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Way before the millennial’s and their pop favorites came into being, there was rock \u2018n\u2019 roll and Beatles and ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand<\/em>‘. The Beatles rock band was formed in Liverpool, UK in 1960. The band’s FabFour band players were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Today \u2018The Beatles Story\u2019 a museum at the Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool that opened on May 1, 1990, tells the story of four teenagers who rocked the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\nImage credits: Pinterest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Teenagers Lennon and McCartney<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In July 1957, two music-loving teenagers Paul McCartney and John Lennon met in Liverpool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
16-year-old John Lennon, at that time, was performing with the Quarrymen, a skiffle (folk music blended with jazz or blues) band which performed regularly at church fetes in Woolton, Liverpool. 15-year-old Paul impressed John with his mastery of acoustic guitar, was invited to join in the band. George Harrison joined them in February of 1958. In 1958 and 1959 the Quarrymen performed at family events like the reception for Harrison\u2019s brother\u2019s wedding, at local parties, at Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool and at Hippodrome in Manchester. They were also joined by vocalist Stuart Sutcliffe, and by drummer Peter Best, whose mother owned The Casbah club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 1960s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In January 1960, the Quarrymen\u2019s name changed to Silver Beetles and later to Silver Beatles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In August 1960 John Lennon renamed the band, \u2018The Beatles<\/em>\u2019 by combining the words ‘beetles’ and ‘beat’. In 1960 The Beatles for the first time performed outside of UK in Hamburg, Germany. After that from 1960 to 1962, they performed in Hamburg off and on. With Germans who drank beer all night long, they learned to play for 12 hours at a stretch. They also did some studio work as a band for singer Tony Sheridan’s recordings for the German Polydor label, but the band’s name appeared as The Beat Brothers instead of The Beatles. The Beatles unhappy with it, returned to Liverpool. Around the same period February 1961 to August 1963, The Beatles continued to play in Liverpool giving 262 performances at Cavern. While they started at \u00a3 5 for their first show, it touched \u00a3 300. In November 1961 they also hired Brian Epstein to be their first manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Beatles gave 262 performances, sadly they kept having a change of drummers. Harrison in The Beatles Anthology<\/em> says \u201cWe had a stream of drummers coming through,\u201d \u201cAfter about three of these guys, we ended up with almost a full kit of drums from the bits that they\u2019d left behind, so Paul decided he\u2019d be the drummer. He was quite good at it. At least he seemed ok; probably we were all pretty crap at that point. It only lasted for one gig, but I remember it very well. It was in Upper Parliament Street where a guy called Lord Woodbine owned a strip club. It was in the afternoon, with a few perverts \u2013 five or so men in overcoats \u2013 and a local stripper. We were brought in as the band to accompany the stripper; Paul on drums, John and me on guitar and Stu on bass.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Liverpool to London<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
On January 1, 1962, The Beatles came to London to record fifteen songs at the Decca Records. They did not manage to get a record deal with Decca or with any major record label. They were rejected by Columbia, Philips, Oriole, Decca, and Pye. But Epstein never stopped trying until on June 6, 1962, the group got an audition with Goerge Martin at his Parlophone Studio on Abbey Road. George Martin approved of the group except for he did not like Pete Best. Epstein immediately replaced Pete Best with Richard Starkey \u2018Ringo Star\u2019 and the first music contract was signed in January 1962. The four Beatles had arrived – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Star. In September of 1962, they recorded their first hit Love Me Do, which charted in UK, and reached the top of the US singles chart. The rest is history.<\/p>\n\n\n\nImage credits: McCartney.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Going Global<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1963, the Beatles appeared on CBS Evening News. Their music soon spread to American radio stations in Washington and New York. ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ released in December 1963 by the Capitol Records had the world dancing. A tour to the USA began with three TV shows at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, in February of 1964.<\/p>\n\n\n\n