Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving the band. "I will not record or perform with the Beatles again or write music with John," he says in his written statement. Filled with rage, John Lennon retorts: "Paul didn't leave the band, I fired him."
Who were the Beatles
A world-famous English rock band from Liverpool, consisting of singer and guitarist John Lennon, singer and bassist Paul McCartney, guitarist George Harrison and drummer Ringo Starr.
The band made its presence felt strongly during the 1960s and was so successful around the world that it remains the most popular and revolutionary band in the history of music. When John Lennon met Paul McCartney, they were both around 14 years old. The meeting of two schoolboys from Liverpool in the mid-1950s led to events that were to shock the world.
The periods of their own history, as a group, and their songs echo the trends and upheavals of an entire era. From their early years which include their first steps and performances in small clubs to the beginning of their professional career (in 1962) and their national recognition. Their career began to develop at breakneck speed from January 1963 when their second single "Please Plese Me" was released and reached number one in the UK top ten. Their first album of the same title stayed for 30 weeks at number 1 in the UK, only to be replaced in 1964 by "With The Beatles", which stayed at the top for 22 spells. In November 1963 they played for the Queen, now accepted by the establishment and having bridged the "generation gap."
McCartney wrote "Yesterday", the song with the most radio airplay, and at Buckingham Palace they were decorated by the Queen.
In New York, in August 1965, they were the first group to play in a baseball stadium. On June 25, 1967, in the first worldwide simultaneous satellite broadcast, they sang "All You Need Is Love" to 200 million people. It was one of the most powerful, historically and emotionally, moments in rock music history.
As of today in 1970, the band broke up and the four artists pursued personal careers with several notable moments, but they never came close to the integrity of the Beatle artistic vision. On December 8, 1980, Lennon was murdered outside his New York home by Mike Chapman. His death marked the definitive end of a magnificent and unique career on the music scene.
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