2. The four-member band from Liverpool, England, known as The Beatles, became one of the most popular rock and roll bands in history. In a course of 8 years they changed not only rock and roll, but also the face of all music forever. Now almost all people know the names of those great musicians. That’s name them here:  John Lennon (John Winston Lennon) - born October 9, 1940, Liverpool, England - died December 8, 1980, New York, USA  Paul McCartney (James Paul McCartney) - born June 18, 1942, Liverpool, England  George Harrison - born February 25, 1943, Liverpool, England - died November 30, 2001, Los Angeles, USA  Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) - born July 7, 1940, Dingle, Liverpool, England Presentation.

3. Before They Were The Beatles. 1957-1959 John Lennon was just 17 when he formed his first band, “The Black Jacks”. The band was made up entirely of classmates at Quarry Bank Grammar School in Liverpool, and almost immediately after they started, they changed their name to “The Quarry Men”. They played skiffle music, a mixture of folk, jazz and blues which was popular in England at the time.

4. In the summer of 1957, “The Quarry Men” were playing in a church hall when another member of the band introduced Lennon to Paul McCartney, then a 15-year-old left-handed guitar player. He was immediately invited to join, which he did in October, 1957.

5. Another great musician, George Harrison, joined to the band in February 1958. “The Quarry Men” broke up early in 1959. Lennon and McCartney continued their songwriting, but Harrison joined another band called “The Les Stewart Quartet”. “The Quarry Men” briefly reunited when Harrison's group fell apart and he recruited Lennon and McCartney to help him fulfill a contract with Liverpool's Casbah Coffee Club. After that Lennon, McCartney and Harrison continued performing as “Johnny and the Moondogs.”

6. Pre-Beatlemania. 1960-1963 In 1960 Lennon, McCartney and Harrison were joined by drummer Pete Best and bassist Stu Sutcliffe, a friend of Lennon's from the Liverpool Art School. They used several different names like “Long John and The Beatles”, “The Silver Beetles”, “The Beat Brothers” before they became “The Beatles”, the band which name became known throughout the world.

7. Stu Sutcliffe left the band after 18 months, so it was Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Best who met in June 1962 the producer George Martin. Martin liked everything about the band except Pete Best. Because of that Ringo Starr was recruited to replace Best. In September, 1962, the band's first single “Love Me Do” was released, eventually reaching №17 in the UK.

8. Beatlemania. 1964-1965 Beatlemania was responsible for the concept of the stadium concert. More than 55-thousand screaming fans (at the time, the most ever to have attended a single concert) packed New York's Shea Stadium in August 1965. By April, 1964, the band's singles occupied the top five spots on the “Billboard” Hot 100 chart. That summer they toured New Zealand and Australia, where their arrival in Adelaide was greeted by a crowd estimated at more than 300,000. The first The Beatles movie, “A Hard Day's Night” was released in 1964.

9. It was a pivotal moment in their career. The song “Please Please Me” soon topped the UK charts. The Beatles progressed artistically and commercially with each successive record. On February 9, 1964 they appeared on the American television program “The Ed Sullivan Show”. The show became the highest rated show in television history to that date. It was also claimed that there was not one reported crime during the time the performed.

10. Beginning of the End. 1966-1968 The band released just two albums in 1966. In the summer of that year the band was attacked by an angry crowd in the Philippines after turning down an invitation to breakfast at the Presidential Palace. That disastrous tour had no sooner ended when Lennon set off a huge wave of record burning protests when he suggested in an interview that "Christianity is dying" and that The Beatles "are more popular than Jesus now." Their double album, “The Beatles” (also known as “The White Album”) was released in November 1968.

11. Two months later all the members of the band were honored with Members of the Order of the British Empire, one of the highest honors bestowed in the UK, usually to military and government officials. The Beatles' second movie, “Help!” came out in 1965, and the soundtrack was one of the four albums the band released that year. Press here to listen to the song “Help” 

12. The End. 1969-1970 Disagreements and disharmony among band members had been gradually increasing, become especially apparent during the White Album recording sessions. Their last recording session followed in August, 1969. In September 1969, Lennon told the band that he was leaving. The band's breakup was announced in April 1970.

13. Life After The Beatles. 1970-present. All four of The Beatles carried on with successful solo careers after the breakup of The Beatles. John Lennon released seven albums between 1970 and 1980. An additional album, Milk and Honey, was released (in 1984) after Lennon's death. George Harrison released a dozen solo albums and produced films through his company, Handmade Films. Harrison died of cancer at the age of 58 in November 2001. Ringo Starr has released nearly two dozen albums and appeared in about the same number of films since the breakup of The Beatles. Paul McCartney has been the most prolific ex-Beatle as a solo artist. He continues to tour and record and he is really one of the most successful musicians in history.

14. In addition to the 23 albums released during the band's life (1960- 1970) there have been more than 150 compilations, recorded interviews and videos issued. Hundreds of books have been written about their personal lives, their music, and their influence on pop culture and rock music. Their original record label, EMI and the Guinness Book of World Records estimate that more than 1-billion The Beatles albums, singles and CDs have been sold worldwide.

15. The Beatles music still loved by hundreds of millions of people all over the world. And the list is going on… The latest THE BEATLES’ album is “LOVE”, which was released in November 2006. Discography DateALBUMS / Singles 1961My Bonnie 1962 OctoberLove Me Do/P.S. I Love You 1963 JanuaryPlease Please Me 1963 March 22PLEASE PLEASE ME 1963 AprilFrom Me To You 1963 July 22INTRODUCING... THE BEATLES 1963 JulyTwist And Shout/There's A Place 1963 AugustShe Loves You 1963 SeptemberTHE BEATLES HITS 1963 November 22 WITH THE BEATLES 1963 NovemberI Want To Hold Your Hand 1963 NovemberTHE BEATLES NO. 1 (EP) 1964 January 20MEET THE BEATLES! 1964 January Sweet Georgia Brown 1964 February ALL MY LOVING (EP) 1964 March Can't Buy Me Love 1964 March Do You Want To Know A Secret/Thank You Girl 1964 March Why 1964 April 10 THE BEATLES SECOND ALBUM 1964 MayAin't She Sweet 1964 MaySie Liebt Dicht (She Loves You) 1964 JuneTHE BEATLES FIRST 1964 JuneLONG TALL SALLY (EP) 1964 JuneFOUR BY THE BEATLES (EP) 1964 July 20 SOMETHING NEW 1964 July A Hard Day's Night/I Should Have Known Better 1964 JulyA HARD DAY'S NIGHT 1964 August I'll Cry Instead/I'm Happy Just To Dance With You 1964 August And I Love Her/If I Fell 1964 AugustMatchbox/Slow Down 1964 NovemberI Feel Fine/She's A Woman 1964 DecemberBEATLES FOR SALE 1964 DecemberTHE BEATLES' STORY 1964 December 15 BEATLES '65 1964THE AMERICAN TOUR WITH ED RUDY 1965 February Eight Days A Week/I Don't Want To Spoil The Party 1965 February4-BY THE BEATLES (EP) 1965 March 22THE EARLY BEATLES 1965 AprilTicket To Ride/Yes It Is 1965 JulyBEATLES VI 1965 JulyHelp! 1965 JulyHELP! 1965 SeptemberYesterday/Act Naturally 1965 DecemberWe Can Work It Out/Day Tripper 1965 DecemberRUBBER SOUL 1965Rock And Roll Music 1966 FebruaryNowhere Man/What Goes On 1966 JunePaperback Writer/Rain 1966 JulyYESTERDAY... AND TODAY 1966 AugustYellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby 1966 AugustREVOLVER 1967 FebruaryPenny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever 1967 June SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 1967 JulyAll You Need Is Love/Baby You're A Rich Man 1967 November Hello Goodbye/I Am The Walrus 1967 December MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR 1968 MarchLady Madonna/The Inner Light 1968 AugustHey Jude/Revolution 1968 November THE BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM) 1969 JanuaryYELLOW SUBMARINE 1969 AprilGet Back/Don't Let Me Down 1969 MayThe Ballad of John And Yoko 1969 September ABBEY ROAD 1969 October Something/Come Together 1970 MarchHEY JUDE 1970 MarchLet It Be 1970 MayLET IT BE 1970 MayThe Long And Winding Road 1970THE BEATLES NO. 5 1970A COLLECTION OF BEATLES OLDIES 1973 AprilTHE BEATLES 1962-1966 1973 AprilTHE BEATLES 1967-1970 1976 JuneROCK AND ROLL MUSIC 1976 JuneGot To Get You Into My Life 1976 JulyBack In The U.S.S.R. 1976 AugustTHE BEATLES TAPES 1977 April LIVE! AT THE STAR CLUB IN HAMBURG, GERMANY; 1962 1977 MayTHE BEATLES AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL 1977 December LOVE SONGS 1977Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da 1978 November THE BEATLES COLLECTION (BOX SET) 1981TALK DOWNUNDER 1981TIMELESS 1982 October 20 GREATEST HITS 1982THE SILVER BEATLES 1982THE BEATLES IN ITALY 19831962 THE AUDITION TAPES 1984TALK DOWNUNDER (AND ALL OVER), VOL. 2 1986A TASTE OF HONEY 1987 November THE BEATLES (Intertape) 1994 December LIVE AT THE BBC 1995 August 22 THINGS WE SAID TODAY - TALKING WITH THE BEATLES 1995 November ANTHOLOGY 1 1995 ALL TOGETHER NOW: HARRISON, STARR, ONO, CLAPTON & FRIENDS 1995 TALK DOWNUNDER - AUSTRALIA BEATLEMANIA 1995 TALK DOWNUNDER - SYDNEY TO SEATTLE 1995Free As A Bird 1996You've Got To Hide Your Love Away 1996 MarchANTHOLOGY 2 1996Real Love 1996LEANING ON A LAMPPOST 1999 March 15LAST NIGHT IN HAMBURG 2003 November 18 LET IT BE... NAKED 2004THE CAPITOL ALBUMS VOL. 1 2005 LAST YEAR - FEBRUARY 1969 TO JANUARY 1970 2005 May 31AS IT HAPPENED 2005 August 9BEATLES '64: GOIN' TO KANSAS CITY