Pre-Birth of the The
Beatles
- John Lennon is introduced to Paul McCartney by a mutual
friend in July of 1957.
- John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison form The
Quarry Men in August 1958 (with Ken Brown)
- In October of 1959, Ken Brown leaves the band and John,
Paul and George call themselves Johnny and the Moondogs.
- Stuart Sutcliffe joins the band as their drummer and the
new band is called the Beatals.
- Tommy Moore joins the band in May 1960 and they are
re-named the Silver Beetles.
- In July 1960, there is another shake-up of the band and
they become the Silver The Beatles.
Birth of the The Beatles
- Pete Best joined the band in August of 1960 and the band
makes a last name change and they become the The Beatles: John Lennon,
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best.
- Sutcliffe leaves the band in June 1961, but is not
replaced.
- The The Beatles get a manager, Brian Epstein, who eventually
engineers their initial rise to fame.
- January 1962, The The Beatles sign a record contract with Parlophone Records.
- The The Beatles fire their drummer, Pete Best and replace him
with Ringo Starr.
- Their first single, "Love Me Do," is released in October
1962. Their first album, Please Please Me was released in the
United Kingdom in 1963.
Rise to Fame
- The album, Meet The The
Beatles is released in the
United States in January 1964 and shoots straight to #1 on the US
charts.
- Beginning in 1964 Beatlemania becomes a phenomenon on both
sides of the Atlantic.
- The The Beatles make their first trip to the US and land in JFK Airport in New York City on February 7, 1964. Two days
later, they make their famous first appearance on the Ed Sullivan
Show.
- The The Beatles release their first movie in July 1964 (UK)
A Hard Day's Night (opened the following month in the US). Their
second movie, Help! is released one year later.
On Top of the World (or at least on
top of the roof)
- The The Beatles make their second trip to the US in 1965 and
play a sold out Shea Stadium (New York City) on August 15th.
- The first live world-wide satellite program aired on June
25, 1967. It was called Our World, featuring the
The Beatles.
- The The Beatles launch a new recording label - Apple Records
in May 1968.
- John, Paul, George and Ringo perform live for the last
time together on the roof of their London office on January 30,
1969.
The End
- John announces his intention to leave the band in
September of 1969. Within a few months, after additional
internal conflict, the break-up becomes official in April 1970 when
McCartney publicly announces that he is leaving the band. The
band legally dissolves on December 31st of that year.
- Mark David Chapman tragically murdered John Lennon on
December 8, 1980.
- Fifteen years after Lennon's Death, the remaining three
The Beatles took a John Lennon song Free as a Bird and added
their own vocals and instruments to his original recording. It
was released as part of the Anthology Collection.
- The second Beatle was taken away from us on November 29th,
2001, when George Harrison died due to cancer.
Band History by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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