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The Beatles FOUNDED....

In Liverpool, England - 1960 when the Quarrymen's trio of guitarists John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison changed the band's name first to the Silver Beatles and then to just the Beatles.

ORIGINAL GROUP MEMBERS 1960

Band Member	Noise Maker
John Lennon	Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Paul McCartney	Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
George Harrison	Lead Guitar, Vocals
Stuart Sutcliffe	Bass
Pete Best	Drums

The following are the major Beatles line up changes

On Bass Guitar...
Paul McCartney switched from rhythm guitar to bass guitar to replace Stuart Sutcliffe -1961

On Drums...
Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best - 8/62

Stuart Sutcliffe drifted out of the band in early 1961 wanting to spend more time with girl friend Astrid Kirchherr as well as possibly continuing his art studies in Germany.

Stuart became quite ill and died of a brain Hemorrhage in April of 1962.

Beatles manager Brian Epstein told Pete Best that he was being replaced by Ringo Starr, just weeks before the group would record their first single.

CURRENT (OR FINAL) GROUP MEMBERS

Band Member	Noise Maker
John Lennon	Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Paul McCartney	Bass Guitar, Vocals
George Harrison	Lead Guitar, Vocals
Ringo Starr	Drums, Vocals

CURRENT STATUS

The beatles disbanded in 1970.

Paul has been on the road with the The Back In The World tour in 2003 and the 04 Summer tour. Both concert tours played mainly European venues.

A new book detailing life on the road with Paul McCartney during his recent Back In The World Tour was released in 2004 including the excellent photography of Bill Bernstein.

The just-released book carries a cumbersome title, "Each One Believing: On Stage, Off Stage and Backstage" (Chronicle Books, 207 pages, $35), but provides a fascinating, inside glimpse of what it takes to mount a massive world tour seen by 2 million people in 16 countries.

Ringo Starr releases new book 11/30/04

Whenever John, Paul, or George went on a trip, they would send Ringo a postcard. Now, for the first time, Ringo Starr is opening his private archive to share this delightful and very intimate correspondence in a book entitled "Postcards from the Boys". (about 16 bucks from Amazon.com)

Each postcard is a warm and personal snapshot of life in (and after) The Beatles. The 51 postcards -- many of which are covered in whimsical drawings -- are colorfully reproduced front and back and include Ringo's liner note commentary.

Ringo has been organizing all-star (or "All-Starr") bands and touring regularly with them Since 1989.

The 2003 version and the 8th band since 1989 includes John Waite of The Babys and Bad English; Colin Hay of Men At Work; Paul Carrack of Ace, Squeeze and Mike & the Mechanics; Sheila E of Prince and her successful solo career, and Mark Rivera, who is best known for playing with Billy Joel. These are not the huge megastar names that have populated past All-Starr Bands, but they're certainly all capable musicians and prominent figures from the 1980s music scene.

John Lennon was murdered 12/8/80 in New York City, shot at point blank range by David Chapman. George Harrison died of brain cancer 11/29/01 in Los Angeles California.

BEATLES DISCOGRAPHY
TOP 10 ALBUMS (NOT INCL COMPILATIONS)

Rank	Album Title and Year
#1	The Beatles Yesterday and Today - 1964
#1	Abby Road - 1969
#1	Anthology 1 - 1995
#1	Anthology 2 - 1996
#1	Anthology 3 - 1996
#1	Beatles '65 - 1965
#1	Beatles VI - 1965
#1	Help - 1965
#1	Let It Be - 1970
#1	Magical Mystery Tour - 1968
#1	Meet The Beatles - 1964
#1	Revolver - Pop Album - 1966
#1	Rubber Soul - Pop Album - 1966
#1	Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1967
#1	The Beatles Yesterday & today - 1966
#1	A Hard Days night - 1964
#1	The Beatles (White Album) - 1968
#1	The Beatles Second Album - 1964
#1	Beatles for Sale - 1964
#2	Hey Jude - 1970
#2	Introducing The Beatles - 1964
#2	Rock-N-Roll Music - 1976
#2	Something New - 1964
#2	Yellow submarine - 1969

BEATLES DISCOGRAPHY - TOP 10 SINGLES

#1    Can't Buy Me Love - Pop Singles -1964
#1    I Feel fine - Pop Album - 1964
#1    I Want To Hold Your Hand - Pop Album - 1964
#1    Love Me Do - Pop Album - 1964
#1    She Loves You - Pop Album - 1964
#1    A Hard Day's Night - Pop Album - 1964
#1    Eight Days A Week - Pop Album - 1965
#1    Help - Pop Album - 1965
#1    Ticket To Ride - Pop Album - 1965
#1    Yesterday - Pop Album - 1965
#1    Paperback Writer - Pop Album - 1966
#1    We Can Work It Out - Pop Album - 1966
#1    All You Need Is love - Pop Album - 1967
#1    Hello Goodbye - Pop Album - 1967
#1    Penny Lane - Pop Album - 1967
#1    Hey Jude - Pop Album - 1968
#1    Come together - Pop Album - 1969
#1    Get Back - Pop Album - 1969
#1    Let It Be - Pop Album - 1970
#1    The Long And Winding Road - Pop Album - 1970
#2    Do You Want to Know A Secret - pop Album - 1964
#2    Twist And Shout - Pop Album - 1964
#2    Yellow Submarine - Pop Album - 1966
#3    Please Please Me - Pop Album - 1964
#3    Nowhere Man - Pop Album - 1966
#3    Something - Pop Album - 1969
#4    She's A Woman - Pop Album - 1964
#4    Lady Madonna - Pop Album - 1968
#5    Day Tripper - Pop Album - 1966
#8    Strawberry Fields forever - Pop Album - 1967
#8    The Ballad Of John And Yoko - Pop Album - 1969
#10   P.S. I Love you - Pop Album - 1964

ALBUMS SOLD

Determining accurate and reliable U.S. sales is difficult. Determining foreign sales is almost impossible, not to mention the huge amount of bootlegging in many countries of the world.

Album sales reported here are based on the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) Latest data.

The Beatles have sold more than 166 Million Albums in the USA.

AWARDS

Grammy Awards - The Grammy's are the only peer-presented award to honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position.

1964 - Best new artist of 1964

1964 - A Hard Day's Night (track) - Best performance by a vocal group

1967 - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Best contemporary album

1967 - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Album of the year

1996 - The Beatles Anthology - Best music video, long form

1996 - Free As A bird - Best music video, short form

1996 - Free As A Bird (track) - Best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

The Beatles inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - 1988.

INDUCTEES: John Lennon (vocals, guitar; born 10/9/40, died 12/8/80), Paul McCartney (vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, drums; born 6/18/42), George Harrison (guitar, vocals; born 2/25/43, died 11/29/01), Ringo Starr (drums, vocals; born Richard Starkey 7/7/40).

John Lennon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the ninth annual induction dinner, 1/19/92.

George Harrison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004

BEATLES DISCOGRAPHY - LIST POSITIONS

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums

Position	Album
#1	Sgt Pepper's lonely Hearts Club Band
#3	Revolver
#5	Rubber Soul
#10	The Beatles (White Album)
#14	Abbey Road
#39	Please Please Me
#59	Meet The Beatles
#86	Let It Be
#332	Help
#388	A Hard Day's Night
#420	With The Beatles

About.com Ultimate Album list (Not Ranked)

Abbey Road

The Beatles (White Album)

A Hard Day's Night

Let It Be

Magical Mystery Tour

Revolver

Rubber Soul

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band

About.com 500 Greatest Songs

Position	Song
#4	A Day In The Life
#15	Yesterday
#27	Hey Jude
#39	Let It Be
#52	While My Guitar Gently Weeps
#75	Something
#85	Sgt Pepper/With A Little Help From My Friends
#91	All You Need Is Love
#99	Long And Winding Road
#102	Revolution
#115	Come Together
#122	Eleanor Rigby
#129	Day Tripper
#134	Help
#161	In My Life
#197	Eight Days a Week
#204	Ticket To Ride
#217	Get Back
#220	Golden Slumbers Medley
#232	Sun King Medley
#244	Twist and Shout
#259	Here Comes The Sun
#266	Strawberry Fields Forever
#272	She Loves You
#290	I Wanna hold Your Hand
#300	Paperback Writer
#315	Penny Lane
#327	We Can Work It Out
#348	A Hard Day's Night
#394	Magical Mystery Tour
#426	Norwegian Wood
#438	Please Please Me
#447	Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
#453	Ballad Of John And Yoko
#467	Glass Onion
#494	I Should Have Known Better

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