http://www.circavie.com/timelines/a9c9173f-e808-53ae-add8-7a4b2013e7b9 2007-07-20T14:10:48Z http://www.circavie.com/ http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/4/42/Beatles_-_Abbey_Road.jpg http://www.circavie.com/timelines/a9c9173f-e808-53ae-add8-7a4b2013e7b9 http://www.circavie.com/timelines/a9c9173f-e808-53ae-add8-7a4b2013e7b9/17232 Introducing... The Beatles is the first Beatles album in the United States. Originally scheduled for a July 1963 release, the LP finally came out on 10 January 1964, mere days before Capitol's Meet the Beatles. It was the subject of much legal wrangling, but ultimately, Vee-Jay Records was permitted to sell the album until the fall of 1964, by which time it had sold more than 1.3 million copies. 24bab52f-3e54-5031-89cf-7744047810de 2008-01-18T00:05:14Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/a9c9173f-e808-53ae-add8-7a4b2013e7b9/17231 While playing at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg they were recruited by singer Tony Sheridan to act as his backing band on a series of recordings for the German Polydor Records label, produced by famed bandleader Bert Kaempfert. Kaempfert signed the group to its own Polydor contract at the first session on 22 June 1961. ab4da7b6-3f44-501d-b273-dbd3f4f0fcc0 2008-01-17T23:53:46Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/a9c9173f-e808-53ae-add8-7a4b2013e7b9/17230 "Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song recorded at the end of 1966 by The Beatles, and released at the beginning of 1967. Written by John Lennon, multiple critics have described it as one of the group's best recordings. It is one of the defining works of the psychedelic rock genre and has been covered numerous times. The song gave its name to the Strawberry Fields memorial in New York City's Central Park, near the site of Lennon's murder b3bd2128-764a-5e1c-b9a4-87477cf64b75 2008-01-17T23:37:20Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/a9c9173f-e808-53ae-add8-7a4b2013e7b9/17013 The film was first shown in the United Kingdom as a made-for-television film on the BBC; it was shown in black-and-white on BBC1, then in colour on BBC2 a few days later. The poor critical reaction to the telecast soured American television networks from acquiring the film, while its one-hour running length made it commercially unviable for theatrical release. It wasn't seen in the US until 1976 33e56230-66c2-5ad1-b85b-1117d5881fe8 2008-01-15T00:51:12Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/a9c9173f-e808-53ae-add8-7a4b2013e7b9/17012 "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is a 1963 Beatles song that was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and started the British Invasion of the United States music charts. It was the first Beatles record to be made using four-track equipment and the Beatles' first number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, heralding nineteen more number-one singles by the Beatles in the United States. It also held the top spot in the United Kingdom charts. A million copies of the single had already been ordered on its release. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" became The Beatles' best-selling single worldwide. f670dc21-6f6a-5d9d-89c1-fd74ec6d1ce2 2008-01-15T00:24:16Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/a9c9173f-e808-53ae-add8-7a4b2013e7b9/16681 The Beatles' "Yesterday" is the most covered song in history, appearing in the Guinness Book of Records with over three thousand recorded versions. It is also the most played song in the history of international radio. 02b224cd-89a8-5664-8f84-ae827f62162b 2008-01-12T15:36:12Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/a9c9173f-e808-53ae-add8-7a4b2013e7b9/16679 The Quarrymen went through a progression of names — "Johnny and the Moondogs", and "Long John and the Beatles". Lennon's art school friend Stuart Sutcliffe joined on bass in January 1960, when they were called "The Silver Beetles" (derived from Larry Parnes' suggestion of "Long John and the Silver Beetles") — before settling on "The Beatles" in August 1960. ae1217d6-d0fd-56cf-8e9d-922916ecea5c 2008-01-12T15:18:41Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/a9c9173f-e808-53ae-add8-7a4b2013e7b9/16676 John Lennon announced his departure to the rest of the group on 20 September 1969, but agreed that no announcement was to be publicly made until a number of legal matters were resolved. McCartney publicly announced the break-up on 10 April 1970, a week before releasing his first solo album, "McCartney". 618e16e5-a6a6-5ed2-bf3c-93af007683d2 2008-01-12T14:52:29Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/a9c9173f-e808-53ae-add8-7a4b2013e7b9/1889 "She Loves You" is a hit song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, originally recorded by the The Beatles for release as a single in 1963. The single set and surpassed several records in the United Kingdom charts, and set a record in the United States by being one of the five Beatles songs which held the top five positions in the American charts, a record which is still unchallenged. 450750cd-07bb-5c18-95df-58770002495f 2007-07-28T03:44:51Z http://www.circavie.com/timelines/a9c9173f-e808-53ae-add8-7a4b2013e7b9/1868 The Beatles is the self titled ninth official album by The Beatles, a double album released in 1968 (see 1968 in music). It is most often referred to as The White Album, as it has no text other than the band's name on its plain white sleeve, designed by pop artist Richard Hamilton. Originally planned to be titled A Doll's House, the album is often hailed as one of the major accomplishments in popular music. f34ff1b0-cdcb-5486-9b92-c8f0852af02b 2007-07-27T20:30:55Z