The Beatles
The Beatles were one of the most popular bands during the earliest years of Rock and Roll. They were so great that they were compared to Jesus. One of the reasons they were such a successful band was because they were very talented at playing their music. A second reason was because of their style, their style changed a lot throughout the years from short hair and matching tuxedos to longhair and kind of a “cuddly” look. The Beatles were also popular because people could relate to their songs, or their teenage female audiences who fell in love with the Beatles and were their beginning fan base, screaming teenage girls.
During the beginning, the Beatles had originally formed with guys from Quarry Bank high school, the band consisted of John Lennon and a few friends they called themselves the Quarry Men. The Quarry men played mostly at school
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But, near the end of the year the Quarry Men were hired to play at a college every other Friday, they were known there as “the college band”. The Quarry men was ending quickly because of the lack of gigs they could find between these college gigs; the band was over. George then left, and he joined a group named The Les Stewart Quartet.
In 1960 the group George was in had disbanded and Paul called and asked if George would like to rejoin the group, he replied with a yes. They had a few gigs with their new band name the Beatles, which was an idea of Johns. The original name of the Beatles was the Silver Beetles, but John decided that they should change it to the Beatles.
Two years later, in 1962 the band was offered to be managed by Brian Epstein, the owner of the two biggest record companies in the area. They did not agree at first, but Epstein was not giving up just yet. On January 24 1962, the Beatles did sign a five- year contract with Epstein. This was a key part of the future progress of the