Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was the eighth studio album by the English rock band The Beatles, released in June 1967. It won Grammys for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album and was signed by Apple Records, Capitol Records, and EMI Records. The Beatles were a hugely successful rock band formed in 1960 consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison.