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Short Biographical Notes History of the Band 1 Oral presentation by Dimitrios Groumpos and Paraskevi Tsiataki ! Short biographical notes John Lennon- born in October 1940. Founder of the band. Murdered in December 1980. Sir Paul McCartney- born in June 1942. The most successful musician and composer in popular music history. Knighted by the Queen in 1997. George Harrison- born in February 1943. Lead guitarist and the youngest member of the band. Died of cancer in 2001. Ringo Starr (real name Richard Starkey)- born in July 1940. Drummer and the least visible member of the band. ! History of the band • 1957 Lennon forms “The Quarrymen” • same year McCartney and Harrison join in • several name changes (Johnny and The Moondogs, Long John and The Beatles, The Silver Beetles) • 1960 the band decides to change their name to “The Beatles” • 1961 Brian Epstein becomes the band’s manager • 1962 first record contract, Ringo Starr joins the band • 1964 first commercial breakthrough in the US. The “Beatlemania” begins • 1965 The Beatles gain the title of “Member of the British Empire” 2 • 1967 they become the first band globally transmitted on television, Epstein dies at the age of 32 • The Beatles found “Apple Corps” • 1969 recording of “Abbey Road”, their last album, end of the same year they give their last performance on stage on top of Apple building • 1970 breakup of the band, each Beatle starts solo career • 1980 John Lennon murdered by David Chapman ! The Beatles and their musical influence • Their music was an inspiration for many artists of their generation and for generations that followed • Experimented with various recording techniques • Introduced Eastern music to the Western audience ! The Beatles and fashion • Started off dressed as classic rockers • Introduced mop-top haircut and collarless suits • Their look was adopted by numerous bands in the 60’s ! The Beatles and religion • Expressed their views on religion through their lyrics • Lennon’s famous “we’re more popular than Jesus” quote and the reactions that followed • The Beatles and Eastern religions 3 ! The Beatles on film • A Hard Day’s Night (1964) • Help! (1965) • Magical Mystery Tour (1967) • Yellow Submarine (1968) • Let It Be (1970) ! Meaning of some of the Beatles’ lyrics • “Girl”, the Beatles talk about Christianity • “Nowhere Man”, criticism of society • “Taxman”, criticism on the British tax system • John Lennon’s “Imagine”, an ideal society ! Influence on individuals • Charles Manson • Mark David Chapman (John Lennon’s murderer) Online Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles http://beatles.nondot.org/ http://www.fashionfollower.com/beatles.asp http://www.beatlesagain.com/bapology.html http://www.unt.edu/honors/eaglefeather/2006_Issue/murphy2.shtml http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/manson/mansonbeatles.html http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/beatles/bio.jhtml http://www.beatles.gr/ http://www.newsoftheodd.com/article1012.html .
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