The Beatles Facts Songs Albums Films Breakup And Reunions Of The The beatles. picture: alamy. everyone knows the classic lineup of the beatles: paul mccartney bass and vocals. john lennon guitar and vocals. george harrison guitar and vocals. ringo starr drums and vocals. but it took a while for the fab four to actually come together. 03 the band acquired the nickname “the fab four” sometime during their career. this nickname inspired a california based tribute band of the same name. 04 john lennon and paul mccartney served as the primary songwriters in the band. 05 their music mainly drew influences from beat, skiffle, and 1950s rock and roll.
The Beatles Facts Songs Albums Films Breakup And Reunions Of The British rock and roll quartet the beatles (from left): george harrison, ringo starr, paul mccartney, and john lennon, 1963. (more) formed around the nucleus of lennon and mccartney, who first performed together in liverpool in 1957, the group grew out of a shared enthusiasm for american rock and roll. like most early rock and roll figures. T. e. the beatles were an english rock band, active from 1960 until 1970. from 1962 onwards, the band's members were john lennon, paul mccartney, george harrison and ringo starr. their break up is attributed to numerous factors, including: the strain of the beatlemania phenomenon, the 1967 death of manager brian epstein, bandmates' resentment. In january 1969, the beatles convened in london to record a new album and documentary film. a camera crew captured the quartet as they listlessly learned new songs and squabbled with each other. Besides their many hit songs, the beatles have also appeared in five movies: a hard day’s night, help!, magical mystery tour, yellow submarine and let it be. all these films were fairly well received—with one huge exception. magical mystery tour was so horrible, the beatles eventually publicly apologized for it. kaye, getty images. 97.