Презентация на тему «The Beatles»

The Beatles

What do you know about the 1960s pop group ‘The Beatles’?

The Beatles

In 1956 John Lennon formed ‘The Quarry Men’ in Liverpool with his

friend Stuart Sutcliffe.

In July 1957 The Quarry Men performed at St

Peter's Church Garden Fete. John met Paul McCartney.

In February 1959 The Quarry Men played at the Wilson Hall in Liverpool

and George Harrison decided to join them.

The Quarry Men changed their name to The Silver Beetles and in 1960

Pete Best became their drummer. The band's line-up was now John, Paul, George, Pete and Stuart Sutcliffe.

The Beatles in 1960 when they were performing in Hamburg

Unfortunately Stuart Sutcliffe died in 1962 just before the Beatles

became famous after playing in The Cavern Club.

The Beatles were rejected by several record labels before being

accepted by a small label Parlophone. This was all arranged by their manager Brian Epstein.

Also in 1962, Pete Best was replaced as drummer by Ringo Starr

They released their first single ‘Love Me Do’ at the end of 1962 and

their first album ‘Please Please Me’ early in 1963.

Over the next few years ‘Beatlemania’ took over Britain

After playing in the USA, ‘Beatlemania’ took over America as well.

All through the 60s The Beatles were successful, releasing records and

films, but by 1969 they were beginning to have arguments and they wanted to go their own ways.

From 1971 onwards, the band didn’t record together and in 1975, the

Beatles were legally disbanded.

John Lennon was shot and died in December 1980 outside his flat in New

York.

George Harrison died from cancer in November 2001

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr still occasionally tour and record

music.

We are going to listen to some tracks from ‘Help

’ which was released by The Beatles in 1965. Please fill in the appraisal sheet when we listen to the song for the second time.