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The Quarry Men: The biggining of the Beatles
John Lennon forms The Quarry Men at Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool. -
An epic meeting
John Lennon meets Paul McCartney at Woolton Garden Fête at St. Peter's Church while day drunk. -
A staggering start
in January 1960, Stuart Sutcliffe, joined as bass player, and the band changed its name, after several variations, to the Beatles. So the original members of the band The Beatles per se were – Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Best and Sutcliffe -
Silver Beetles tour
In May 1960, the Silver Beetles toured northeast Scotland as a back-up band with singer Johnny Gentle -
first single
The Beatles have there first single, Love Me Do. -
Concert of a lifetime
The Beatles have their first concert -
First number one single
Please Please Me becomes the Beatles' first number one single in England -
London TV
The band appears on the TV show Sunday Night at the London Paladium. Several weeks later they perform at the Royal Variety Show (the occasion of Lennon's famous 'those in the cheap seats clap your hands, the others rattle your jewellery' remark). -
A mixed day
1963 The Beatles’ second album, With the Beatles, is issued in the U.K. on the same day President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas -
To America!
The Beatles' Boeing 707, Pan Am flight 101, left London Airport early on the morning of 7 February ,1964 bound for New York City. -
The Ed Sullivan Show
On February 9, 1964, The Beatles played a set of 5 songs on The Ed Sullivan Show: “All My Loving,” “Till There Was You,” “She Loves You,” “I Saw Her Standing There,” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” -
No crimes, good times
There were 0 reported crimes in New York City the night the beetles preformed -
Beatle Mania!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The band begin their second tour of America with Mass Beatle mania ensuring. -
A Sad day
The Beatles afficially break up at Disney World
