THE BEATLES

THE BAND

• George Harrison played the lead guitar and sang back up vocals
• John Lennon played rhythm guitar, piano, and sang lead
• Paul McCartney played bass guitar, piano and alternated lead singing
• Ringo Starr was the drummer/back up vocals.

HOW THEY MET

• First Paul McCartney met John Lennon and he was invited to join his band the Quarrymen.
• George Harrison joined them and they played regular gigs at a club called The Casbah.
• They were joined by way later by Ringo Starr who played with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes

POPULARITY

• Their manager Brian Epstein encouraged a change in the band's image
• There music and humor made them became big in Europe
• In 1964, they broke through in the US, and the rest of the world.
• Best songs: "A Day in the Life", "Strawberry Fields Forever"
• Best albums: "Act Naturally", "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"

BRITISH INVASION

• On 1963 the CBS Evening News ran a story about the Beatlemania in UK.
• People in the US wanted this music and they turned in to
• "I Want to Hold Your Hand" live, the first airing of a Beatles song in the US.
• They also appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. 75% of American watched it.
• Also, "Thank Your Lucky Stars" to promote their single, Please Please Me,

BEATLES IMPACT

• They Beatles revived the youth on both sides of the Atlantic.
• They created self-identity and music-based culture
• They were also a force for political expression, social commentary and contemporary lifestyles.