John Lennon

The Beatles The Beatles are one of the best artists of all time. Nobody in history of music was as popular as the Beatles. Everyone knows the Beatles. You don 't have to love them, but you do have to respect them. Michael Stipe from REM once said “The Beatles are elevator music.” To which Ringo Starr responded “If it weren 't for the Beatles, REM would still be taking the stairs.” The Beatles are one of the most iconic cultural legacies of the 20th Century and their influence shows itself in…

K. in 1960. They started out as a small band performing in private clubs in the U.K., and pretty soon their popularity spread across the entire world. Although there were a few other members during their years active, the original members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The Beatles hold the record for having twenty number-one hits on Billboard magazine. They are also the best-selling band in history, with sales estimating over 600 million records worldwide.…

My choice fell on well-known Fab Four. The success of the band was formed by phenomenon of "Beatlemania" - состояние сильной, граничащей с сумасшествием, любви к группе The Beatles. During an active concert activity is expressed in fanatical worship , which prevented the carrying out of concerts. In the future, the movement has affected many , including music distant from humans. They began to play and form new group For young people all over the world The Beatles became a role model (this is…

Band album, the Magical Mystery Tour album, and The White album. These songs were more about giving the world a message about peace and loving one another and also about protesting the Vietnamese war that is expressed in the song “Revolution.” John Lennon met Yoko Ono in 1966 and decided he was going to leave his wife Cynthia and son Julian for Yoko. The first album of the psychedelic era was Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band was a step in a different direction for The Beatles. As Hunter…

John Lennon had said in the 1960s, “It matters not who you love, where you love or how you love, it matters only that you love.” This quote explains the challenges, the failures, and struggles, one of the major bands, the Beatles have encountered during the 1960s. When two of the Beatles were younger, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, they would sometimes leave school to practice together. McCartney's younger schoolmate George Harrison was soon recruited as another guitarist, as was Lennon's art…

I first heard “Yesterday” when I on my first cassette tape. It was Boyz to Men’s “II” album. Their rendition was a beautiful and soulful tribute to the Beatles’ classic. The song was listed in the Guinness Book of World Record for the recorded song. The entry indicated there are over 2000 different cover versions to it. Paul McCartney wrote this song first on the piano. Its original working title was “Scrambled Eggs.” He then later added the lyrics to fit the melody. The song appears to have…

There have been many scandals in the history of rock and roll. One that always comes to mind is the tragedy of the Altamont Speedway Free Festival in California on December 6, 1969. Many thought it would be the next Woodstock and in some ways it was. Approximately 300,000 fans attended and there were many acts scheduled such as Jefferson Airplane, Santana, and CSNY, with the Rolling Stones as the final act. Grateful Dead was scheduled to play, but cancelled just prior to stage time because of…

making there was actually a strange confliction between the two main people of the Beatles, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Both John and Paul had…

conspiracy suggesting that paul is dead would be found at the end of their song “Strawberry fields forever.” On the left channel of recording, if you listen closely it sounds like John Lennon mumbles “I buried Paul,” but it could also be interpreted as “I am very bored.” Paul McCartney or his look alike, claims that John was saying “cranberry sauce” at that time. Could Paul be trying to hide his true identity? A few more clues people have looked into are, number one: The “Crossing Abbey Road”…

Not as exotic as Oum Kalthoum the Beatles is a band that originated from Britain. Known as the “best selling band in history”, the band was composed of 4 artists, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The Beatles started by creating a name for themselves in Liverpool, where they grew up. Around the 1960’s the Beatles were one of the bands to lead the “British Invasion” and took their fame to the United States, where they created their best music. The beginning of the…