The The English ROCK MUSIC group The Beatles

gave the 1960s its characteristic musical flavor and had a

profound influence on the course of popular music, equaled

by few performers. The guitarists John Winston Lennon, b.

Oct. 9, 1940; James Paul McCartney, b. June 18, 1942;

and George Harrison, b. Feb. 25, 1943; and the drummer

Ringo Starr, b. Richard Starkey, July 7, 1940, were all born

and raised in Liverpool. Lennon and McCartney had played

together in a group called The Quarrymen. With Harrison,

they formed their own group, The Silver Beatles, in 1959,

and Starr joined them in 1962. As The Beatles, they

developed a local following in Liverpool clubs, and their first

recordings, "Love Me Do" (1962) and "Please Please Me"

(1963), quickly made them Britain's top rock group. Their

early music was influenced by the American rock singers

Chuck BERRY and Elvis PRESLEY, but they infused a

hackneyed musical form with freshness, vitality, and wit. The

release of "I Want......

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