The Beatles were one of the most famous rock and pop groups in history. "Fab Four", as the Beatles were called, were from Liverpool, England. Most of the songs by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. George Harrison has played guitar and Ringo Starr played drums. Over the last 50 years the Beatles have sold over one billion records and CDs. They had more number one hits than any other British pop group.
In the late 1950s, John Lennon formed a group called the Quarrymen ". Until 1960 have changed their names a few times but finally called the Beatles. Initially the Beatles were influenced by American rock and roll musicians like Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley. In 1961, owner of a record store Liverpool, Brian Epstein, became their manager. The first hit single "love Me Do became an immediate success. Adolescents all England went crazy when they saw and heard the new stars, not only because of the music, but because of their personality and the new hairstyle.
In 1964 the Beatles Tour of the USA for the first time. A TV appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show legendary, one of the most popular TV show at that time, made them stars at once. Thousands of young Americans went to concerts and mass panic broke out the Beatles appeared everywhere. Beatlemania was born.
In mid-1960s the Beatles started changing their music. Became more poetic, melodica and significant. Lennon and McCartney began writing lyrics to many of the problems of society. The Beatles also began to experiment with electronic music and other tools. In 1966 they played their last concert and concentrated on making music in the Studio.
Although the second part of the 1960s has been very successful and the Beatles released a number of hit singles, including Hey Jude, Let It Be or Get Back, the members of the band started to quarrel and pursue their own interests. In 1970 they finally broke after 8 years of success. All the Beatles began his solo career: John Lennon sang with his wife Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney has started a new band called the wings. George Harrison and Ringo Starr also began to sing alone.
Fans around the world called for a reunion of the "Fab Four" but when John Lennon was shot to death by a fanatical outside his apartment in New York in 1980 the world knew that the Beatles would never play together again. George Harrison had died of cancer in 2001.
Even if their active career lasted only for a short time the legendary Beatles you still live in the hearts of millions of fans of pop music in the world.
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