The Beatles

According to time magazines web site time.com, in their top 100 issue from June 8, 1998 the beatles were the number one band of all time. To learn why they were and still a widely known performing group. They not only invented many of the styles used in music today, their lyrics touched the hearts and minds of the youth of the time, they were something new and different, something nobody heard but still loved. To start off you will need to know how they got started.

According to the web site beatles number 9.com the bands beginning can be traced back to 1957. When Paul Mccartney auditioned and got the part for lead guitarist of the Quarry Men. Two years latter they were joined by two more members, George Harrison and Stu Stcliffe. After a short stint as Johnny and The moondogs, they reformed and become the Silver Beatles. In April of 1960 the played for Larry Parnes, by the summer of 1960 the group had a new name The Beatles. This name was dreamed by John Lennon who said "A man in a flaming pie appeared said you shall be beatles with an a". A full time drummer Pete Best was recruited and they secured a place at Bruno Koschminder's Indra Club in Hamburg.

After this according to about famous people.com Their first Television gig was on February 9, 1964 this was on the Ed Sullivan show. In preparation for the show the studio was overwhelmed by guest request of 50,00 tickets for a studio that only held 700. The beatles sang five song at that show and they are in order as follows, All my Loving, Till there was You, She Loves You, I Saw You Standing There and I Want To Hold Your Hand. On This night seventy-three thousand people tuned in to watch the beatles perform.