The Beatles Biography

Biography

a recording contract on May 9, 1962.

An important change inside The Beatles happened in August 1962 before the band made their debut. Without any distinct reasons, which caused speculation since, Peter Best was fired as the band's personnel, replaced by Ringo Starr. This new formation began to record their first single entitled "Love Me Do"/"P.S I Love You." The single was released in October 1962 in the United Kingdom and entered British Top 20 with its highest position at number 17, quite a good beginning for the newcomer. However, it was their next single "Please Please Me/Ask Me Why" which led them to popularity as it topped the British charts after one month of its launching on January 11, 1963, and amazingly lasted in the charts for 30 weeks. The band finally released their first album, "Please Please Me" in March 1963, starting to establish themselves as one of greatest bands in the world. Their appearance at London Palladium on October 13, 1963, caused huge sensation and hysteria called "Beatlemania," a term which was created by the British morning press.

Beatlemania happened not only in Britain, but also broaden its hold to United States by the year of 1964. ...

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The band first appeared at the 35th rank of U.S. Billboard Chart with the single "I Want To Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her Standing There," thus made their way through the second album entitled "Meet the Beatles!" which was released on January 20, 1964. Either the single or album resulted extremely wonderful by reigning the top position of U.S. charts, leading them to get two gold awards. The Beatles became exceedingly popular afterwards and received worldwide success. They appeared for three times in "The Ed Sullivan Show" while at the same time raised what has been called as "The British Invasion" since The Beatles had deeply affected other people with their music and appearances, making their being a world phenomenon.

During the year of 1964 to 1966, The Beatles enjoyed their tremendous success. Their singles and albums kept reaching the highest position at U.K. and U.S. charts, as well as Australian's. Nevertheless, this glory was tainted in 1966 when John Lennon issued controversial statements, saying that Christianity was dying and that The Beatles was more popular than Jesus. This raised vigorous objections by many religious groups along with the banning and burning of The Beatles' records, besides the threats from ...