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1、the Beatles. The group became a fixture on the rough-and-tumble bar scene in Hamburg, Germany, where their five-set-a-night marathons helped mold them into a tight performing unit. Their early repertoire consisted of well-chosen rock and roll and rhythm & blues covers, running the gamut fromChuck Be

2、rrytoLittle Richard. In April 1961, Sutcliffe left and McCartney switched from guitar to bass. On the local scene in their hometown of Liverpool, the group landed a lunchtime residency at a club called the Cavern, where they were discovered by a local record merchant and entrepreneur, Brian Epstein,

3、 who became their manager in December 1961.Epstein helped polish the groups appearance, dressing them in dapper collarless gray suits and making them appear more friendly than menacing. After being rejected by Decca Records following a January 1962 audition,signed with EMI-Parlophone that April, hav

4、ing impressed producerGeorge Martin. In August, Ringo Starr （born Richard Starkey）, whod been drumming with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, was brought into replace Pete Best. The groups first single, Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You, briefly dented the U.K. Top Twenty in October 1962, but their next 45, P

5、lease Please Me, formally ignited Beatlemania in their homeland, reaching the Number Two spot. It was followed by four consecutive chart-topping British singles, issued throughout 1963: From Me to You,She Loves You,I Want to Hold Your Hand,Cant Buy Me Love. They conquered the U.K., even inducing a c

6、lassical music critic from the London Sunday Times to declare them the greatest composers since Beethoven. The groups success was based around the Lennon/McCartney songwriting partnership, Harrisons guitar-playing prowess, and Starrs amiable disposition and artful simplicity as a drummer. The Beatle

7、s conquest of America early in 1964 launched the British Invasion, as a torrent of rock and roll bands from Britain overtook the pop charts. The Fab Fours first Number One single in the U.S. was released on Capitol Records, EMIs American counterpart. This exuberant track was followed by 45 more Top

8、Forty hits over the next half-dozen years. During the week of April 4, 1964,set a record that is likely never to be broken when they occupied all five of the top positions on Billboards Top Pop Singles chart, with t Buy Me Love ensconced at Number One. Their popularity soared still further with the

9、release of their playfully anarchic documentary film, A Hard Days Night, in August 1964. When all was said and done,charted 20 Number One singles in the States - a number even greater than runner-upElvis Presleys 17 chart-toppers. For such feats of sales and airplay alone,can unassailably be regarde

10、d as the top group in rock and roll history. Yet their significance as a band extends beyond numbers to encompass their innovations in the recording studio. The Beatles legacy as a concert attraction, during their harried passage from nightclubs to baseball stadiums, is distinguished primarily by th

11、e deafening screams of female fans overcome by the groups very appearance. Consequently,began to indulge their creative energies in the studio, layering sounds and crafting songs in a way no one had attempted before. The results included such musically expansive and lyrically sophisticated albums as

12、 Rubber Soul （1965） and Revolver （1966）. For various reasons, ranging from safety concerns to frustration that no one could hear or was listening,retired from touring after a San Francisco concert on August 29, 1966. Ten months later, they released Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, an album that

13、 has almost universally been cited as the creative apotheosis of rock and roll, a watershed event in which rock became serious art without losing its sense of humor （or sense of the absurd）. Realizing the band members collective ambitions took four months and all the technical wiles of producerGeorg

14、e Martin. A completely self-contained album meant to be played and experienced from start to finish, Sgt. Pepper broke the mold in that no singles were released from it. The albums heady artistic reach further cemented the notion of a viable counterculture in the minds of youthful dropouts everywher

15、e. Anyone who was alive in the summer of 1967 can remember the pleasant shock of hearing it and the reverberations it sent outward into the world of rock and roll and beyond. In the wake of Sgt. Pepper,began to splinter in ways that were, at first, subtle but that gradually grew more pronounced. Sub

16、sequent events included the death of manager Epstein due to an overdose of sleeping pills; the release of the TV film Magical Mystery Tour, which earnedsome of their first negative reviews; a trip to India to meditate with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, about whom Lennon wrote the scabrous putdown Sexy Sadi

17、e; and the launching in January 1968 of Apple Corps, Ltd., a disastrously mismanaged entertainment empire that helped bring downamid a tangled maze of money matters. Through all the chaotic events of the late Sixties,managed to retain their integrity and focus as recording artists. Released in Augus

18、t 1968, the single Hey Jude/Revolution became their most popular single. The Beatles （1968）, a double-LP popularly referred to as the White Album, was like a prism that found the group refracting into four individual and highly estimable talents. The album and film Let It Be, recorded in 1969 but sh

19、elved until 1970, essentially documented dissolution and breakup amid internal squabbles and the presence ofJohn Lennons new mate, Yoko Ono. Yetcame together and exited on a high note, uniting in the summer of 1969 to record their swan song, Abbey Road. On April 10, 1970,announced his departure from

20、the Beatles, and the group quietly came to an end. Throughout the Seventies, fans hoped for an eventual reunion, while the group members pursued solo careers with varying degrees of artistic and commercial success. Those hopes were forever dashed by the murder ofJohn Lennonin New York City on Decemb

21、er 8, 1980. July 7, 1940Ringo Starr was born.October 9, 1940is born at Oxford Street Maternity Hospital in Liverpool, England, to Julia Stanley and Alfred Lennon.June 18, 1942Jamesis born in Liverpool, England. February 25, 1943George Harrisonwas born.1956Julia,s mother, bought him his first guitar

22、through a mail order ad. His incessant playing prompts Johns Aunt Mimi to say, The guitars all very well as a hobby, John, but youll never make a living out of it. John forms his first group, the Quarrymen.July 6, 1957meetsat the Woolton Parish Church in Liverpool during a performance by Johns group

23、 the Quarrymen. Impressed by Pauls ability to tune a guitar and by his knowledge of song lyrics, John asks him to join the group. February 1, 1958introducesto the Quarrymen at a basement teen club called the Morgue. George joins the group. August 1, 1960The Beatles make their debut in Hamburg, West

24、Germany, with Stu Sutcliffe on bass and Pete Best on drums.January 1, 1961The Beatles make their debut at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.November 1, 1961Local record store manager Brian Epstein is introduced tothe Beatles. He soon signs a contract to manage them.March 7, 1962The Beatles make their rad

25、io debut performing three songs, includingRoy Orbisons Dream Baby, on the BBC. April 10, 1962Stu Sutcliffe dies of a brain hemorrhage.June 1, 1962The Beatles audition forGeorge Martinat Parlophone/EMI Records. He agrees to sign the group, but insists that Pete Best be replaced. Within months, Richar

26、d Ringo Starkey joins the group.SEPTEMBER 4-11, 1962The Beatles record their first sessions at EMI Studios in London, withas producer.December 1, 1963 first American single, is released by Capitol Records.January 26, 1964I Want To Hold Your Hand （The Beatles） was a hit.February 7, 1964The Beatles arrive in AmericaFebruary 9, 1964The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.February 11, 1964The Beatles begin their first U.S. tour at the Coliseum in Washington, D.C.March 15, 1964She Loves You （