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The Long And Winding Road
If ever there was a song which summed up the fraught nature of The Beatles' final months together, it was The Long And Winding Road. Read more »Tell me what you see
The Beatles - Glass Onion (Take 10 / Audio)
Twelve key dates in Beatles history
- 6 July 1957: John Lennon meets Paul McCartney
- 17 August 1960: The Beatles arrive in Hamburg
- 9 February 1961: The Beatles' first Cavern Club show
- 9 November 1961: Brian Epstein meets The Beatles
- 1 January 1962: The Beatles' Decca audition
- 6 June 1962: The first Abbey Road session
- 11 February 1963: Recording the Please Please Me LP
- 7 February 1964: The Beatles' US invasion begins
- 29 August 1966: Live in Candlestick Park, San Francisco - The Beatles' final concert
- 25 June 1967: The Beatles on Our World - All You Need Is Love
- 30 January 1969: The Beatles' rooftop show
- 10 April 1970: Paul McCartney announces the split
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Eight albums by The Beatles made their debut at number one in the UK albums chart.
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- Thursday 23 December 1999
- Tuesday 23 December 1969
- Wednesday 23 December 1964
- Sunday 23 December 1962
- Saturday 23 December 1961
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The distinctive clang which opens A Hard Day's Night became one of the most iconic sounds of the 1960s. Instantly recognisable, it was the perfect beginning to the group's third album and debut feature film. Read more »Beatles album of the month
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"I now realize that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache." - Paul McCartney, 1967
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Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney was a singer and multi-instrumentalist in The Beatles. With John Lennon, he was half of one of the world's most successful songwriting teams in history. Read more »






