How Did The Beatles Become So Popular In The 1960s

The 1960’s were one of the best times in music history. The Beatles were founded and became very popular in the 60’s, too. The Beatles also happen to be one of the most popular bands in rock and roll history and continue to influence music of today. While most everyone knows the songs such as Here Comes the Sun and Hey Jude, not many people know how the band came together and rose to such popularity. In the beginning, The Beatles weren't all friends. John Lennon was originally in a band called The Quarrymen with his schoolmate Pete Shotton when they were 17. Eventually after recruiting a few more friends, in July of 1957 The Quarrymen had a five piece lineup. On July 6, 1957, The Quarrymen played a show at the Garden Fete at St. Peter’s Church. A mutual friend of both John and Paul McCartney, Ivan Vaughn, brought Paul who was 15 years old at the time, to see The Quarrymen play. After the show ended, Paul was introduced to John and played the song Twenty Flight Rock on the guitar for him. John was impressed by Paul’s playing and asked him to join the band a few weeks later. In late 1957, Paul suggested that his friend George

What they got instead was long working hours in dirty, rundown clubs, terrible living arrangements, and had to sleep behind the screen of a movie theater for months. They never were given the money they were promised from the gig, but their trip ended suddenly when George who was 17 at the time, got deported for being underaged. In the spring of 1961, Stu Sutcliff quit the band. Around the end of 1961, Brian Epstein who owned the record store NEMS put out the record My Bonnie which The Beatles were the backup band for. To Brian’s surprise, the records sold out just as fast as he could put them on the shelves. He decided to go see the group for himself and ended up really liking them. By January of 1962, Brian Epstein was officially The Beatles’