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Quarrymen are created
In the summer of 1956, John Lennon finds some friends from Quarry Bank Grammar School and creates a band called the Quarrymen -
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The Beatles
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Paul McCartney joins the band
Lennon meets Paul McCartney, and asks him to be apart of the Quarrymen -
George Harrison joins Quarrymen
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The Silver Beatles
Stuart Sutcliffe joins the band, band name is changed to Silver Beatles -
The Beatles
Pete Best joins band, and band name is changed again to The Beatles. The band starts to travel and perform at small clubs -
First record label
The Beatles sign their first record label, without Stuart who left the band in the spring of 1961 -
Pete Best leaves the band
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Ringo Starr joins
Ringo Starr joins the Beatles two days after Pete left -
Love me do
The Beatles first single is released called “Love Me Do” -
First album is recorded
the first album released by the Beatles is recorded in one day -
First #1 hit
"Please Please Me" is #1 on the UK charts -
Fist TV performance
Beatles perform for ITV's Sunday Night at the London Palladium. -
Performs for the Queen
Band performs for Queen Elizabeth -
2nd album
2nd album is released and stays at the top of the charts for 21 weeks -
Music in the US
“I Want to Hold Your Hand” is released in the US -
Ed Sullivan Show
They perform on the Ed Sullivan Show -
The Beatles have 14 songs on the Billboards top 100 charts
The Beatles did what has never been done before by having 14 songs on the top 100 chart -
Tour
US and Canada tour begins -
Rubber Soul album is released
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British Empire
The Queen of England names the Beatles Members of the British Empire. -
Revolver is released
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The Beatles album is released
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Abbey Road is released
The last work as a complete band -
McCartney leaves the band
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Let it Be is released
One of the most iconic songs , Let it Be is released -
John Lennon is killed
John Lennon is shot while in New York
