The beatels By mateastredet 1960 the Beatles were not just entertainment, they represented the social changes and youth culture to come. 1960 The Beatles formed in Liverpool 1962 “Love Me Do,” released was the Beatles’ first hit single. 1963 their debut album Please Please Me, recorded in just one day, reached the top of the British charts. 1963 popular British TV programme Sunday Night at the London Palladium 1964 the Fab Four were international stars and needed police escorts anywhere they went. 1980 deranged fan shot and killed John Lennon. 2001 George Harrison died of lung cancer