Beatles Reach Paper

Beatles Reach paper

The sensation that would be known as Beatlemania was originally started in Liverpool, England. Richard Starkey, later changing his name to Ringo Starr was born on July 7, 1940. Three months later, John Winston Lennon was born. Two years later, James Paul McCartney was born on July 18. George Harrison was born on February 25, 1943. When the group first got together, they were called the Quarry Men. Lennon originally founded the Quarry Men with his schoolmate Pete Shotton in March 1957. Somewhere in February 1957, George met Paul and later on John and is invited into the band. That was the start of the Beatles.

The Quarry Men's' first gig was in August 1959, they were set to play the newly opened Casbah Club, which was run by Mona Best at the time. After searching for a bassist, John invites his friend Stuart Sutclaffe. Playing local shows gained them some popularity. They started being known as the "Silver Beetles" and then the "Silver Beats." The band's first tour was a tour around the U.K. and Scotland, being the opening band for Johnny Gentle's show.

After relentless touring and a big effort to get their name out into the public, they get a steady gig at the Indra Club in Hambug, Germany. The band played from August 1960, to October 1960 .They played for approximately 48 days. The crowds they drew started getting larger and larger. By the end of those 48 days, they were going by the name "The Beatles" Everyone in the group was started to get better at their instruments and pave the way for their future as rock 'n roll icons.

When the band took a trip to paris in late 1961, John and Paul went to get a new haircut, little did they know that this would change the bands image forever, it became a Beatles trademark and was called the "mop top." When Brian Epstein approached the band with promises for bigger fame and more money, they signed a contract with Epstein in early 1962. Shortly after their signing with Epstein, their original bassist dies from a brain hemorrhage.

Before signing their major deal with EMI records, they told the band that if they wanted to be successful they would have to let go of Pete Best and he was eventually replaces by Ringo Star. The first performance of the Beatles we know today took place at Hulme Hall on August 18 1962. The band was hard at work trying to come up with their first single and they had it, it was called "Love Me Do," and after their first hit they followed up with many catchy tunes such as "Please Please Me," which was a song Lennon's mother used to sing to him in his childhood. "Please Please Me" was also the name of the Beatles' first album which got them more attention; their United States debut was imminent.

On February 9, 1964, more than 70 million Americans gathered around and watched the United States debut of the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show. The event was advertised weeks before it happened and there were many excited people to see the Beatles. Due to the power of radio broadcasting, the Beatles were able to get their music heard on this side of the Atlantic and gained a following without even being in the country. The big headlines for advertisements for their debut show were "The Beatles Are Coming!" Many newspapers and magazines chose them to be featured stories in their paper. At 8 PM EST Ed Sullivan gave his introduction and the Beatles craze exploded. During the show, the music played by the Beatles were drowned out by the voices of teenagers, mainly female teenagers. The show was kicked off by the song "All my Loving" and ended with the famous hit "I Want To Hold Your Hand." This broadcast is regarded as a defining moment in rock 'n roll history.

It was 1964, roughly the middle of the careers of the Beatles. Up until that date they had released three albums: "Please Please Me," "With The Beatles," and "A Hard Day's Night" That was the time the "Beatlemania" craze was at its peak. When people knew the Beatles were