1. Father John Lennon was working on a merchant ship, Paul McCartney's father was a servant, father of George Harrison was a sailor, and Ringo Starr - baker.
2. The founder of The Beatles, John Lennon formed his first band called The Quarrymen in 1956. The team included his friends on QuarryBank school.
3. The name was coined by The Beatles, Lennon when a group of new members came - Paul McCartney, George Harrison and then - who had no relation to the Quarry school.
4. The Beatles - a play on words, a mixture of the words "beetles» (beetle) and "bit» (beat).
5. At the time of joining the group of George Harrison was only 16 years old.
6. John Lennon and Paul McCartney closer not only on the basis of love for music, but also because of the common tragedy: in 1956 Paul mother died of cancer, and two years later in a car accident Lennon lost his mother.
7. The composition of the legendary quartet changed five times. In January 1960, to Lennon, McCartney and Harrison joined classmate John's College of Art Stuart Sutcliffe, who became the bassist. Later this year The Beatles were invited to play their first overseas concert in Hamburg. Under the contract, the group needed a drummer, which immediately became Pete Best, the son of the owner of the Liverpool night club, where they often were The Beatles.
8. In 1961, during the second tour group in Hamburg, Stuart Sutcliffe fell in love with the young artist and photographer Astrid Kirchherr. It was she who came up with the legendary Beatle haircuts and invited the children to wear black leather jackets worn instead of jackets on a cut of Pierre Cardin - without collars. She spent the first professional photo shoot The Beatles in a new image. Sutcliffe decided to leave the band and stay in Hamburg with Astrid.
9. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Pete Best - in that part of The Beatles came to the first success.
10. Stuart Sutcliffe died in Hamburg of a brain hemorrhage in 1962. Despite the fact that Stewart had been in a group quite a bit of time, it affected all the participants The Beatles. Behind him posthumously stuck the nickname of the Fifth Quartet. In the movie "The Beatles: 4 + 1 (from the Fifth Quartet)" 1994 tells about this period in the history of the group.
11. Kurt Raymond Jones - the first Beatles fan in history, affect the Group's development. October 28, 1961 at a music store, he asked for the record with the song My Bonnie a little-known group The Beatles. The seller did not know anything about the group, but on the advice of the buyer asked.
This seller was the legendary Brian Epstein - permanent manager of the group, which has made the first professional recordings for children and organized for their concert activity.
Epstein died August 27, 1967, and its function is partially assumed Paul McCartney
12. In 1962, before the first contract Epstein replaced drummer Pete Best, who did not reach a common level at Ringo Starr, a longtime friend of the musicians. Since it established the final composition of The Beatles, but in 1964 before touring Scandinavia Starr came down with a cold, and he was replaced by Jimmy Nicol.
13. The real name of Ringo Starr - Richard Starkey.
14. Love Me Do and Please, Please Me were the first hits of the Fab Four.
15. The first album was called The Beatles Please, Please Me (1963), the latter - Let It Be (1970). Total group has released 13 albums.
16. In 1965, The Beatles were awarded the Order of the British Empire, but in 1969 John Lennon returned his medal in protest against the support of the US aggression in Vietnam England.
17. June 25, 1967 The Beatles were the first band whose speech was broadcast on the BBC world channel via satellite.
18. The Beatles released three comedy "A Hard Day's Night» (Hard Day's Night), «To the aid!» (Help!) And "Magical Mystery Tour» (Magical Mystery Tour). To all three paintings independent albums released soundtracks.