
In August the Beatles are signed as recording artists by EMI. June the BBC broadcasts The Beatles In Concert from their studios in On 6th June they perform 6 songs at the Abbey Road Studios. George Martin at EMI showed sufficient interest and The nextĭay the Beatles fly to Hamburg for a 7-week engagement at the newīrian Epstein continues to try and interest London recording companies with On the 10thĪpril Stu Sutcliffe dies of a brain haemorrhage in Hamburg. Songs but are turned down by the company in March. In January the Beatles audition for Decca Records in London, they perform 15 They formally sign a contract with Epstein. On December 3rdĮpstein goes to the Beatles with a management offer. On November 9th of that year Brian Epstein see the Beatles for theįirst time at a lunchtime show at the Cavern. Lennon writes an article on the formation of the Beatles in the first On 6th July the first edition of Mersey Beat magazine is released and John In June Stu Sutcliffe leaves the Beatles to go to art college On 21st March 1961 the Beatles make their first appearance at the CavernĬlub, The Beatles return to Hamburg in April to play at the Top TenĬlub. Other Beatles as their work permits had run out. Harrison was deported and returned to Liverpool, followed by the Hamburg, Germany with Pete Best as drummer. In August 1960 the re-named Beatles begin a residency at the Indra Club in In November of that year the group disband but reform as the Silver Beatles consisting of John, The Casbah Club opens in Liverpool and The Quarrymen play there In 1959 art student Stu Sutcliffe joins the group to play bass guitar. Their skiffle origins and start using the stage name Johnny and the George Harrison a friend of Paul’s joins the Quarrymen, they move away from Paul a proficient guitarist was soon invited to In 1957 Paul McCartney meets John Lennon and saw The Quarrymen play at a churchįete in Liverpool. There are affiliate links in this post, if you click the link and make a purchase I will make a small commission at no cost to you. Group called the Quarrymen, the name was taken from the school theyĪttended called Quarry Bank Grammar school. Was born on the 25th February 1943, the youngster of theĪs a schoolboy in 1956 John Lennon and Peter Shotton formed a skiffle Paul was born next on the 18th June 1942, finally George Ringo was the oldest of the Beatles he was born on the 7th Julyġ940, John was born on the 9th October in the same year. Of the girls in the audience, it was that loud. Atīeatles concerts the band could not be heard because of the screaming Hordes of screaming girls following them all over the world. The band took the world by storm and the term Beatlemania was born. There were the three original members, John Lennon, Paul McCartneyĪnd George Harrison and after trying several drummers they invited The Beatles were a band from Liverpool, in the UK who consisted of 4 members They also had another 10 of their songs making a re-entry into the charts. Strawberry Fields Forever (re-entry) (1976) (32).Magical Mystery Tour (Double EP) 1967) (2).Penny Lane/ Strawberry Fields Forever (1967) (2) (1).Yellow Submarine/ Eleanor Rigby (1966) (1) (2).Day Tripper/ We Can Work It Out (1965) (1) (1).I Want To Hold Your Hand (re-entry) (1964) (48).I Want To Hold Your Hand (1963) (1) (1).My Bonnie/The Saints by Tony Sheridan with The Beatles as backing band (1962) (48) (26).I will list the song, the year of release and chart position reached here in the UK and also the US if applicable. The Beatles songs list is going to be a good one that’s for sure. Four lads from Liverpool., John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr became one of the biggest groups off all time.įormed in 1960 you can read the early history of The Beatles on the bottom of this post. I would imagine most people have heard of The Beatles. I have also done other posts for Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Today it is time for me to do the Beatles songs list.
