The Beatles

The Beatles are the rock's parents. The member's were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. The band began to be formed in 1956, when John met Paul and George, and invited them to his band called The Quarrymen. Ringo was just a temporary drummer. In 1961, the name of the band changed to "The Beatles". In 1962, they were hired by EMI and Ringo became the oficial drummer. The young boys with acid humor won the parades of sucess and made a show to the queen of England at the London Palladium.

They became more and more famous. In 1964, they hit the USA. After some years of sucess, they got tired of the fans and the shows. At this time, people started to say that Paul was dead and John was hated by Christians because he said that they were more famous than Jesus Christ (their albuns were burned in public squares). In 1967 they recorded "Sgt. Peppers" and came back to the sucess. Then, they started to control their own business. In 1968 they recorded "The White Album", that led the hippie movement. Ringo started to feel bad in the band and tried to leave the group. John married Yoko Ono, who is responsible for destroying the band. After many fights, Paul went out of the band. This was the end of The Beatles. In 1980, John was killed and in 2001 George died because of a cancer. But Harrison left and incomplete cd, which was finished by Ringo and Paul in tribute. Until today, their songs are a sucess. Never has a band been so important. "We live in a world where we have to hide ourselves to make love, while the violence is made at the light of day".
John Lennon


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