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The Beatles (The Beatles)
The Beatles is undoubtedly the most influential band in this century. In eight years, they not only changed rock music and pop music, but also changed the face of all music forever.
John Lennon is a guitarist and singer.
Born:1940 65438+1October 9th, Liverpool, England.
Death:1980 65438+February 8th, new york, USA.
Paul mccartney (james paul mccartney) Bass Player and Singer
Date of birth:1June, 94218th, Liverpool, England.
George harrison george harrison guitarist and singer.
Birth:1943 February 25th, Liverpool, England.
Ringo Starr (Richard stucky) drummer.
Born:1July 7, 940, Liverpool, England, in a tree-lined valley.
At the end of 1950s, under the influence of rhythm and blues, a new music style-rock music was born.
From 65438 to 0956, the jazz band Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber broke into the top ten of the charts with a song "Rock Island Line" by Woody Lebatt. (Chris Gbagbo recorded a song named Catc-all in 1967, which was composed by paul mccartney in 1957- 1960) Ronnie Donegan's subsequent series of successful songs (such as Cumberland Gap and Gambler). Because of their simple musical instruments (sometimes just household appliances, like washboards) and the attitude of "anyone can do it", teenagers all over the country began to form their own "Skiffle" bands.
Among these sudden "Schiffer worms", there is a Liverpool boy named John Lennon who is 16 years old. Although he became interested in pop music after listening to "Sad Hostel" recorded by Elvis Presley in 1956, the rise of "Skiffler" music prompted him to form his first band in 1957. The band was called "Black Jack", and John played a guitar and begged him to spend 17 pounds during his period. The group was renamed "Quarry Man" soon (a week later), which was a sentence in their school song. The employees in the quarry are always changing, and their friends often join in. They began to perform at some parties and the "Skiffle" competition near Liverpool. They once participated in the talent contest organized by Carol Loewis, but they didn't even pass the preliminary contest. A month after the failure of the competition, Peter Shawton arranged for the "Quarryman" to give a summer performance at St. Peter parrish Church in Walton. The time is1July 6, 957.
1On July 6th, 957, in another part of Liverpool, Ivan Vaughan, a member of Quarry Men, was persuading his friend Paul McCartney to go to see Quarry Men's performance with him, claiming that it was a good place to meet girls. Anyway, Paul and Ivan went to the show together.
Paul said of John at that time: "I remember going to that place, watching all the programs and listening to all the music." It is John and his band. I remember I was surprised because I was really attracted by music. I remember that John sang a song called "Come with me". He heard the song on the radio, but he didn't know the lyrics. He just made up words he didn't know. He is good-looking and sings well. He should be a good lead singer to me. Of course, he doesn't wear glasses, so he looks really gentle. I remember John was really great. Only he is outstanding, and others are not impressed. "
After the performance of "Quarry Man" in the afternoon, Ivan introduced Paul to John. "I was a fat middle school student at that time, and he put an arm on my shoulder. I think he must have been drinking. " Paul grabbed a guitar and began to show his talent to the band. He sang Tw-Ente Flying Rock and Be-Bop-A-Lula, both of which were John's favorite songs (later Paul copied the lyrics to him). Paul can remember all the lyrics, which makes John very surprised. This 15-year-old boy's guitar skills are not mastered by all members of the quarry people.
1957 July 6th is the most important day in the Beatles' history.
Two weeks later, Peter Short passed Walton by bike and invited Paul to join him on behalf of John and the band. Add "qua-rry men" to paul mccartney. The Quarry Man didn't immediately accept George as too young. George, on the other hand, was bent on joining the band, so he worshipped and imitated John step by step, and his home became a good place for the rehearsal of Quarry Man. Later, when he finally joined the band, the band was renamed "Johnny and the Moon Dog". That autumn (1958), they performed under the name "Jonny and Moon Dog". It performed in Liverpool, and people began to like this band ... 1959, and they changed the name of the band to "Silver Beetle". At this time, they encountered a big problem-the band did not have a drummer. George harrison said he knew someone who came out of the club. He is Pete Best, so he joined the band.
1In August, 960, they simplified the name of the band to "The Beatles". At this time, they came to Hamburg, Germany, because it was easier to find the opportunity to perform there. But when they first arrived, they were told that the band must have five people. So they went back to Liverpool and asked a friend if he would like to join the band as a bass player. This man is Stuart Sutcliffe, and he agreed. It has been 196 1 year. They often perform in Hamburg. /kloc-performed at the Intra Club from August 0/7 to August 0/81October 3, with four and a half hours each night and six hours on weekends. Later, because the police closed the Intra club, the Beatles went to Kaiser Keira to continue their performance. Here, they met Rory storm, the most famous band in Liverpool at that time, and Ringo Starr, the drummer of Hurricane, and Ringo soon became good friends with them. On June 5th, 10, John, Paul, Gio -RGE, Ringo and another member of Hurricane Band Lou Walters recorded george gershwin's Summer Time in the studio. It was also in Kaiser Keira that Stu met astrid, a girl who studied photography. They fell in love quickly and got engaged two months later. The Beatles's early toilet seat hairstyle was designed by Stewart's girlfriend astrid, and was later copied by some singers. On a trip, they met the singer Tony Xie Li Dan. Sheridan wants to record her new album My Bonnie, but she can't find a band. They said they could accompany him, and the two sides hit it off. The producer in Sheridan gave the band a new name "Rhythm Brothers", but this name was only used for this accompaniment.
165438+ 10, the Beatles moved to the top ten clubs. 165438+1October 2 1 day, the unlucky George was deported by the German police because he was found to be under 18 years old and performing in a club. Only a few days later, Paul and Pete were accused of setting fire to the hut behind the cinema where they lived, and were also deported by the police. Naturally, John had to pack up and go back to China. Only Stu stayed, for the girl he loved and the painting.
After returning home, George, Paul and John didn't get in touch until February of the following year. At that time, George didn't even know that other beetles had returned home.
Stu's departure forced the Beatles to look for a bass player again. At first, they found Chase Newby of Pete's old band Blackjack. But soon, Chas left the Beatles because he wanted to continue his studies. 196 1 year, the Beatles without bassist once again set foot on a trip to Hamburg. In the meantime, in order to have a long-term bass player, the Beatles decided to solve this problem from the inside. John, Paul and George began to pass the buck: John wanted Jeangeorges to be a teacher, while others wanted John to go. The end result was that Paul took over the task. At that time, he happened to have no guitar (he broke it when he arrived in Hamburg), and he has been playing the piano. He can only secretly play other people's guitars, and because he is left-handed, he can only play backwards. Another rumor said that after he became a bass player, his first bass was a seven-string bass, and the strings on it were "borrowed" from the piano of a club in Hamburg. A day later, Paul went out to look for his first decent bass. He went to a small shop in downtown Hamburg and saw a violin-shaped bass in the window. That's a Hafner500/ 1, which he bought for about 45 dollars. Later, he had many different models of afner500/ 1.
/kloc-performed in the top ten German clubs in 0/960 and helped Tony Xie Lidan release the single My Bonnie. The audience included Brian Epstein, manager of North End Music Store, who owns a recording studio. He was deeply impressed by The Beatles's performance. So he told the Beatles that he wanted to be a band manager. How can this "beetle" who comes to the door on its own initiative not be tempted? I will be their agent after I recommend myself, which is about 6 1.
1 1 month. Subsequently, Epstein began to contact almost all record companies in Britain.
Under his arrangement, 1962 On the first day of the new year, the Beatles came to Dika Records for an audition. They sang 15 songs carefully selected by Epstein, including three songs written by themselves: Hello Little Girl, Love Dreamer and Love of the Loved. However, Decca thought their songs would not be popular and didn't sign with them.
Soon, Epstein met george martin, who runs Parlaphone, a small company owned by EMI. Epstein had been rejected by many companies at that time, and some were disheartened. In fact, the meeting with george martin was mainly a joke, because george martin's company mainly made comedy recordings. Epstein showed george martin The Beatles's audition tape, and the effect was not good. But in order to know what The Beatles was like, george martin asked Epstein to bring them in and let him see for himself. A few months later,1June 6, 962, the Beatles came to Abbey Road studio for the first time to audition. George martin spent two nights and one afternoon listening to the Beatles' singing, and he was soon attracted by the Beatles' extraordinary charm. LoveMe Do written by The Beatles is one of his favorite songs. Besides, I love you is another song. Only one thing, george martin is a little dissatisfied. He told this to Epstein, but george martin didn't know that Epstein and other The Beatles were also considering this issue. Pete Best, who is quiet by nature, is always at odds with other members of The Beatles. It is also difficult for his drums to provide strong support for rock bands like the Beatles. The most important thing is that the Beatles did know that there was another better drummer.
On August 16, Ringo Starr officially replaced Peter Best as the drummer in The Beatles. This has greatly angered Pete Best fans. Mersey Beat soon received a petition signed by hundreds of people, and many fans gathered in front of the Cavern Club to demonstrate and shouted "Pete Best forever, RingoNever!" There were even some scuffles. On one occasion, george harrison was beaten black and blue. On August 18, Ringo only rehearsed for two hours, and then started their first official recording on Parlaphone with other Beatles.
In the second recording on September 4th, producer george martin wanted them to sing Mickey Murray's song "How did you do it", but the Beatles insisted on using their own song "Love Me, Do It", and the result of the argument was that the Beatles won. Before recording, another suggestion of george martin was adopted, that is, to join John's harmonica. However, they had to change their original plan, with John as the lead singer of Love Me Do and Paul as the lead singer, which made Paul, who was born with stage phobia, very nervous.
On October 5th, 65438/kloc-0, the Beatles' first British single "Love Me Do/P.S.I Love You" was officially released. It is said that Epstein spent money to buy 1 10,000 copies to ensure that this record can enter the top 20 of the charts. For them, this is more or less an achievement. From then on, they began to tour the whole country. Their new song "Please Please Please Me" topped the pop charts. Some of their other early songs that topped the charts were "She Love You" and "From Me to You". At this time, the real "Beetle" craze began. In the same year, they performed in Sweden for the first time, and now America is eager for them to perform. Brian Epstein and their producer george martin want the children to perform in the United States. But the Beatles said, "We will only go if our song wins the first place in America." . So they went to France instead of America. After the performance in France, they received a telegram to the hotel: "Congratulate you on the congressional record! Your song won the first place in the American charts. " So after their trip to France, they began to perform in America. There, they achieved great success. After their great trip to America, they returned to England and began to shoot their first film, Hard Night.
1962 The third trip to Hamburg was painful and unforgettable. 1962 April 10, the day before Beetle arrived in Hamburg, astrid received a phone call from his mother, saying that Stu had a headache and wanted to jump from the second floor window. She hurried home to take Stu to the hospital, but on the way to the hospital, Stu died in her arms. It is said that he died of a cerebral hemorrhage. When astrid went to the airport to meet John, Paul and Peter, their eyes were red. John Lennon wrote in the song "In My Life" that "with the lovers and friends I can still remember, some people died and some people are still alive". This song refers to his dead friend Stuart Sutcliffe, a genius who died young.
The success of the Beatles caused infinite regret for Decca Records, and indirectly led to the signing of Decca Records with Rolling Stone. From here on, a large number of similar groups emerged, and rock music changed with the Beatles!
1964, the Beatles visited Junior Idol Elvis Presley in Gresland, USA. Elvis disdains that these four kids can be alone in the Wulin. He has been lying on the sofa watching TV, not wanting to answer these children's questions. The Beatles didn't care, only thought it was a strange encounter. 1In August, 965, the Beatles set a performance income record at Shea Stadium and took the opportunity to visit their idol Elvis Presley when they were young. I didn't expect Elvis Presley to scold this to his face
Four children criticized the Beatles' music as a noise that created social problems. 1965, 10 year1October 26th, the Anglican Church decided to award them the Medal of Honor. At Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth personally awarded the MBE (Member of the British Empire) Medal to each member. The name of the new album and the second movie is Help! ), sold millions of copies.
1At the end of 965, The Beatles performed in the "Xiye" Gymnasium in new york, with a record audience of 55,000. No one has ever had such a large audience. At this time, their music became more diverse. George harrison is also inspired by Indian music, which can be heard from the album Rubber Heart. Soon, they began to tour Asia, where they sang new songs, including paperback writers. They also went to the Philippines, but they felt uncomfortable there, because there were too many Beatles fans and crazy fans everywhere, which made them very tired.
By the end of 1966, they performed in candlestick park in San Francisco, USA, which was their last official performance. Then they have more time to record songs.
1967, the Beatles released the concept album "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band", which officially made rock music a serious art, and the creative theme was no longer limited to men and women. 1In June, 967, the Beatles were invited to perform live on the world's first satellite radio program. They wrote a song "All You Need Is Love" for this purpose. Through three satellites, 24 countries can watch The Beatles's performance at the same time.
1968, they recorded a white album. On 1969, they made Let It Be. By this time, they were very tired and thought that these albums should be their last works. But they thought "Let it be" was a bit too sad, so they released the album "Abbey Road". They gave their last performance on the roof of the Apple Company in London.
1In April, 970, The Beatles announced its dissolution, but the members continued their respective music careers, and the albums were still on sale, among which the new album sold very well. The Beatles was, is and will probably be the most popular and successful music group in history.