Baby It's You

Baby It's You was the 10th song recorded during The Beatles' marathon 11 February 1963 session, during which they recorded the bulk of their debut album Please Please Me. Read more »

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Before settling on The Beatles, the group was known as The Silver Beetles, The Silver Beats and The Silver Beatles.

The 'Paul is dead' myth

One of the more bizarre aspects of The Beatles' story was this 1969 theory that Paul McCartney died in 1966, and that The Beatles inserted a series of clues into their songs and artwork. Read more »

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Recorded in 400 hours during a 129-day period, The Beatles' eighth UK album helped define the 1967 Summer of Love, and was instantly recognised as a major leap forward for modern music. Read more »

"Having all these material things, I wanted something more. And it happened that at just the time I wanted it, it came to me in the form of Ravi Shankar, Indian music, and the whole Indian philosophy." - George Harrison

Pete Best

The Beatles' original drummer, Peter Randolph Best was born on 24 November 1941, in Madras, India, and grew up in Liverpool. He remained with the group until August 1962. Read more »