MUSIC PROJECT

THE BEATLES
CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 5 INTERESTING FACTS

JOHN LENNON ABOUT THE BEATLES
PAUL McCARTNEY CONTROVERSY
GEORGE HARRISON INVOLVING THE BEATLES
VIDEO CLIP
RINGO STARR
INTRODUCTION

The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960.

They were composed of members John Lennon, Paul McCartney,
George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They became widely regarded as the
foremost and most influential act of the rock era. They are the most
popular and influential group in the history of pop music. The group was
originally set up in 1956, but under a different name, The Quarrymen.
They are nicknamed the Fab Four and are the best-selling band in
history, with estimated sales of over 600 million records worldwide.
 John Winston Lennon was born on the 9th of
October 1940 in Liverpool.
JOHN LENNON
He was an English singer and songwriter who
co-founded the Beatles in 1960.
Lennon became interested in music as a
teenager and formed his first band in 1956,
The Quarrymen, who later evolved into the
Beatles in 1960.
When the group split up in 1970, he
embarked on a solo career that produced
many famous songs such as Imagine.
After he married Yoko Ono in 1969, he
changed his name to John Ono Lennon.
He produced an album with his wife Yoko in
1980 called Double Fantasy but was
murdered just three weeks after its release on
the 8th of December 1980 (aged 40), while in
 Sir James Paul McCartney was born on the 18th
PAUL McCARTNEY June 1942 (age 74) in Liverpool.
He is a singer-songwriter, music and film producer,
and a business man.
After the band's break-up, he pursued a solo
career and formed the band Wings with his first
wife, Linda, and Denny Laine.
He has been recognised as one of the most
successful composers and performers of all time.
More than 2,200 artists have covered his Beatles
song "Yesterday which is more than any other
copyrighted song in history.
He is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame (as a member of the Beatles in 1988,
and as a solo artist in 1999).
In 1997, McCartney was knighted for his
outstanding contribution to music.
 George Harrison was born on the 25th of February
GEORGE HARRISON 1943 in Liverpool.
He was an guitarist, singer-songwriter, and music and
film producer who achieved international fame as the
lead guitarist of the Beatles.
He is often referred to as The Quiet Beatle.
He embraced Hindu mythology and incorporated
Indian instrumentation into their music.
Even though most of the Beatles' songs were written
by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, he did write a
few such as "Here Comes the Sun", and
"Something.
After the band's break-up in 1970, Harrison released
the triple album All Things Must Pass, which
contained his most successful hit single, "My Sweet
Lord.
Harrison died on the 29th November 2001, aged 58,
from lung cancer.
 Richard Starkey was born on the 7th July
1940 (age 76) in Liverpool.
RINGO STARR He is a musician, singer-songwriter and actor
who gained worldwide fame as the drummer
for the Beatles.
He wrote some of the Beatles' songs such as
"Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden.
He was twice affected by life-threatening
illnesses during his childhood, and as a result
of prolonged hospitalisations fell behind in
school.
He has featured in a number of
documentaries and hosted television shows
as well as narrated the first two series of the
children's television programme Thomas &
Friends.
He was inducted into the Modern Drummer
5 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE
BEATLES
1. John Lennon grew up near a place called Strawberry Fields in
Liverpool.
2. One of their songs Michelle was inspired by Pauls favourite
technique for picking up girls at parties.
3. Ringos real name is Richard Starkey.
4. The BBC banned their song "I Am the Walrus as it contained
some rude lyrics.
5. There is a heated international grammatical debate over
whether the the in The Beatles should be capitalized.
CONTROVERSY INVOLVING THE BEATLES

From December 1963 Capital Records took control of what The Beatles
produced in America. In June 1966, Yesterday and Today, one of
Capitol's compilation albums, caused an uproar with its cover, which
showed the grinning Beatles dressed in butcher's overalls,
accompanied by raw meat and mutilated plastic baby dolls. It has been
incorrectly suggested that this was meant as an insulting response to
the way Capitol had "butchered" the US versions of their albums.
During a tour of the Philippines a month later, they unintentionally
snubbed the nation's first lady, Imelda Marcos, who had expected them
to attend a breakfast reception at the Presidential Palace. The riots that
followed endangered the group and they had to escape the country with
difficulty.
 VIDEO CLIP
One of The Beatles most famous songs, Hey Jude.