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1. their names

2. when the famous group was formed

3. the year and title of their first single

4. when the song All you need is love was first performed

5. when the group split

6. when and how John Lennon died.

 

 

 

In the 1960s the Beatles became the most successful pop group ever. The ‘Fab Four’ – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison – were all from Liverpool and came together in August 1962. In October of that year released their first single, Love me do, which reached N°16 in the charts. Their next record, Please please me, became N°1 in February 1963 and the rest, as they say, is history.

On February 9, 1964 the Beatles appeared on the very influential American television programme, ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’: 73 million people watched them in America alone and wherever they went from that day on normal activities would stop as people rushed to get a glimpse of their heroes. Beatlemania had arrived. Performances everywhere were greeted with riotous enthusiasm by screaming fans and often police found it necessary to use high-pressure water hoses to control the crowds.

Between 1962 and 1970 the Beatles recorded 214 songs, made five films and appeared at numberless gigs, and made a host of personal appearances on television shows. The writing and composing duo of John Lennon and Paul McCartney penned many an unforgettable song including Hey Jude, Yesterday, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Sergeant Pepper.

The song All you need is love was performed at “Our World”, the first live, international concert broadcast on 25 June 1967. At the height of the Vietnam War, the group wanted to spread a message of peace and love to the world and the song became the anthem of the flower children and the hippie revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Their life together put them through terrible strains and from 1968 the Beatles began to experience personal difficulties, especially between Paul and John, the group’s creative soul. In April 1970 Paul decided to leave. The Beatles never got together to play again. On December 8, 1980 John Lennon was shot dead in New York. Paul is the only one who continues to sing and compose.

The Beatles were among the most acclaimed and best-selling artists in the history of popular music. Four decades after their breakup, their music continues to be popular.

 

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