarrymen later as the bass player.
1960 The name of the band changed from The Quarrymen to Johnny and the Moondogs to The Silver Beetles to The Beatles.
Pete Best joined the group as the drummer.
1961 Brian Epstein offered to manage The Beatles.
George Martin, a record producer, agreed to produce The Beatles. Pete Best was fired.
Ringo Starr joined the group as the drummer.
“Love Me Do” reached # 17 on the British chart.
1962 Stuart Sutcliffe died of a brain hemorrhage.
1963 “I Want to Hold Your Hand” was number one in England and America.
1964 The Beatles traveled to America for the first time.
1965 Rubber Soul was released. Paul McCartney recorded “Yesterday”.
1966 The Beatles released their Revolver LP.
1967 The Beatles released their greatest work to date: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
1970 Paul quit The Beatles.
1980 John Lennon was murdered.
1996 The surviving members of The Beatles reunited for the Anthology project which yielded a three CD set of out-takes and demos, a ten-hour video series and two new singles, Free As A Bird and Real Love.
1957. Paul McCartney, a 15 year-old, met John Lennon, a 16 year-old. Paul joined The Quarrymen, band lead by John. George Harrison, a 14 year-old, joined the band to play lead guitar and Stuart Sutcliffe joined The Quarrymen later as the bass player.
1960 The name of the band changed from The Quarrymen to Johnny and the Moondogs to The Silver Beetles to The Beatles.
Pete Best joined the group as the drummer.
1961 Brian Epstein offered to manage The Beatles.
George Martin, a record producer, agreed to produce The Beatles. Pete Best was fired.
Ringo Starr joined the group as the drummer.
“Love Me Do” reached # 17 on the British chart.
1962 Stuart Sutcliffe died of a brain hemorrhage.
1963 “I Want to Hold Your Hand” was number one in England and America.
1964 The Beatles traveled to America for the first time.
1965 Rubber Soul was released. Paul McCartney recorded “Yesterday”.
1966 The Beatles released their Revolver LP.
1967 The Beatles released their greatest work to date: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
1970 Paul quit The Beatles.
1980 John Lennon was murdered.
1996 The surviving members of The Beatles reunited for the Anthology project which yielded a three CD set of out-takes and demos, a ten-hour video series and two new singles, Free As A Bird and Real Love.
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