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JOHN LENNON
JOHN LENNON was born on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England. When he was four years old, his parents separated and he ended up living with his Aunt Mimi. John's father was a merchant seaman and John did not see a lot of his father when he was small. As a child, John was a prankster and he enjoyed getting in trouble. As a boy and young adult, John enjoyed drawing grotesque figures and cripples. One of the reasons for his obsession with cripples and deformities was because of the Death of his Mother Julia. At Art college, he met a woman by the name of Cynthia Powell, who became his first wife. John's mother died before his 18th birthday. John did not like to talk about the death of his mother, After the death of his mother, John went to live with his Aunt Mimi. At sixteen,John created the group called the "Quarry Man". They performed at school. One day, Paul McCartney was introduced to him. At this point, John asked Paul if he could join the group, and he accepted the next day, Paul McCartney introduced George Harrison to John Lennon. The first recording they made was called "That will be the day" by Buddy Holly. John came up with the name Beatles for the group. John had a vision when he was 12 years old - a man appeared on a Flaming pie and said unto them 'From this day on you are Beatles with an 'A'. The Beatles were discovered by Brian Epstein in the Cavern, where they were performing. After Brian discovered the Beatles he became their manager. The Beatles released their first single "Love me Do", with George Martin as their producer. This song went up the charts the second day it was released. "Love Me Do" got up to 17. The Beatles first number one chart was "Please Please Me" written by John Lennon. John married Cynthia Powell in August 1962 and they had a son together who they called Julian. Since the Beatles were becoming very popular at the time, Cynthia had to keep a very low profile. John Lennon divorced Cynthia and re-married with Yoko Ono who he met at the Indica Gallery in November 1966. In 1970, the Beatles broke up also, after Paul McCartney had announced that he was leaving the Beatles. After the Beatles broke up, John Lennon went his way and he tried to send out his message out clearer. He started doing this by releasing his first solo album Imagine. Imagine was a passion of Imagine was the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed of all John Lennon's post-Beatles efforts. After the Beatles broke up, Paul wrote some songs with hidden message, which upset John. In response to this John wrote, "How do you sleep ?" and released this also on the Imagine album. On October 9, 1975, Yoko gave birth to John's other son Sean. John was shot in front of his apartment complex in New York while he was in the process of releasing another album "Milk and Honey". John died of the age of 40 in the Roosevelt Hospital on December 8, 1980, after receiving multiple gun shot's in the back.
PAUL McCARTNEY
PAUL McCARTNEY was born at Walton Road Hospital in Rice Lane, Liverpool, on
June 18, 1942. Paul was the first son of Mary and James McCartney.Paul's mother was a
midwife and died of breast cancer in 1955. Her death deeply hurt Paul.
Paul's father was a cotton salesman and an amateur jazz musician.
Although John was the leader of the group, Paul was the one who seemed to
have the greater drive for success and he worked hard to achieve it. Paul
switched from guitar to bass guitar when Stuart Sutcliffe left the band in
1961. The songs from John and Paul were mainly written in the early days of
The Beatles. After they had become established, John and Paul mainly wrote
their own songs but agreed to credit all songs as "Lennon/McCartney"
numbers. While John's songs were more head on rock 'n' roll or cutting edge
songs, Paul preferred romantic numbers and songs which indicated the
influence of Hollywood musicals. Songs like "Yesterday", "Michelle", "When
I'm Sixty-Four", and "Lovely Rita" are typical McCartney songs.In 1968, Paul began seeing Linda Eastman
and the couple were married in March 1969. Paul adopted Linda's daughter Heather and the couple had three
children of their own, Mary, Stella, and James. After the release of Paul's first solo album "McCartney", Paul formally
announced that he was no longer a member of The Beatles due to "Musical
differences". Paul had quickly formed his own group called "Wings" which
included his wife Linda on keyboards. Paul made several albums through out
the 70's and 80's and also made several television appearances in the 80's
and 90's.
RINGO STARR
RINGO STARR OR Richard Starkey Jr.was born in the front room of 9 Madryn Street in
Liverpool's Dingle area on July 7, 1940. His parents were Elise and Richard
Starkey Sr. Ringo attended St. Silas Infants' School where
he began to suffer the first of many illnesses which seriously affected his
education. Richard's stepfather,
Harry, bought him a secondhand drum kit and Ringo/Richard showed promise of
becoming a great musician.
Ringo/Richard bounced around from band to band but he finally found a home with
"Rory Storm & the Hurricanes". Rory Storm was a showman and he insisted that
Ringo/Richard add some flare to his act by renaming him Ringo Starr. To which he
eventually legally change his name. The Hurricanes became one of the most
popular groups in Liverpool and they topped the bill at Hamburg's
Kaiserkeller club, above The Beatles. When Ringo went to record with The Beatles for the first time George Martin
had already hired a session drummer, Andy White. Ringo was devastated and
the fact that at first the fans didn't take kindly to him didn't help
matters either. When Ringo first appeared with The Beatles at The Cavern
Club, the fans still upset over Pete getting fired, started shouting "Pete
forever, Ringo never!"Ringo married his long-time girlfriend Maureen Cox on February 11, 1965 and
the couple were to have three children: Zak, Jason, and Lee. The couple
would eventually divorce in July 1975 and Ringo was to marry Barbara Bach.
While with The Beatles, Ringo had two songs that were "original Starr
compositions". They were "Don't Pass Me By" on The White Album and probably
his most famous one "Octopus's Garden" on Abbey Road. Following The Beatles
break up, Ringo had a very successful solo career which consisted of eight
albums and thirteen singles. Ringo also appeared in various TV shows,
including his own special, "Ringo", and a TV mini-series "Princess Daisy",
with his wife Barbara. After many years out of the limelight, he did voice-overs for
the children's TV series "Thomas The Tank Engine" which is probably the biggest thing he has done since the beatles split.
GEORGE HARRISON
GEORGE HARRISON was born on February 25, 1943 at 12 Arnold Grove, in the
Wavertree area of Liverpool. His parents were Louise and Harold Harrison and
George had two brothers Peter and Harry and a sister Louise.George was interest
in music at a very early age. His mother bought him hisfirst guitar at age 13 and he formed a
group of his own called "The Rebels" Around this time George became friends with Paul McCartney who George use to
ride with on the No. 86 bus to the Liverpool Institute.Over the next few years of the Beatles' success, the main focus of attention
was John and Paul, in particular because of their song writing. George felt
frustrated because he believed his work wasn't being taken seriously by the
others. However, he quickly showed how talented a songwriter he was. Some of
his compositions were: "I Need You" and "You Like Me Too Much", on the HELP!
album; "Think For Yourself" and "If I Needed Someone" on the Rubber Soul
album and"Taxman", "Love You Too", and "I Want To Tell You" on the Revolver
album.
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