shannon hudgins, pierson woodson, thomas mathew how did “the beatles” become a rock band?
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THE BEATLES
Shannon Hudgins, Pierson Woodson, Thomas Mathew
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How did “The Beatles” become a rock band?
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It started with John Lennon he wanted to start a band. He decided to call it Quarrymen in March 1957.
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Later he was introduced to the Paul McCartney and he joined the band on guitar and vocals . George Harrison joined the band as lead guitarist and then Pete Best joined as a drummer.
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They got rid of Pete and hired Ringo Starr, because of his bad timing. Later on they made their first album and traveled around the world .
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How did “The Beatles” get so famous?
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During one of the worst winters in 1962 they made an appearance on the T-V show “Thank Your Lucky Stars”. This made them very famous so the “Royal University Show” came up with a story for them.
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In 1960 they played in Hamburg. Their manager, Brian Epsein, gave them an audition for Decca Records. (The audition failed.)
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In 1962 George Martin became their A&R manager and Pete Best was replaced with Ringo Starr. Their first single was “ Love Me Do” and it was issued October 5,1962.
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It started when Brian Epsein died. Paul wanted to take his spot. They all had different ideas and Paul’s plan failed.
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The members started growing apart from each other. At first John tried to get all the Beatles to come back, but they wouldn’t.
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They decided to hire a new manager, but Klein couldn’t stop the fighting.
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Why did they play Rock music?
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In the 1950’s when they grew up, Liverpool was a sad and poor. When the sailors came back home from their journeys they brought back R&R records from the U.S.
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Before “The Beatles” met they were crazy for singers like Elvis Presley. They also loved the lyrics to R&R music.
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John was inspired by “Heartbreak Hotel”. He became a big fan of American rock music.
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