Perhaps the most popular pop and rock band of all-time, The Beatles were a British group featuring John Lennon (vocals, rhythm guitar), Paul McCartney (vocals, bass guitar), George Harrison (vocals, lead guitar) and Ringo Starr (drums). Their rise to fame came in the form of Beatlemania, a cultural sensation that rocked the world.
A top story from this week. Tom Hanks is being dragged into the middle of a legal war over The Beatles.
Publ.Date : Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:36:51 GMTThe British have invaded Randolph Community Middle School, and students are experiencing their own sort of Beatlemania.
Publ.Date : Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:31:15 GMTThe Monks documentary will show for first time in America beyond New York City or Chicago this Friday at USM. For more than thirty years this band of American GI's were not able to talk about their strange experience as a rock band in cold war Germany. In the film they recount their story for the first time.
Publ.Date : Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:43:10 GMTWith The Beatles’ "Good Day Sunshine" soundtrack in the background Tuesday, the ceremonial switch was thrown to make Martin County the home of the world’s first hybrid solar power facility in the world.
Publ.Date : Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:42:30 GMTWhen John Lennon remarked in 1966 that the Beatles were then "more popular than Jesus" his comments prompted outrage in the United States. But this weekend the Vatican's newspaper paid tribute to the band on the 40th anniversary of the release of the "White Album" in an article interpreted by some as a papal pardon for Lennon.
Publ.Date : Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:14:39 GMT
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During the week of April 4, 1964 The Beatles occupied the first five slots of the Billboard Hot 100, #1 - "Can't Buy Me Love," #2 - "Twist and Shout," #3 - "She Loves You," #4 - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and #5 - "Please Please Me," the only group in rock and roll history to achieve this feat.
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