History of the Beatles

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were called the “Quarrymen” before officially changing their band name to “The Beatles”. The Beatles would be classified as a rock band. John was the Rhythm guitarist, Paul was the main singer as well as a bass player, George was the lead guitarist and Ringo was the drummer. The band’s professional career lasted for about 10 years, 1960 ~ 1970. During the early years of the bands success the fans created a term called “Beatlemania” which was used to show how amazing they are. The fans would always chant Beatlemania, scream or do whatever to show how they feel. Since The Beatles originate from England their largest fan base would be English. In 1963 the band decided to record a few songs for an album that they would create later on, the response to their songs was unbelievable. There songs were also charted top 10 on the music list. The fans were so in love with their music that sales sky rocketed to the millions. Some of their famous songs are; “Love Me Do”, “Please Please Me”, “From me To You”, and “She Loves You”.