The Beatles were a highly successful English rock band formed in 1960 in Liverpool consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They became one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands of all time, producing many popular songs between 1963-1970 such as "Please Please Me", "Hey Jude", and "Let It Be".

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The Beatles were an English rock
band formed in Liverpool in 1960.
They became perhaps the most
commercially successful and
critically acclaimed act in the
history of popular music. Its
members were John Lennon, Paul
McCartney, George
Harrison, and Ringo Starr.

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Some of the most popular songs:
•Please Please Me (1963)
•A Hard Day's Night (1964)
•Beatles for Sale (1964)
•Help! (1965)
•Rubber Soul (1965)
•Revolver (1966)
•Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
•The Beatles (1968)
•Yellow Submarine (1969)
•Abbey Road (1969)
•Let It Be (1970)

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How did they start?
In March 1957 John Lennon, aged sixteen, formed a group
with several friends from Quarry Bank school. Fifteen-
year-old Paul McCartney joined as a rhythm guitarist
shortly after he and Lennon met in July. In February 1958
Harrison joined as lead guitarist.

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Lennon's friend Stu Sutcliffe, joined in January 1960, and he
suggested changing the band's name to Beatals as a tribute to
Buddy Holly and the Crickets. They used the name through May,
when they became the Silver Beetles. They used it for a while but
they changed their name to the Silver Beatles, and by the middle
of August to the Beatles.