The Beatles timeline

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  • First British performance

    First British performance
    First British performance as The Beatles, at the Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool.

  • "Love Me Do"

    "Love Me Do"
    "Love Me Do", their first single as The Beatles, enters the British chart and reaches number 17.

  • First recording session at EMI

    First recording session at EMI
    First recording session at EMI with George Martin as producer.

  • "Please Please Me"

    "Please Please Me"
    "Please Please Me" reaches Number One in four of the five British singles charts, beginning a sequence of 12 consecutive number ones.

  • "With The Beatles"

    "With The Beatles"
    First million-selling album in Britain

  • Recording of their first album

    Recording of their first album
    "Please Please Me", is completed in one day.

  • U.S.A tour

    U.S.A tour
    The Beatles tour United States for the first time, break TV viewing records on the "Ed Sullivan Show".

  • "A Hard Day's Night"

    "A Hard Day's Night"
    Debut film "A Hard Day's Night" premiered. The soundtrack album of the same name was issued on Aug. 10 and reached number 1. The album contained 13 new songs some of which were not included in the film.

  • "Beatles For Sale

    "Beatles For Sale
    The fourth album, "Beatles For Sale", is released topping the charts immediately.

  • MBE (Members of the British Empire).

    MBE (Members of the British Empire).
    Queen Elizabeth awards the four the MBE (Member of the British Empire). John returns his in 1969, partly in protest at British support for United States in the Vietnam War.

  • "Help!"

    "Help!"
    The second Beatles film, "Help!", premieres. The album was released on Aug. 6 in Britain.

  • "Rubber Soul"

    "Rubber Soul"
    "Rubber Soul" is released and sees the group departing from their rock and roll roots for the first time.

  • "Revolver"

    "Revolver"
    The "Revolver" album is released.

  • "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

    "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
    "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is released and was British number one for 27 weeks. It becomes the highest selling British album of all time. It was one of the most innovative albums of its time and sounded like a continuous show.

  • "Magical Mystery Tour "

    "Magical Mystery Tour "
    Magical Mystery Tour is released in the U.S. as an album and days later as two Extended Play records in Britain. The television film was first shown on Dec. 26, 1967 and also starred Scottish actor and poet Ivor Cutler.

  • India

    India
    The group flies to India to meditate with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. As divisions appear, for the first time the group works separately on tracks for The White Album.

  • "Yellow Submarine"

    "Yellow Submarine"
    Premiere of animated film "Yellow Submarine". The album was released in Jan. 1969.

  • "Let it Be"

    "Let it Be"
    Documentary "Let it Be" is filmed. Intended as account of Beatles' "rebirth", it chronicles their demise.

  • "Abbey Road"

    "Abbey Road"
    "Abbey Road" album recorded - the first recorded solely in stereo. Traffic outside studio was stopped for the cover photo of the group on a pedestrian crossing. The final mix on August 20 was the last day all four were together in a recording studio. It is released on Sept. 26

  • The Beatles disbanded

    The Beatles disbanded
    Final studio session for a Beatles record -- but with only Ringo Starr there. No formal announcement is made, but news that the Beatles are no more appears on April 10. The thirteenth and last album "Let it be" is released on May 8 and the film was premiered in London on May 20.