THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE FABULOUS FOUR THE OTHER APPLE years ago, on October 5, The Beatles released their 50 first single, ‘Love Me Do’, and then went on to become the best selling group in the history of music Ayear ago, on the same day, Apple founder Steve Jobs passed away John Lennon Singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist SINCE coming together in 1960, the fabulous four recorded all-time sales at more than a billion records

AS the money poured in, in 1968, the British rockers formed a group to house their record label and a clutch of other creative ventures. They called this Apple Corps Ltd (logo on left)

A DECADE later, on the other side of the Atlantic, Paul McCartney a certain Steve Jobs started another iconic group Singer, songwriter and —Apple Computer, and almost immediately bass guitarist invited a lawsuit from the original keepers of the ‘Apple’ brand alleging trademark infringements

FROM 1978 to 2007, the two Apples fought intermittently, till finally reaching a settlement. Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer) now owns all of the trademarks related to “Apple”, but licenses certain of those trademarks back to Apple Corps for their use George Harrison Lead guitarist HIT LIST We love the Beatles...It In the United feels great to resolve Kingdom, this in a positive during manner 1962–1970, The Beatles Steve Jobs in 2007 released 12 Ringo Starr studio albums, Drums 13 EPs*, and 22 singles EARNINGS With over a billion records sold worldwide in different formats, it’s difficult to ascertain exactly how much money The Beatles have made over the year. And sales continue. When the group debuted on iTunes after sorting out Apple vs. Apple issues, they sold 4,50,000 albums and 2 million individual songs in the first week!

*Extended play i.e. longer than a single but smaller than an album COMPILED BY: DEVJYOT GHOSHAL; GRAPHIC: SAMIR KUMAR