1. George Watson

2. Meet The Beatles!
John Lennon Paul McCartney
 9 October 1940–8 December 1980  18 June 1942–Present
 Rhythm guitar, vocals;  Bass guitar, vocals;
occasionally harmonica, occasionally piano, drums,
piano, and various others and various others
George Harrison Ringo Starr
 25 February 1943–29 November 2001  7 July 1940–Present
 Lead guitar, backing vocals;  Drums; occasionally backing
occasionally vocals, sitar vocals, vocals
 Real name Richard Starkey

3. Albums
 Please Please Me (Parlophone, 1963)
With The Beatles (Parlophone, 1963)
A Hard Day's Night (Parlophone, 1964)
Beatles for Sale (Parlophone, 1964)
Help! (Parlophone, 1965)
Rubber Soul (Parlophone, 1965)
Revolver (Parlophone, 1966)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Parlophone, 1967)
 Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol, 1967)
The Beatles (Apple, 1968)
 Yellow Submarine (Apple, 1969)
Abbey Road (Apple, 1969)
Let It Be (Apple, 1970)

4. Films
A Hard Day's Night Help!
 1964  1965
 Purportedly a ”day in  A religious cult tries
the life” of the group to steal Ringo's ring
Magical Yellow Let It Be
Mystery Tour Submarine  1970
 1967  1967 The break-up
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 A journey on  A cartoon about and the making
an enchanted a submarine in of their last
tour bus a magical land album

5. Member History
 Founded as The Quarrymen in 1957 by John
and Paul, with Stuart Sutcliffe on bass
 Harrison joined the following February
 Pete Best joined on drums in August 1960, just
in time for a trip to Hamburg
 In April 1962, Sutcliffe died of a brain
haemmorhage with his fiancée in Hamburg
 Best was fired and Ringo joined in June 1962,
the day first single ”Love Me Do” was recorded.
 The band broke up in 1970, following much
animosity

6. Major Events
 Founded in 1957
 ”Love Me Do” released, 1962; band's famous line-up
complete
 First UK #1 single, ”From Me to You” released, 1963
 Please Please Me released, 1963
 ”She Loves You” becomes best-selling single of all time,
1963 (a record later broken by Paul McCartney's solo song
”Mull of Kintyre”)
 A Hard Day's Night released at the peak of the band's
popularity, 1964
 Band gives up touring in 1966 to focus on studio work
 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the group's
magnum opus, released, 1967

7. Major Events, contd.
 Manager Brian Epstein dies in 1967; group away in India
 Magical Mystery Tour film is a commercial and critical flop
 Apple Corps is founded to handle the band's affairs, 1968
 Release of double album The Beatles marks the group's
most experimental work yet, 1968
 Let It Be film documents the making of the album of the
same name, against a backdrop of animosity within the
group, 1968–1969
 The band unofficially separates temporarily, but returns to
the studio to record Abbey Road
 The Let It Be album is produced by Phil Spector and
released, much to Paul's dismay, in 1970
 Paul McCartney officially quits, 1970. The band breaks up.

8. A Selection of Records Held
 Most singles on the Billboard Hot 100 at once (12, inc. top 5)
 Most #1 albums in the British albums chart (15)
 Most #1 hits in the British singles chart (17)
 Most weeks in the British singles chart (456)
 Most weeks at #1 in the British singles chart (69)
 Most weeks at #1 in the British albums chart (174)
...and more
 Most top 10 hits in the British singles chart (28)
 Most consecutive weeks at #1 in UK albums chart (51)
 Most consecutive #1 hits in the UK singles chart (11)
 Most complete ever domination of the British charts
 Most weeks at #1 in UK albums chart in a year (40, 1964)
 Most no. 1 albums in the British albums in a year (3, 1965)

9. Statistics
 ”Can't Buy Me Love” far surpassed all previous
records by selling 940,225 copies on the day of
its US release.
 They sold more than 25 million records in just
the US in 1964 alone.
 By the time Abbey Road was released in 1969,
the group had sold more than 300 million
records.
 To date, The Beatles' record sales are over 1.3
billion units worldwide.

10. Where Are They Now?
 John Lennon was shot five times in the back by
Mark David Chapman outside his New York
home on the night of 8 December 1980. He
died almost instantly. Chapman is currently
incarcerated.
 George Harrison died of throat and lung cancer
in December 2001.
 Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are still
performing, and both have tours planned in the
near future.

11. Any Questions?