THE BEATLES

By: Lauren Ballentine, Mark Sherman,Mackenzie Mason, and Jackson Boyd

How did the band form?

In the beginning, John Lennon had a band of his own.

• Lennon’s band was named The Quarry Men at the time that he met Paul McCartney, on July 6, 1957. He eventually asked him to join the band, and McCartney accepted. As they grew, McCartney recommended his friend, George Harrison. After he auditioned, he joined the band.

The band went through many phases.

• They also went through many names. They were first called Johnny and the Moondogs. Then the Silver Beetles, next The Beatals, The Silver Beatles, and finally the group decided on The Beatles, which, they kept.

They had members that they did not keep.

• Members of The Beatles that didn’t stay include:

• Stuart Sutcliffe- who played the bass guitar• Pete Best- who played the drums• And Brian Epstein, who was their manager.• The members of the band who are most

widely known are John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.

Why?

•Why did the band break up?

Different interests?

The Beatles slowly developed different interests and music styles. Ringo wanted to write and develop his own music but was too scared to do so. The others were starting to get their own tastes and styles of music and the band went downhill form there.

Brian Epstein dead?

The Beatles took a sharp turn downhill when their manager died. Brian managed everything and worked hard on the Beatles image. They trusted each other but when he died it started falling apart.

Wanted to play different music A while after their manager died the Beatles

members started producing their own music. George started to feel neglected and Ringo was too insecure to talk and produce his own music. Paul is upset with new producer and has been writing other songs with John. Eventually they developed different tastes in their own music and started focusing on their own careers.

How did they become such a

big hit?

Beatles Early Years

• In the year 1960 the Beatles form in Liverpool England

• June 6, 1962 at Abbey road studios Beatles pass audition with the exception of drummer Pete Best

• Manager Paul Epstein fires Pete Best

First Hit

• Ringo Starr joins the Beatles(replacing Pete Best as drummer)

• The Beatles recorded their first hit Love Me Do in 1962

• They reached the top of UK and US charts• London became their home in 1963• Their single She Loves You became a hit

The Legacy of the Beatles

The Beatles created over 240 songs they recorded singles and albums as well as making films and TV shows

They were the most successful pop group of their time and changed culture forever

WHY was John Lennon killed?

Who killed J. Lennon?

• Mark Chapman was the man who killed John Lennon

• He shot Lennon four times in the back• Lennon was shot on the steps of his

apartment building• Chapman killed him late in 1980

What was the effect of Lennon’s death?

• People around the world mourned his murder• His songs topped the U.S. charts very shortly

after he was shot• People today still go to the Imagine spot in San

Francisco to remember him

Why did Chapman shoot Lennon?

• Many people believe that Chapman had a narcissistic personality; that HE was the real John Lennon and there wasn’t enough room in the world for both of them

• He turned on his former hero because of the things Lennon did made Chapman think that he was a hypocrite.

websites

• www.delta.ro/beatles/phist.html• http://answers.yahoo.com• http://beatlesnumber9.com\• www.thebeatles.com• www.allmusic.com

books

• Time-Life Books. Rock & Roll Generation: Teen Life in the 50s. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1998. Print.