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John
Lennon (called the Smart One) was an English songwriter
and guitarist.
Born on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool. That’s him who decided
to form the group in 1957. He revealed us his rebellious nature through
his whole career. In his solo career, Lennon wrote songs such as “Imagine”,
“Give Peace A Chance” and “Instant Karma”,
during his hippie period. He had two sons, Julian with his first wife
Cynthia Powell, and Sean with Yoko Ono. In 1975, he lived in New York
where he recorded his last album “Double Fantasy”. John
Lennon was killed by a mad fan, David Chapman, in New York City on
the 8th, December of 1980.
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Paul
McCartney (called the Cute One) is a singer, composer and
multi-intrumentalist.
Born on the 18th of June, 1942 in Liverpool. He helped Lennon to create
the Beatles. Following his departure, McCartney launched a successful
solo career and formed the band Wings with his wife Linda McCartney.
He became a famous musician and composer in popular music history
by taking part in international charities. However, he fights against
landmines, sea culls and for vegetarianism and music education. In
1997, Sir Paul McCartney was knighted by the Queen for his “services
to music”.
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Georges
Harrison(called the Quiet One) was a singer and guitarist.
Born on February 25, 1943 in Liverpool. I composed any songs for their
group, such as “If I Needed Someone”, “Taxman”,
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, and “Here Comes
The Sun”. After a trip of The Beatles to India, he discovered
Hindouiste philosophy and became to be interested in Indian life.
Afterwards, he integrated Indian classical music into his projects.
While he still played in The Beatles, he recorded solo albums such
as “Wonderwall Music” (1968) and “Electronik Sound”.
That’s with the album “All Things Must Pass” released
in 1970 that he known a great success, notably the track “My
Sweet Lord”. He organized the Concert For Bangladesh in 1971,
a charity concert which gathered rock stars such as Bob Dylan and
Eric Clapton. In 1981, in homage to his dead friend Lennon, he released
“All Those Years Ago”, recorded by the three surviving
Beatles, as his solo single. He formed the rock band Traveling Wilburys
in 1989, but lastly, he died on the 29th of November, 2001 of a cancer,
and his last solo album “Brainwashed” was released in
2002.
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Ringo
Starr (called the Drummer)
Born as Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940 in Liverpool. He had been
called Ringo since he used to wear many rings on his fingers, and
he decided to shorten his last name to Starr. From 1959 to 1962, he
joined the group “Rory Storm And The Hurricane”, which
went other to Hamburg to play at the Kaiserkeller and this was Ringo
known The Beatles. He soon replaced Pete Best as a drummer for the
group. When the Beatles split up, he already had two solo albums under
his belt: “Beaucoups Of Blues”, a country music collection,
and “Sentimental Journey”. After, he starred in movies,
including “The Magic Christian” (1969) and “200
Motels” (1971). He formed his own group called “Ringo
Starr And His All Star Band” in 1989(composed of Eric Carmen,
Jack Bruce, Dave Edmund, Simon Kirk and Mark Rivera).
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