Members  John Lennon 10/9/40- 12/8/80 Guitar  Sir Paul McCartney 6/18/1942 Bass  George Harrison 2/25/43-11/29/01 Guitar  Ringo Starr7/7/1940 Drums

The Beatles  Known as the “Fab Four”  “Greatest Band of All Time”  Everyone look at them to see what was new and cool, from music to their hair and clothes  First to do many things including; music videos or “promos”, stadium concerts, and to blend different cultures of music into the pop world.

 Lennon/McCartney along with Bob Dylan become the most influential songwriters to the new counterculture of the 60s  Symbolic of the love and peace, and everything else associated with the hippy movement.  Singlehandedly changed the whole idea of recording and was the first band to work with backward recording and making the album as the masterpiece which changed the music industry and never looked back.

Key Events  March 22, 1963 Release of first album “Please, Please Me” Was recorded in 12 hrs.  Feb. 9, 1964 Preformed on Ed Sullivan Show Starts “British invasion & Beatlemania”  Dec. 3, 1965 Rubber soul released, first pop album with sitar  Aug. 5, 1966 Revolver released, first album with backwards recording

Key Events  Aug. 26, 1966 Played last live show at Candlestick Park, San Francisco  June 1, 1967 Released Magnum Opus Sgt. Pepper, started summer of love and changed how people thought about recording  November 15, 1970 Official breakup of The Beatles

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