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History of the Beatles

  • The Beatles timelineThe Beatles timeline stretches from before 1940 through the 2020s. It tracks concerts, records and films.
  • The Beatles at Shea StadiumThe Beatles' Shea Stadium film uses "Twist and Shout" audio from a different concert.
  • The Beatles in HamburgThe Beatles first lived in Hamburg in a storeroom beside a cinema toilet. They washed with cold water from the urinals.
  • The Beatles in IndiaThe Beatles' 1968 stay at an ashram in India produced a burst of new songs. Eighteen ended up on the White Album.
  • Break-up of the BeatlesThe Beatles' last recording together was an unremarkable session on August 20, 1969.
  • Magical Mystery Tour (film)The Beatles' film Magical Mystery Tour began as a blank sheet of paper with a circle on it.
  • The Beatles' Decca auditionThe Beatles recorded fifteen songs for Decca on New Year's Day 1962, then got turned down.
  • BeatlemaniaA crowd of 300,000 met the Beatles in Adelaide in 1964. That was roughly half the city's population.
  • British InvasionThe British Invasion may owe part of its start to a letter from a 15-year-old girl, Marsha Albert of Silver Spring, Maryland. She had watched a television news story about the Beatles, a story first prepared for the 22nd of November 1963…
  • The Beatles' recording sessionsIn 2013, Apple Records issued a Beatles outtakes album to keep the recordings from entering the public domain.
  • The QuarrymenPaul McCartney met John Lennon at a Quarrymen show at a church fete in 1957.
  • Lennon–McCartneyJohn Lennon and Paul McCartney met at a church fête in 1957. Paul impressed John by playing "Twenty Flight Rock".
  • The Beatles' rooftop concertThe Beatles played on a London rooftop until police arrived. It was the last time they performed in public.

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