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The Beatles

The Beatles
By Chris
It was new! It was wild! It was weird! But for the 60'8, it was fabulous!
On February 12, 1964 in old Camegie Hall, the place in New York where classical
musicians played, there was music history being made that day by four young musicians. Their
music was loud. It came thundering out of the electric amplifiers that was drowned out by
screams of fans! The musicians emerged on the scene like fireworks! Thousands of teenagers
packed Carnegie Hall. They squealed, groaned, howled and stamped their feet until the old
building shook! Outside stood crowds of young people trying to catch a glimpse of the new
sound that was emerging fl-om the old building. The sign outside of Carnegie Hall said:
THE BEATLES
Puzzled adults were asking, "Who are the Beatles?" and "What are the Beatles?" They would
soon find out.
A quartet of extraordinarily talented British musicians whom John Lennon started as "The
Quarryrnen". They were working class heros, all born in Liverpool, England. Paul McCartney
joined in 1957, George Harrison in 1958 and Ringo Star in 1962.
One of the guitarist in the group, John Lennon (October 9, 1940-December 8,1980) was
born to Fred and Julia Lennon who divorced when John was three. He was brought up by his
Aunt Mimi and Uncle George. John hated school, discipline and the teachers who always abused
him. Even though he was often in trouble, it did not mean he did everything bad. He was sent at
the age of 16 to Liverpool Art College where he first heard Elvis Presley sing " Heart Break
Hotel'. From that day on music was everything to John. His first group started in 1955 and was
named, "The Quanymen". There were several different individuals in the band. John married
Yoko Ono in 1969. On December 8, 1980, John and Yoka were leaving their New York City
apartment, when 25 year old Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon.
James Paul McCartney was born June 8, 1942 to Mary and Jim McCartney, who was a
cotton...