The Beatles

T H E B E A T L E S

John Winston Lennon

♪ vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano

♪ born Oct 9, 1940 / died Dec 8, 1980 (aged 40)

♪ founder of The Quarrymen (March1957)

♪ got his 1st guitar from her mother Julia in 1957, its a cheap model of Gallotone Champion Acoustic

♪ 1st written song was "Hello Little Girl" (18 yrs old)

♪ he named the band "The Beatles," though Paul claims that the idea of "BEATles" instead of word "BEETles" is his input

♪ John And Paul formed a song writing partnership for The Beatles, and Lennon/McCartney is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations of all time

♪ had 2 sons: Julian Lennon, w/ his 1st wife Cynthia Powell, & Sean Ono Lennon, w/ his 2nd wife, Yoko

♪ left The Beatles in September 1969 ♪ John had a sucessfull solo career, he released chart topping albums

♪ he wrote singles like "Give Peace a Chance" & "Imagine"

♪ he formed a new band called "The Plastic Ono Band"

♪ also he collaborated w/ geniuses like Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchell & forming the band called "The Dirty Mac"

♪ Dec 8, 1980, was shot 5 times in front of his home by Mark David Chapman

♪ declared dead @ 11:15 p.m(Roosevelt Hospital) after having lost more than 80% of his blood

♪ honored for his Outstanding Contribution To Music(1982 BRIT Awards)

♪ in 2002 he was voted 8th place in the 100 Greatest Britons Poll (Paul was voted 19th)

♪ John: "I still love those guys. The Beatles are over, but John, Paul, George and Ringo go on"

James Paul McCartney

♪ vocals, bass guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards, drums

♪ born June 18, 1942 (age 66)

♪ 1st instrument: nickel-plated trumpet-bought by his Father, but later on Paul swapped it for Framus Zenith Acoustic Guitar

♪ 1st written song was "I Lost My Little Girl" (14 yrs old)

♪ John met Paul @ the Woolton Parish Church, during the performance of John’s group the Quarrymen(July 6, 1957)

♪ John was impressed by Paul’s ability to tune a guitar & by his knowledge of song lyrics, John asks him to join the group

♪ he debuted on Oct 18, 1957 as a Quarrymen

♪ his first performance was terrible, missing some notes on his guitar, and John laugh all the way out

♪ realising that other Liverpool bands were playing the same cover songs as theyre doing, it prompted him and John to write more original materials

♪ was married to Linda Eastman in Mar 12, 1969

♪ left the The Beatles in Apr 10, 1970 due to “personal, business and musical differences”

♪ he launched a successful solo career and formed the band Wings

♪ "Sir Paul" was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for helping to revolutionize pop music(March 11, 1997)

George Harrison

♪ vocals , guitar, ukelele, sitar

♪ born Feb 25, 1943 / died Nov 29, 2001 (aged 58)

♪ was known as the "Quiet Beatle"

♪ 1st instrument: spanish-style acoustic guitar-1955, its a 12th birthday gift from his father

♪ Paul introduced the 14 yr old George to John

♪ John didnt like George because he was too young for the group, but Paul convinced John to allow him to join the band

♪ George wrote his first song "Don't Bother Me" in 1963

♪ He and Eric Clapton formed a close friendship in the late 60's and they co-wrote the song "Badge"

♪ he married model Pattie Boyd, on Jan 21, 1966 w/ Paul as the best man and on 1974 Pattie left him for Eric Clapton, though they still remained friends despite their relations with Boyd

♪ left The Beatles on Jan 10, 1969

♪ he died due to lung cancer

♪ George: "The solo stuff that we've done would have been on Beatle albums"

Richard Starkey Jr

♪ vocals, drums, percussion

♪ born July 7, 1940 (age 68)

♪ A.K.A. Ringo Starr or Ritchie

♪ originally met the band in Hamburg, in Oct 1960 while he was performing with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes

♪ Aug 18, 1961(Cavern) he sat in for Pete Best(original drummer of The Beatles) and the next day he replaced him at the Cavern permanently, some fans was furious about it, and George eventually received a black eye from one of Pete's Fan

♪ Aug 16, 1962, was declared the official drummer of The Beatles

♪ was married to Maureen Cox by Feb 11, 1965 and got divorce in 1975

♪ they had 3 children Zak(now drummer of Oasis), Jason and Lee and later on remarried himself to Barbara Bach in Apr 27, 1981

♪ after the band brokeup, he release his own solo album but failed to top the charts