John winston lennon, a member of the famous British rock band The Beatles, is one of the greatest musicians in rock history, the soul of the Beatles, a poet, a social activist and an anti-war.

Date of birth:1940 65438+1October 9.

Date of death:1980 65438+February 8.

Basic information:

Place of birth: Liverpool, England

Height: 178CM

Weight: 153 lb

Constellation: Libra

Blood type: O type

Eye color: light brown

Hair color: brown

Good at musical instruments: guitar, harmonica and other musical instruments, piano, drum set.

Education: Liverpool Art Institute

Band age: 16 years old

Debut age: 20 years old

Hobbies: poetry, painting, girls, drugs (LSD)

Favorite food: jelly, curry john winston lennon (20 yuan)?

Favorite drinks: whisky, tea.

Music hobby: traditional rock (rhythm and blues)

Career aspirations: fame and wealth.

Family: father Freddie, mother Julia, wife Yoko (Yoko Ono Lennon), sons Sean and Julian, ex-wife Cynthia.

Masterpieces: Imagine, gray Guy, Love, Mind Games, Woman, Lucy in a Diamond-encrusted Sky, and New York City.

All you need is love, come along, happiness is a warm gun, strawberry fields forever, Oh, my love, revolution, Norwegian forest, bus tickets, people who never know tomorrow, people who have nowhere to go, true love, God.

19401On October 9th, Liverpool was experiencing a very violent air raid. At half past six in the evening, a pregnant woman named Julia gave birth to a baby boy at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital in Oxford Street. Because his parents were patriotic, the baby boy took Winston, the name of British Prime Minister Churchill at that time, as his middle name. Twenty minutes after he was born, his menstrual Mimi chose John as his name. John winston lennon's father, Freddie Lennon, was a sailor. As early as when Julia was pregnant with John, he lost contact with everyone, just sending a sum of money home every once in a while. When John/Kloc-was 0/8 months old, Julia was told that the source of money had been cut off-Fred abandoned the ship and ran away. Although there was no immediate divorce, Julia and Alfred's marriage ended. When John was five years old, his parents Alfred and Julia once again argued about his custody. In the quarrel, the two decided to let their five-year-old son make his own choice. John chose his father first, but when his mother left the house, he chased him out again. After that, his father Fred never heard from him again-until he became a member of The Beatles.

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney is regarded as the top music notation in the 20th century, and he is listed as the most successful composer in history by Guinness World Records. Whether he was a Beatle or not, paul mccartney wrote or helped write more than 50 top ten songs. He has 60 gold records and sold 6,543.8+billion singles. His song "Yesterday" is the most recorded song in history, and it has been played over 7 million times on American radio and television. His 1977 single "Moore in gentile" for Wings became the first single record to sell more than 2 million in the UK, and kept the sales record of "non-charity single" in the UK. Paul McCartney is a man with great achievements and talents in singing, guitar, bass guitar, piano and drums.

Date of birth: June 1942+08.

Basic information:

Date of birth: June 1942+08.

Place of birth: Liverpool, England Height: 180CM

Constellation: Gemini Weight: 153 lbs.

Family: father James, mother Mary and brother Mike.

Wife Linda, daughter Stella and son James.

Eye color: brown

Hair color: brown and black

Good at musical instruments: bass, guitar, piano, drum, trumpet.

Education: Liverpool College

Joining the Beatles: 15 years old.

Debut age: 18 years old

Hobbies: writing songs, drawing, sleeping, (when young: girls)

Favorite food: chicken

Favorite drink: milk Paul McCartney (20 sheets)?

The only car I like: Lamborghini

Hate: shaving.

Music hobbies: rhythm and blues (rock), jazz.

Career ambition: make rock music popular.

Masterpiece: Yesterday, hey Jude, let nature take its course, I love her, Michelle, Eleanor rigby, here and everywhere, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart Club band, when I was 64 years old, Blackbird, in a flurry, the band was running.

Sir james paul mccartney ·CH·MBE, the owner of the MBE of the British Empire, paul mccartney was born in June 1942. He is an English singer, musician, music composer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, entrepreneur, painter, record producer, film producer and animal protector. His career peaked when he became a member of The Beatles. He was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the founders of The Beatles. The combination of paul mccartney and John Lennon is the most successful and influential songwriting combination in history. They wrote many of the most popular songs in the history of rock and roll. After leaving The Beatles, paul mccartney became a successful soloist and formed a band with his first wife Linda Hysmans McCartney and singer-composer Danny Lane. In recent years, he has been active in the fields of film soundtrack, classical music and electronic music for a long time, and has released many songs as a solo artist. Photos of the Beatles (20 photos)

Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the main composers in the Beatles, and paul mccartney wrote many songs during this period, including Hey Jude, Eleanor rigby, Yesterday and Let It Be. Another Beatles song "Helter Skelter" written by him is often called the first heavy metal music in history.

Paul mccartney's career was still very successful after the end of The Beatles's period. As an independent artist, paul mccartney composed 30 songs in his band Wings in 1970s, including Maybe I'm Great, Live and Die Together, Running Band, Stupid Love Song, Peace Management and Ebony and Ivory, which were co-produced with Stevie Wonder.

His company, MPL Communications, owns the copyrights of more than 3,000 songs, including all the songs written by buddy holly, and the distribution rights of many musicals, such as Guys and Girls, Choir and Grease.

Paul mccartney is sometimes regarded as outdated, especially by the British media. However, he is still popular with the public. His songs have been on the charts for the past 35 years.

Besides music, paul mccartney is also a painter, although he has only recently published his paintings. He also strongly advocated animal rights and vegetarianism.

George Harrison

George harrison, an English musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter, music producer, film producer and lead guitarist, is also one of the lead singers of The Beatles, and is well known as a member of The Beatles. 1958, as a good friend of paul mccartney, 15-year-old george harrison joined the band. The Beatles has basically taken shape.

Date of birth:1February 25, 943

Date of death: 200111/October 29th.

Basic information:

Place of birth: Liverpool, England Height: 178CM

Weight: 150 lbs

Constellation: Pisces

Eye color: brown

Hair color: dark brown

Family: brother Peter, Harry, sister Louise's wife Olivia, son Dani, ex-wife Patty.

Good at musical instruments: guitar, keyboard, sitar.

Calendar: Liverpool College

Join a band: 15 years old

Debut age: 17 years old

Hobbies: guitar, writing songs, smoking, studying religion and philosophy (when I was young: drugs, beautiful girls)

Love food; Lamb chops, French fries, tea

Annoying: cutting hair

Music hobbies: old rock, Indian folk music, C & ampw.

Career ambition: to realize the band's hope

Replacement: something, tax collector, love you, I need you, if I need someone, don't bother me, when my guitar cries gently, there is no you in you, the sun comes, everything must pass, and all this is too much.

George harrison was the chief guitarist of the Beatles, and Harrison was called the Silent Beatles. Because of his belief in Indian theology, Harrison broadened the horizons of the band members and diversified the Beatles' music. After the dissolution of The Beatles, Harrison's solo career was very successful. The album "Everything Will Pass" released by 1970 won the number one sales in Britain, America, Norway and other places. 197 1 year, due to the pain of Ravi Shankar, Harrison hosted a charity performance for Bengal, which was the first of its kind in rock music charity. 1973 "living in the material world" album sales still topped the list. Since then, Harrison's music has not been very successful in business, but it has been highly recognized in advanced art. 1987 collaborated with Jeff Lynn to cover James Ray's "Let My Heart Fall on You" in the 1960s, and once again achieved brilliant commercial success. Since then, George has formed a powerful band The Traveling Wilburys with his personality charm, and has made extraordinary achievements. As a filmmaker, Harrison's handmade film company produced Madonna's film Surprise in Shanghai and other excellent works. Harrison was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer in 1997 and died in 5438+0 in 2006. After his death, Harrison's friends held a memorial concert in george harrison. In 2004, he was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo singer. In 2009, he was elected to the Avenue of Stars and awarded the george harrison Humanitarian Prize.

Ringo Starr

Date of birth:1July 7, 940

Basic information:

Real name: Richard Stark

Place of birth: Liverpool, England

Height: 5 feet 8 inches (170. 18 cm) Weight: 134 lbs.

Constellation: Cancer

Brother: No.

Sister: No.

Eye color: blue

Hair color: dark brown

Playing musical instruments: drums, guitars.

Education: Liverpool Modern Middle School, Riversdale Technical College

Age of entering acting career: 18 years old

Previous occupation: engineer

Hobbies: sleeping and driving at night.

Favorite singer: Brooke Bentham, Sam "Lightning" Hopkins.

Favorite actor: paul newman, Jack Palance.

Favorite actress: brigitte bardot.

Favorite food: steak

Favorite drink: whisky

Favorite clothes: suits.

Favorite band: Arthur Lyman

Favorite musician: Bert bacharach.

Favorite composer: John Lennon &; Paul McCartney

Hobbies: sports cars

Hate: onions

Music hobbies: C & ampw, R & ampB.

Personal ambition: to be happy.

Career ambition: reaching the top

Ringo first met the Beatles in Hamburg, which was 1960 and 10, where Ringo's hurricane band performed. August 1962 Join the Beatles. Rory storm was generous to The Beatles for poaching his drummer, but the fans of Pete Best, the original drummer in The Beatles, were not so easy to deal with. They stayed outside Pete's house all night and made a commotion in the cave club. They shouted, "Long live Pete Best! Ringo, fuck off! " Ringo's health made him miss three quarters of the 1964 tour. This year, The Beatles went to Scandinavia, Holland, the Far East and Australia, and finally he had to have his tonsils removed. The Beatles's first film, originally called "Beatlemania", was later renamed "A Hard Night" because Ringo made some complaints after a one-night punishment trial. Ringer and his long-known girlfriend Maureen Cox got married on1February, 965 1 1, and they have three children.

Many people think that Ringo's greatest contribution to the Beatles is his girlfriend's signature hairstyle designed for the band in the early stage (combing his forehead into bowl-shaped bangs), which looks like a beetle buckled on his head ... Other technical aspects are recognized as the most mediocre one in the band, but his excellent use of bright percussion instruments adds a sense of ecstasy and strength to music, and he is not an unknown person who is only responsible for "background rhythm paragraphs"!

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Historical origin

Because of its simple musical instruments (sometimes just household appliances, such as washboards) and a "anyone can" attitude, 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! Photos of The Beatles in the early 1970s (16)

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 reprimand these four children face to face and criticize the Beatles' music for creating 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.

Established: 1960

Dissolution time: 1970

Nationality: UK

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Beatles tape 5: The 1965 Help Tour, Beatles 1, In The Beginning, Yellow Submarine, lost songs-the songs the Beatles wrote but not recorded, Beatles tape 4: Hong Kong, anthology 3, anthology 2, etc.