LUCRARE DE
LABORATOR LA T.I.C.
Facultatea de LITERE
Grupa EG11Z
Suleac Nadejda
Music is the
greatest thing which
connects people all
over the world. It
hasn’t nationality or
The Beatles
Who are they?
Some may say that they are four
young long-haired hooligans singing
primitive rock’n’roll tunes
The others may put them in the same
rank with the greatest composers,
such as Mozart, Beethoven and Bach
Still the others
may call them
outstanding
pacifists,
philosophers
and optimists
They are four boys from
Liverpool, who decided to play
and sing together.
15 years of joint life and work,
several concerts at the greatest
TV-studios, concert-halls and
stadiums of the World, some more
than 200 songs and…
…and the super-
popularity which
doesn’t fade away after
so many years…
Rebels and idols, clowns and villains, magicians, quarrelers and spiritual leaders.
Rebels and idols,
clowns and villains,
magicians,
quarrelers and
spiritual leaders…
They are THE BEATLES.
Have you never heard of them?
…It's a long way from
Liverpool to legend…
John Lennon was
just 17 when he
formed his first
band, The Quarry
men.
In 1957 Lennon met Paul
McCartney and invited
him to join his group
McCartney introduced to
Lennon his friend and
former classmate,
George Harrison and he
joined the group
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
John Lennon
Stuart Sutcliffe
In 1960 drummer
Pete Best and
bassist Stu Sutcliffe
joined to the group
Pete Best
Pete Best Stuart Sutcliffe
Paul, John, Pete and George
They went through
a lot of names
before settling on George, Stu and John
The Beatles.
The Quarrymen in Hamburg, 1960
In June 1962, after
Stu had gone the
band auditioned
for Parlophone
Records producer
George Martin
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, eventually
reaching #17 in the
UK.
Their first album,
Please Please Me
was released in the
UK in March 1963.
…She loves you … yeah yeah yeah… she loves
you… yeah yeah yeah…
Their second
album, With The
Beatles became
only the second
album ever to
sell a million
copies in the UK
Vee Jay Records
obtained the US rights
to most of the songs
from Please Please Me
and released them on
an album titled
Introducing ... The
Beatles in January
1964.
On Ed Sullivan's show
In New Zealand and Australia 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.
Beatlemania
The Fab
Four became
Members of
the Order of
the British
The Beatles' second
movie, Help! came
out in 1965
Revolver is
considered to be one
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."
In August 1966, the band made what would
turn out to be its last public performance
lasting barely over a half hour.
Their third feature
film, Magical
Mystery Tour, start
in 1967
The band spent the first part of 1968 in India,
studying transcendental meditation under the
tutelage of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
The band's last performance together
outside the studio came in January 1969.
Their last recording
session (for Abbey Road)
followed in August.
In September 1969, Lennon
told the band that he was
leaving.
The band's breakup
was announced in
April 1970, a month
before Let It Be was
released.
Paul McCartney formed a band called
Wings with his wife, Linda
John Lennon achieved great success as a solo
artist. 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.
This band, their great music means a lot
for me. And not only for me. Many people
all over the world love Beatles. So I can
say with sure that they are still existing
because their music will never die!
