The Beatles Discography and Fact Sheet

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

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

CURRENT STATUS

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)

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

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

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