The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and popular music’s recognition as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock ’n’ roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways; the band also explored music styles ranging from folk and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionised many aspects of the music industry and were often publicised as leaders of the era’s youth and sociocultural movements.Led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the Beatles evolved from Lennon’s previous group, the Quarrymen, and built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over three years from 1960, initially with Stuart Sutcliffe playing bass. The core trio of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, together since 1958, went through a succession of drummers, including Pete Best, before asking Starr to join them in 1962. Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act, and producer George Martin guided and developed their recordings, greatly expanding their domestic success after signing to EMI Records and achieving their first hit, “Love Me Do”, in late 1962. As their popularity grew into the intense fan frenzy dubbed “Beatlemania”, the band acquired the nickname “the Fab Four”, with Epstein, Martin or another member of the band’s entourage sometimes informally referred to as a “fifth Beatle”. By early 1964, the Beatles were international stars and had achieved unprecedented levels of critical and commercial success. They became a leading force in Britain’s cultural resurgence, ushering in the British Invasion of the United States pop market, and soon made their film debut with A Hard Day’s Night (1964). A growing desire to refine their studio efforts, coupled with the untenable nature of their concert tours, led to the band’s retirement from live performances in 1966. At this time, they produced records of greater sophistication, including the albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), and enjoyed further commercial success with The Beatles (also known as “the White Album”, 1968) and Abbey Road (1969). The success of these records heralded the album era, as albums became the dominant form of record consumption over singles; they also increased public interest in psychedelic drugs and Eastern spirituality, and furthered advancements in electronic music, album art and music videos. In 1968, they founded Apple Corps, a multi-armed multimedia corporation that continues to oversee projects related to the band’s legacy. After the group’s break-up in 1970, all principal former members enjoyed success as solo artists and some partial reunions have occurred. Lennon was murdered in 1980 and Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001. McCartney and Starr remain musically active. The Beatles are the best-selling music act of all time, with estimated sales of 600 million units worldwide. They are the most successful act in the history of the US Billboard charts. They hold the record for most number-one albums on the UK Albums Chart (15), most number-one hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (20), and most singles sold in the UK (21.9 million). The band received many accolades, including seven Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award (for Best Original Song Score for the 1970 documentary film Let It Be) and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, and each principal member was inducted individually between 1994 and 2015. In 2004 and 2011, the group topped Rolling Stone’s lists of the greatest artists in history. Time magazine named them among the 20th century’s 100 most important people.

Tracklisting

1. Please Please Me
2. I Saw Her Standing There
3. Misery
4. Anna (Go To Him)
5. Chains
6. Boys
7. Ask Me Why
8. Please Please Me
9. Love Me Do
10. P.S. I Love You
11. Baby It’s You
12. Do You Want To Know A Secret
13. A Taste Of Honey
14. There’s A Place
15. Twist And Shout
16. With The Beatles
17. It Won’t Be Long
18. All I’ve Got To Do
19. All My Loving
20. Don’t Bother Me
21. Little Child
22. Till There Was You
23. Please Mister Postman
24. Roll Over Beethoven
25. Hold Me Tight
26. You Really Gotta Hold On Me
27. I Wanna Be Your Man
28. Devil In Her Heart
29. Not A Second Time
30. Money
31. A Hard Day’s Night
32. A Hard Day’s Night
33. I Should Have Known Better
34. If I Fell
35. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
36. And I Love Her
37. Tell Me Why
38. Can’t Buy Me Love
39. Any Time At All
40. I’ll Cry Instead
41. Things We Said Today
42. When I Get Home
43. You Can’t Do That
44. I’ll Be Back
45. Beatles For Sale
46. No Reply
47. I’m A Loser
48. Baby’s In Black
49. Rock And Roll Music
50. I’ll Follow The Sun
51. Mr. Moonlight
52. Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
53. Eight Days A Week
54. Words Of Love
55. Honey Don’t
56. Every Little Thing
57. I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party
58. What You’re Doing
59. Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby
60. Help!
61. Help!
62. The Night Before
63. You’ve Got To Hide You Love Away
64. I Need You
65. Another Girl
66. You’re Going To Lose That Girl
67. Ticket To Ride
68. Act Naturally
69. It’s Only Love
70. You Like Me Too Much
71. Tell Me What You See
72. I’ve Just Seen A Face
73. Yesterday
74. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
75. Rubber Soul
76. Drive My Car
77. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
78. You Won’t See Me
79. Nowhere Man
80. Think For Yourself
81. The Word
82. Michelle
83. What Goes On
84. Girl
85. I’m Looking Through You
86. In My Life
87. Wait
88. If I Needed Someone
89. Run For Your Life
90. Revolver
91. Taxman
92. Eleanor Rigby
93. I’m Only Sleeping
94. Love You To
95. Here, There And Everywhere
96. Yellow Submarine
97. She Said She Said
98. Good Day Sunshine
99. And Your Bird Can Sing
100. For No One
101. Dr. Robert
102. I Want To Tell You
103. Got To Get You Into My Life
104. Tomorrow Never Knows
105. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
106. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
107. With A Little Help From My Friends
108. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
109. Getting Better
110. Fixing A Hole
111. She’s Leaving Home
112. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
113. Within You Without You
114. When I’m Sixty Four
115. Lovely Rita
116. Good Morning Good Morning
117. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
118. A Day In The Life
119. Magical Mystery Tour
120. Magical Mystery Tour
121. The Fool On The Hill
122. Flying
123. Blue Jay Way
124. Your Mother Should Know
125. I Am The Walrus
126. Hello Goodbye
127. Strawberry Fields Forever
128. Penny Lane
129. Baby You’re A Rich Man
130. All You Need Is Love
131. The Beatles
132. Back In The U.S.S.R.
133. Dear Prudence
134. Glass Onion
135. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
136. Wild Honey Pie
137. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
138. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
139. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
140. Martha My Dear
141. I’m So Tired
142. Blackbird
143. Piggies
144. Rocky Raccoon
145. Don’t Pass Me By
146. Why Don’t We Do It In The Road
147. I Will
148. Julia
149. Birthday
150. Yer Blues
151. Mother Nature’s Son
152. Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
153. Sexy Sadie
154. Helter Skelter
155. Long Long Long
156. Revolution 1
157. Honey Pie
158. Savoy Truffle
159. Cry Baby Cry
160. Revolution 9
161. Good Night
162. Yellow Submarine
163. Yellow Submarine
164. Only A Northern Song
165. All Together Now
166. Hey Bulldog
167. It’s All Too Much
168. All You Need Is Love
169. Pepperland
170. Sea Of Time
171. Sea Of Holes
172. Sea Of Monsters
173. March Of The Meanies
174. Pepperland Laid Waste
175. Yellow Submarine In Pepperland
176. Abbey Road
177. Come Together
178. Something
179. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
180. Oh! Darling
181. Octopus’s Garden
182. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
183. Here Comes The Sun
184. Because
185. You Never Give Me Your Money
186. Sun King
187. Mean Mr. Mustard
188. Polythene Pam
189. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
190. Golden Slumbers
191. Carry That Weight
192. The End
193. Let It Be
194. Two Of Us
195. Dig A Pony
196. Across The Universe
197. I Me Mine
198. Dig It
199. Let It Be
200. Maggie Mae
201. I’ve Got A Feeling
202. One After 909
203. The Long And Winding Road
204. For You Blue
205. Get Back
206. Past Masters
207. Love Me Do (Original Single Version)
208. From Me To You
209. Thank You Girl
210. She Loves You
211. I’ll Get You
212. I Want To Hold Your Hand
213. This Boy
214. Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
215. Sie Liebt Dich
216. Long Tall Sally
217. I Call Your Name
218. Slow Down
219. Matchbox
220. I Feel Fine
221. She’s A Woman
222. Bad Boy
223. Yes It Is
224. I’m Down
225. Day Tripper
226. We Can Work It Out
227. Paperback Writer
228. Rain
229. Lady Madonna
230. The Inner Light
231. Hey Jude
232. Revolution
233. Get Back (With Billy Preston)
234. Don’t Let Me Down (With Billy Preston)
235. The Ballad Of John And Yoko
236. Old Brown Shoe
237. Across The Universe
238. Let It Be
239. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

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