The Beatles

The Beatles (formed 1960 - disbanded 1970) were an English rock band founded by bassist Paul McCartney (born: )https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005200/, drummer Ringo Starr (real name Richard Starkey; born: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0823592/, guitarist George Harrison † (February 25, 1943 - November 29, 2001 [aged 58])https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365600/ and lead guitarist John Lennon † (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980 [aged 40]).https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006168/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 They became widely regarded as the greatest and most influential act of the rock era, and one of the best-selling acts of all time.
==History==
===Formation===
In late 1956, John Lennon formed a band while at Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool, England. The band was known as The Quarrymen. Several months into the formation, a southpaw musician named Paul McCartney met Lennon, and the two jammed together. In 1958, George Harrison, who was a friend of McCartney's, also joined the band. Harrison played as a lead guitarist, despite being younger than Lennon and McCartney, especially on a double-decker bus.
In 1959, Lennon began to study at the Liverpool College of Art, while the trio switched their band name to Johnny and the Moondogs. They met Stuart Sutcliffe, who befriended Lennon at the Liverpool College of Art. Sutcliffe purchased a bass after selling one of his artwork pictures and joined the band.
In 1960, the band changed its name to The Beatals. The name took effect until May until the band changed its name to The Silver Beetles. They went on a brief tour, especially in Scotland, where they met pop singer Johnny Gentle. By July, the band rebranded as The Silver Beatles before finally settling in on The Beatles in August.
Allan Williams, the band's manager, made arrangements for the band to live in Hamburg, Germany. The Beatles met drummer Pete Best and hired him on the spot just four days before taking up a residency in Hamburg. Bruno Koschmider arranged the Beatles to perform at a few strip clubs, but one of them had to close due to noise violations. Worse case scenario, the Beatles performed at one club, which breached their contract, and Harrison was seemingly underage with a petition by German authorities to have him deported back to his native country, England. The entire band was deported after McCartney and Best were arrested for arson after they set fire to a condom in a concrete corridor.
For the next two years, the Beatles resided in Hamburg and regularly used Preludin to maintain their energy for daily performances. Subsequently, Sutcliffe resigned to maintain his art studies, and McCartney took over playing the bass. Their first legit gig took place at The Cavern, a club in Liverpool. Following the gig, they encountered Brian Epstein, a local record-store owner and music columnist. Epstein eventually became the band's manager in January 1962.
Feeling that Best's drumming skills were not at its best, the Beatles released Best from the band and settled in on Ringo Starr, thus completing the band's initial lineup.
===YouTube===
Their YouTube channel was created on November 23 2005https://www.youtube.com/@TheBeatles/about and first uploaded on November 24, 2005. The channel serves as a purpose for uploading and archiving The Beatles' music and music videos on YouTube. 
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
*Please Please Me (1963)https://www.allmusic.com/album/please-please-me-mw0000649873 
*With the Beatles (1963)https://www.allmusic.com/album/with-the-beatles-mw0000192941
*A Hard Day's Night (1964)https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-hard-days-night-mw0001948685 
*Beatles for Sale (1964)https://www.allmusic.com/album/beatles-for-sale-mw0000189172 
*Help! (1965)https://www.allmusic.com/album/help%21-mw0000189173 
*Rubber Soul (1965)https://www.allmusic.com/album/rubber-soul-mw0000192940
*Revolver (1966)https://www.allmusic.com/album/revolver-mw0000189174
*Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)https://www.beatlesstory.com/blog/2017/05/31/sgt-pepper-i-dont-want-to-spoil-the-party/
*The BeatlesAlso referred to as "The White Album". (1968)https://www.thebeatles.com/beatles-0
*Yellow Submarine (1969)https://www.thebeatles.com/yellow-submarine
*Abbey Road (1969)https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/classic-albums/the-beatles-abbey-road/
*Let It Be (1970)https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/05/08/let-be-50th-anniversary-looking-back-beatles-final-album/5174735002/
==Filmography==
===Fictionalised===
*A Hard Day's Night (1964)
*Help! (1965)
*Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
*Yellow Submarine (1968) (brief cameo)
===Documentaries and filmed performances===
*The Beatles at Shea Stadium (1966)
*Let It Be (1970)
*The Compleat Beatles (1982)
*It Was Twenty Years Ago Today (1987) (about Sgt. Pepper)
*The Beatles Anthology (1995)
*The Beatles: 1+ (2015) (collection of digitally restored music videos)
*The Beatles: Eight Days a Week (2016) (about Beatlemania and touring years)
*The Beatles: Get Back (2021)
==Concert tours==
===Headlining===
*1963 UK tours (winter–autumn)
*Autumn 1963 Sweden tour
*Winter 1964 North American tour
*Spring 1964 UK tour
*1964 world tour
*1964 North American tour
*1965 European tour
*1965 US tour
*1965 UK tour
*1966 tour of Germany, Japan and the Philippines
*1966 US tour
===Co-headlining===
*Winter 1963 Helen Shapiro Tour
*Spring 1963 Tommy Roe/Chris Montez UK tour
*Roy Orbison/The Beatles Tour
==Past members==
John Lennon 2.jpg|John Lennon
Paul McCartney.jpg|Paul McCartney
George Harrison2.jpg|George Harrison
Ringo Starr.jpg|Ringo Starr
==Subscriber milestones==
*1 million subscribers: April 30, 2018
*2 million subscribers: July 16, 2018
*3 million subscribers: June 28, 2019
*4 million subscribers: March 16, 2020
==Notes==
==References==
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