The Beatles, the pictures and biography

British group of rock and pop, stably integrated from 1961 by John Lennon (Liverpool ,1940-New York, 1980), Paul McCartney (Liverpool, 1942), George Harrison (Liverpool, 1943) and Ringo Starr (Liverpool , 1940). It is difficult to give an exact date for when The Beatles were formed. In the second half of the 1950s, John Winston Lennon and his friend Peter Shotton (who leave soon after) formed a band they called The Quarrymen, which in 1957 Paul McCartney was added, followed shortly later by George Harrison.

The Quarrymen started playing at various locations in Liverpool, at which time they were joined by bassist Stuart Sutcliffe. Even then it was clear the need to incorporate a drummer. The name of the new group would suffer variations from Johnny and the Moondogs-up following the fashion of naming animals to bands and playing with the name of your style of music (Beat) - The Silver Beatles and The Beatles which would ultimately prove the final.