English_The Beatles

• The Beatles

  A Liverpool band
• The Beatles

  • First British group to take the world by storm with a new sound in rock music
  • Two guitars, a bass, drums and two or three singers
• The "Fab Four" toured the world and "Beatlemania" was born

  Early 1960s
• The Beatles are the best-selling band in history, with over 600 million records sold
• From their first meeting to their 1970 album Let It Be, they changed the history of pop music


  1957 to 1970
• The Beatles' success story

  1. Played in clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg in 1960

  2. Made their first record, Love Me Do, in London in 1962
• The Beatles gave their last concert

  1966
• Later Beatles albums


  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Abbey Road
  • Mixed many musical styles and created a whole new sound
  • Started another pop music revolution
• So far, the ex-Beatles have recorded 64 solo albums since they stopped recording together
• John Lennon: 'Imagine all the people, living life in peace... You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one...'
• Paul McCartney sang Hey Jude at the opening of the 2012 London Olympics
• George Harrison


  The "spirit" of the Beatles, influenced by Indian culture and made music to raise money for people in poor countries
• Ringo Starr


  The one "who played the drums", worked on musical projects and films and still performs with different artists
• The Beatles


  The most successful band of the 20th century
• How long did the band exist?

  1. Founded in Hamburg
• Clubs in Liverpool = first concerts there


  Date
• Members of the band

  • Ringo Star (drummer, singer)
  • John Lennon (guitarist, singer)
  • George Harrison (guitarist, singer)
  • Paul McCartney (singer, guitarist)
• Ringo Star's real name is Richard Starkey
• John Lennon was murdered in 1980
• George Harrison was a guitarist and singer
• Paul McCartney was a singer and guitarist
• Successful songs


  • Let it be
  • Hey Jude
  • Yesterday
  • The Taxman
  • Penny Lane
• The Beatles performed 1400 concerts
• The Beatles sold 6000 million records