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© 2011 wheresjenny.com THE BEATLES John Lennon George Harrison Paul McCartney Ringo Starr THE BEATLES
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© 2011 wheresjenny.com Beatles Members : John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr Formation Date : 1960 First Major hit : “Where is the love?”, 2003 Place of Origin : Liverpool, England Awards Won : 13 Nominations : 35 FACTS
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© 2011 wheresjenny.com SOME FACTS ABOUT THE BEATLES The Beatles are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. In March 1957, John Lennon, then aged sixteen, formed a small group with several friends from Quarry Bank school. In the month of May, 1962, George Martin signed the Beatles to EMI's Parlophone label. The band's first recording session under Martin's direction took place at EMI's Abbey Road Studios* in London on 6 June 1962. The band's third single, "From Me to You", came out in April 1963 and was a chart-topping hit. ABOUT BEATLES
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© 2011 wheresjenny.com Released in August, the band's fourth single, "She Loves You", achieved the fastest sales of any record in the UK up to that time, selling three- quarters of a million copies in under four weeks. Their commercial success brought increased media exposure, to which the Beatles responded with an irreverent and comical attitude that defied the expectations of pop musicians at the time, inspiring even more interest
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© 2011 wheresjenny.com SEVERALMANY CHART-TOPPING HITCOMING TOP IN CHART IRREVERENTWITHOUT DUE RESPECT COMICALFUNNY ATTITUDEMANNER EXPOSURESHOWING DEFIEDOPPOSE VOCABULARY
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© 2011 wheresjenny.com WHO IS THIS? JOHN LENON PAUL Mc CARTNEY
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© 2011 wheresjenny.com RINGO STARR GEORGE HARRISON WHO IS THIS?
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