ALL ABOUT THE BEATLES

The Beatles are a British rock music group, which revolutionized popular music around the world in the 1960s by leading a movement in rock music known as the British Invasion !rom 196" through 1969, the Beatles achieved unprecedented popularity with #0 songs reaching the Billboard magazine top$ten popular music charts !ormed in 19%9, the Beatles were composed o& &our musicians born in 'iverpool, (ngland) guitarist *eorge +arrison, guitarist ,ohn 'ennon, bassist -aul .c/artney, and drummer -eter Best In 1960 drummer 1ingo 2tarr 3born 1ichard 2tarkey4 replaced Best In&luenced by 5merican rock$and$roll artists o& the late 19%0s, such as 'ittle 1ichard and Buddy +olly, the Beatles styled their songs in the sophisticated manner o& Tin -an 5lley, an 5merican tradition o& popular$music song writing that peaked in the 1900s and 19#0s !rom the simple, &resh style o& their early songs, such as 6I 7ant to +old 8our +and9 3196#4 and 65 +ard :ay;s <ight9 3196"4, the Beatles progressed to innovative, e=perimental works>culminating in the album 2gt -epper;s 'onely +earts /lub Band 3196?4 /onsidered the &irst concept album 3songs uni&ied by a common theme4, 2gt -epper;s 'onely +earts /lub Band was also admired &or its haunting harmony and lyrics, unconventional musical phrases and rhythms, and the integrated use o& electronic music and the Indian sitar @ther Beatles; albums include 7ith the Beatles 3196#4, Beatles &or 2ale 3196"4, 5bbey 1oad 319694, and 'et it Be 319?04 ,ames -aul .c/artney was born into a working$class &amily in 'iverpool, (ngland In&luenced by the music o& his &atherAs Bazz band as a child, the young .c/artney began to play guitar in 19%6 +e and 'ennon per&ormed together in several groups be&ore &orming the Beatles in 19%9 The rock group would revolutionize popular music ,ohn 'ennon was born into a working$class &amily in 'iverpool, (ngland +is parents separated while he was young, and he was raised by an aunt In 19%%, while in high school, he Boined his &irst rock$music group In 19%6 he met bassist -aul .c/artney , 'ennon helped to bring together rock culture and high culture by publishing two collections o& poetry, prose, and drawings, 5 2paniard in the 7orks 3196"4 and In +is @wn 7rite 3196%4 In the mid$1960s, at the height o& the BeatlesA &ame *eorge +arrison was the youngest o& the 6!ab !our9 and was known as the 6Cuiet Beatle,9 and though he had wanted to be success&ul, he never became com&ortable with &ame +e met &ellow Beatle -aul .c/artney when the two were grammar$school students at the 'iverpool Institute 5lthough 'ennon and .c/artney wrote most o& the songs the Beatles per&ormed, +arrison contributed some o& their &inest ones, including 67hile .y *uitar *ently 7eeps,9 6+ere /omes the 2un,9 and 62omething9>the latter eventually recorded by some 1%0 other artists, second only to 68esterday9 among Beatles tunes covered