Half a century with The Beatles

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Half a century with The Beatles
- 1957-1959: Before

they were The Beatles
- Pre-Beatlemania: 1960-1963
- Beatlemania: 1964-1965
- Beginning of the End: 1966-1968
- The End and Beyond
III. Conclusion
IV. Opinion poll on the Beatles

Content:

connects people over the world. It hasn’t nationality or citizenship.

I would like to tell you about my favorite music band. This group’s name is The Beatles.

they are four young long-haired hooligans singing primitive tunes. The

others may put them in the same rank with the greatest composers, such as Mozart, Beethoven and Bach.

who decided to play and sing together. None of them

got any special musical education. Each has got his own strong and sometimes strange individuality. They are: energetic, always fighting John, romantic and fantastically talented Paul, philosophical and bit religious George, always smiling and friendly Ringo.

he formed his first band, The Quarry men. In summer

1957 The Quarry Men were setting up for a performance in a church hall when another member of the band introduced Lennon to Paul McCartney. Paul was auditioned and immediately invited to join.

friend and former classmate George Harrison. The band, which then

consisted of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and other members recorded a demo consisting of «Buddy Holly's», «That'll Be the Day» and a Lennon-McCartney original, «In Spite of All the Danger».

drummer Pete Best. They went through a lot of names

- Long John and The Beatles, The Silver Beetles, The Beat Brothers - before settling on The Beatles.

except Best. Ringo Starr, the drummer of another popular Liverpool

band was recruited to replace Best. In September 1962 the band's first single «Love Me Do» was released.

the UK in March 1963. The second album «With The

Beatles» became only the second album ever to sell a million copies in the UK.

five spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That summer

they toured New Zealand and Australia, where their arrival was greeted by a crowd estimated at more than 300,000. The first Beatles movie “A Hard Day's Night” was released in 1964.

concert. In 1965 the Fab Four became Members of the

Order of the British Empire, one of the highest honors bestowed in the UK, usually to military and government officials.

and the soundtrack was one of the four albums the

band released that year.

in 1966. One of them, «Revolver», is considered to be

one of the Beatles' best albums. In1966 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 luster, The Beatles continued to produce critically and commercially

successful albums. The band spent the first part of 1968 in India.When they returned, they announced the creation of their own label, Apple Records, and went to work on the double album, called «The White Album» which was released in November 1968.

that he was leaving. The others persuaded him not to

go public until they made one more effort to get an acceptable version of their final album “Let It Be”. The band's breakup was announced in April 1970, a month before “Let It Be” was released.

the band members followed separate creative paths. Paul McCartney formed

a band called Wings with his wife, Linda; they recorded numerous hit songs, including "Live and Let Die". John Lennon achieved great success as a solo artist with classic songs like "Imagine." Tragically, he was killed by an obsessive fan Mark David Chapman in 1980. George Harrison recorded many solo albums over the years and died of cancer in 2001.

unbelievable way and caused a new musical phenomenon in the

sixties. Their music was fresh and original. They became a worldwide sensation. They wrote about day-to-day subjects, mainly love, which everyone could relate to. They also wrote songs about world issues, such as living in peace. Their songs were trying to encourage people to look on the bright side of life.

their music still has the power to unite millions of

fans all over the world. The Beatles bring us together and show why Music Matters. The Beatles still exist, because their music is loved till our days. Part of themselves lives in our hearts and will remain there forever.