The Beatles | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-23

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00:04:01 1 History
00:04:10 1.1 1957–1962: Formation, Hamburg, and UK popularity
00:12:44 1.2 1963–1966: Beatlemania and touring years
00:12:57 1.2.1 iPlease Please Me/i and iWith the Beatles/i
00:18:39 1.2.2 First visit to United States and British Invasion
00:23:17 1.2.3 iA Hard Day's Night/i
00:24:48 1.2.4 1964 world tour, meeting Bob Dylan, and stand on civil rights
00:27:57 1.2.5 iBeatles for Sale/i, iHelp!/i and iRubber Soul/i
00:35:55 1.2.6 Controversy, final tour and iRevolver/i
00:42:31 1.3 1966–1970: Studio years
00:42:42 1.3.1 iSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/i
00:48:06 1.3.2 iMagical Mystery Tour/i, the White Album and iYellow Submarine/i
00:55:44 1.3.3 iAbbey Road/i, iLet It Be/i and separation
01:04:32 1.4 1970–present: After the break-up
01:04:42 1.4.1 1970s
01:10:06 1.4.2 1980s
01:12:05 1.4.3 1990s
01:13:40 1.4.4 2000s
01:16:48 1.4.5 2010s
01:20:26 2 Musical style and development
01:22:54 2.1 Influences
01:24:18 2.2 Genres
01:28:37 2.3 Contribution of George Martin
01:31:25 2.4 In the studio
01:33:00 3 Legacy
01:37:05 4 Awards and achievements
01:39:16 5 Personnel
01:39:26 6 Discography
01:41:05 7 Song catalogue
01:47:39 8 Selected filmography
01:48:36 9 Concert tours
01:49:43 10 Notes
01:49:52 11 Citations
01:50:02 12 Sources
01:50:11 13 Further reading
01:50:20 14 External links



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The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The line-up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr led them to be regarded as the most influential band of all time. With a sound rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the group were integral to the evolution of pop music into an art form, and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. They often incorporated elements of classical music, older pop, and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways, and they experimented with a number of musical styles in later years, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As they continued to draw influences from a variety of cultural sources, their musical and lyrical sophistication grew, and they came to be seen as embodying the era's socio-cultural movements.
Led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period from 1960, initially with Stuart Sutcliffe playing bass. The core trio of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, who had been together since 1958, went through a succession of drummers, including Pete Best, before asking Starr to join them in 1962. Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act, and producer George Martin guided and developed their recordings, greatly expanding their domestic success after their first hit, "Love Me Do", in late 1962. As their popularity grew into the intense fan frenzy dubbed "Beatlemania", the band acquired the nickname "the Fab Four", with Epstein, Martin and other members of the band's entourage sometimes given the informal title of "fifth Beatle". 
The Beatles were international stars by early 1964, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market and breaking numerous sales records. They soon made their film debut with A Hard Day's Night (1964). From 1965 onwards, they produced increasingly innovative recordings, including the albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), The Beatles (also known as the "White Album", 1968) and Abbey Road (1969). In 1968, they founded Apple Corps, a multi-armed multimedia corporation that continues to oversee projects related to the band's legacy. After the group's break-up in 1970, all four members enjoyed success as solo artists. Lennon was shot ...