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~~debbydo~~
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| Tell a Friend Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:07 am Post subject: The Beatles, part 1 |
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The Beatles, one of the greatest bands to come out of the UK.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PART ONE 1957-1962~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It was in 1957 that John Lennon formed a band called the Quarrymen.
In July that year John Lennon met Paul McCartney at a garden fete.
It wasn’t till Feb 1958 that George Harrison joined the band.
The Quarrymen went through a progression of names: Johnny and The Moondogs, Long John and The Silver Beetles, The Silver Beetles, and eventually arrived at the name of The Beatles. The origin of the name "The Beatles" with its unusual spelling is usually credited to John Lennon, who said that the name was a combination word-play on the insect "beetles," and the word "beat".
In August 1960 McCartney invited Pete Best to become the group's drummer.
Brian Epstein, manager of the record department at NEMS, his family's furniture store, took over as the group's manager in 1962 and led The Beatles' quest for a British recording contract. Epstein met with producer George Martin of EMI's Parlophone label. Martin, a well-known producer of comedy and novelty albums, expressed an interest in hearing them in the studio. On 6 June he invited the quartet to London's Abbey Road studios, and decided to grant The Beatles a recording contract.
Their contract was probably one of the worst at the time, as they were paid one farthing for every single sold. Their royalties were considerably improved after Allen Klein took over the management of the band. Their publishing contract with d**k James Music (DJM) was also terrible; they only got 50% of the money received, while James took the other 50%. Epstein also took a percentage of Lennon and McCartney´s share.
The Beatles' line-up was still changing. In spring 1962 the fifth member of The Beatles, bassist Stuart Sutcliffe, died suddenly of a brain hemorrhage. In August 1962 Pete Best was dismissed and replaced by Ringo Starr, whose real name is Richard Starkey.
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wickedmonkey
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| Tell a Friend Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:10 am Post subject: |
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| oooooooooooooooo |
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~~debbydo~~
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| Tell a Friend Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:14 am Post subject: |
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| I hope you have herd of the beatles .. |
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wickedmonkey
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| Tell a Friend Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:15 am Post subject: |
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| yes there ace |
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~~debbydo~~
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| Tell a Friend Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:36 am Post subject: |
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| Yes they are.. |
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QUYMOBIUZ
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| Tell a Friend Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:56 am Post subject: |
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| ????????????????? |
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GET CARTER
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| Tell a Friend Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:18 am Post subject: |
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| he loves you yer yer yer lol |
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~~debbydo~~
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| Tell a Friend Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:10 am Post subject: |
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| I will have to start on part 2....:shock: |
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