By Claire, Angelica, Emily and Shawna The Beatles By Claire, Angelica, Emily and Shawna

Introduction The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With John Lennon, Paul Mc Carney, George Harrison an Ringo Starr, they became known as the most influential music band in history. They have a total of 311 songs with 69 of them being covers and the rest original compositions. They also recorded 13 albums together and have sold 65,224,000 albums in the U.S. Since 1997. The Beatles recorded sale were worth £17 million between 1962 and 1970 (now £385 million), yet the four members of the group were only worth £1 million in 1968 (£20 - £30 million).

George Harrison George Harrison was born on February 1912 in Wavertree, Liverpool. McCartney, invites Harrison to join the Beatles. Harrisons interest in Indian music lead to the Beatles famous entanglement with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. In 1970 Harrison was the first Beatle to start a successful solo career. Lennon’s death inspired Harrison in 1980 to write a song about all those years ago In 2001 Harrison died at aged 40 due to lung cancer

Paul McCartney Paul McCartney was born June 18, 1942 in Liverpool, England. Paul gained worldwide fame as the bass guitarist and singer for the Beatles. He is also one of the most popular solo performers of all time in the history of music. Paul is one of the wealthiest musicians in the world, with an estimate net worth of U.S $1.2billion After the Beatles disbanded in 1970, he pursued a solo career and formed the band wings with his wife Linda and Denny Laine

John Lennon John Lennon was born on October 9 1940 in Liverpool John attended the Dovedale school for his primary He went to Calderston School for his high school from 1952-1957 He invited Paul McCartney to join the Beatles in 1958 He married Cynthia Powell on August 1962 He left the Beatles on September 1959 John Lennon died on December 8th at the age of 40

Richard Starkey Richard Starkey was born on the 7th July 1940 at 9 Maydryn Street in Dingle Liverpool In 1946 Ritchie was hospitalized with a ruptured appendix and lapses into a 10 week coma On August 18 1962 Ritchie impresses the other Beatles with his drumming skills and he ends up replacing Pete best In 1965 Ritchie marries his childhood sweetheart Maureen Cox On August 22nd 1968 Ritchie decides to leave the Beatles and start a solo career On June 1998 Ritchie releases “ Vertical Man” a new album featuring many stars including Paul Lennon and George Harrison

Octopus's Garden Written by Ringo Starr Genre: Rock Instruments: electric guitars, bass guitars, drums and vocals Length: 2 minutes 51 seconds Release date: 1969 The track had a line-up of to electric guitars (Harrison and Lennon), Bass guitars(McCartney) and drums(Starr).Thirty- two takes were required before the Beatles were satisfied with the track.

Yellow Submarine Genre: Children’s Music Time signature: 4/4 Instruments: piano, bass, guitar, Tambourine and drums Release date: January 13th 1969 Length: 2 minutes 38 seconds Paul McCartney thought about the idea for the song when he was with his girlfriend and family. He wanted it to be a children’s song so he used short words for kids to pick up and sing along.

Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Genre: Rock Length: 1 minute 59 seconds Time signature: 4/4 Instruments: Electric guitars, bass, drums and overdubbed percussion The inspiration is said to have come when roadie Mal Evans innocently asked McCartney what the letters "S" and "P" stood for on the pots on their in-flight meal trays, and McCartney explained it was for salt and pepper. This then led to the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band concept, as well as the song.

Diary Entry February 9th 1964 Today was our first time in the Ed Sullivan Show at Studio 50 in New York. The four of us had our Edwardian suits on and mop top haircuts. We played 5 songs in total. In the first set we played “All my loving”, “Till there was you” and “She loves you”. In the 2nd half of the show we played “I saw her standing there” and “I want to hold your hand”. Although we were nervous at first we rehearsed the songs and the show went very well. We later found out that there were 73 million people watching! Since it was a hit we were suggested to make more appearances on the show and we definitely will.

By Claire, Angelica, Emily and Shawna Thank you for Listening to our project on the BEATLES By Claire, Angelica, Emily and Shawna