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The Beatles began in 1957, when John Lennon formed a skiffle group with his friends called the Quarrymen. The band underwent many name and membership changes, culminating in 1962 with the famous line-up of Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
After the Beatles disbanded in 1970, each of the four members went on to have success, both as solo acts and with their own groups. Although Lennon died in 1980, the remaining Beatles re-united in 1994 to record new songs, "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love", for the Anthology project. Harrison died in 2001; McCartney and Starr re-united again as the Beatles in 2022 to complete the unfinished Anthology project “Now and Then”, which was released the following year. These three songs were written and originally recorded on a cassette tape by Lennon.
Pre-Beatles
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
The Blackjacks (November 1956) |
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The Quarrymen (November–December 1956) |
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The Quarrymen (December 1956 – Early 1957) |
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The Quarrymen (Early 1957 – 7 August) |
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The Rebels (Spring 1957) |
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The Quarrymen (August 1957) |
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The Quarrymen (August – 18 October 1957) |
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The McCartney Brothers (August 1957) |
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The Quarrymen (18 October 1957 – February 1958) |
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The Quarrymen (February 1958) |
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The Quarrymen (February–March 1958) |
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The Quarrymen (March – July 1958) |
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The Quarrymen (July – November 1958) |
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The Vikings (Summer 1958) |
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Johnny and the Moondogs (November – 19 December 1958) |
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Japage 3 (19 December 1958 – May 1959) |
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The Les Stewart Quartet (22 February – 22 August 1959) |
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The Quarrymen (22 August 1959 – 9 January 1960) |
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The Quarrymen (9–21 January 1960) |
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The Quarrymen (21 January – Early Winter (January - March) 1960) |
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Los Paranoias (Early Winter 1960) |
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Pete Best
The Blackjacks (20 December 1959 – March 1960) |
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Ringo Starr
The Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group (1957 – Spring 1959) |
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Richy Starkey's unnamed group (Spring 1959) |
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Darktown (Spring–Summer 1959) |
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The Raving Texans (May – 11 November 1959) |
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Rory Storm and the Hurricanes (11 November 1959 – December 1961) |
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Lu Walters (15 October 1960) |
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Top Ten Club house band (December 1961 – March 1962) |
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Rory Storm and the Hurricanes (March – 18 August 1962) |
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The Beatles
The Beatals (27 March – 10 May 1960) |
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The Nerk Twins (23–24 April 1960) |
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Long John and the Silver Beetles (10–12 May 1960) |
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The Silver Beetles (13–20 May 1960) |
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Johnny Gentle and his group (20–28 May 1960) |
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The Silver Beetles (31 May – 11 June 1960) |
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The Silver Beetles (June 1960) |
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The Silver Beatles (June 1960) |
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The Silver Beatles (July – 12 August 1960) |
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The Silver Beatles (12–17 August 1960) |
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The Beatles (17 August - 30 November 1960) Official name change to the Beatles. |
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Lu Walters (15 October 1960) |
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The Beatles (November - November 21, 1960) |
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The Beatles (21 November 1960) Harrison gets deported. |
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The Beatles (1 December 1960) McCartney and Best get deported. |
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The Beatles (1–16 December 1960) |
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The Beatles (17 December 1960 – January 1961) |
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The Beatles (January 1961) |
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The Beatles (15 January – 1 April 1961) |
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The Beatles (1 April – 1 July 1961) |
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Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers (June 1961) |
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The Beatles (2 July 1961 – 20 August 1961) |
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The Savage Young Beatles (20 August 1961 - 19 October 1961) |
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The Beatmakers (19 October 1961) |
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The Beatles (20 October 1961 - 18 August 1962) |
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The Beatles (18 August 1962 – 2 June 1964) |
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The Beatles (3–13 June 1964) Starr is ill |
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The Beatles (14 June 1964 – 22 August 1968) |
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The Beatles (22 August 1968 - 5 September 1968) Starr briefly quits |
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The Beatles (6 September 1968 – 10 January 1969) |
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The Beatles (10 January 1969 – 15 January 1969) Harrison briefly quits |
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The Beatles with Billy Preston 15 January – 2 May 1969 Get Back and early Abbey Road sessions |
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The Beatles (3 May – 20 September 1969) |
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The Beatles (21 September 1969 – 10 April 1970) Lennon leaves the group |
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The Beatles ("The Threetles") (1994–1996) Anthology reunion ("Free as a Bird" and "Real Love") |
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The Beatles (2022–2023) The completion of "Now and Then" |
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Timeline
Post-Beatles
John Lennon
The Dirty Mac (December 1968) |
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Plastic Ono Band (June 1969) |
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Plastic Ono Band (September 1969) |
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Plastic Ono Band (September 1969) |
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Plastic Ono Band (December 1969) |
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Plastic Ono Band (January 1970) |
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John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (September–October 1970) |
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Plastic Ono Mothers |
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory plus Invisible Strings (1972) |
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Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band (1972) |
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Plastic U.F.Ono Band (1973) |
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Plastic Ono Nuclear Band (1974) |
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Paul McCartney
Wings (August 1971 – January 1972) |
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Paul McCartney and Wings (January 1972 – August 1973) |
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Paul McCartney & Wings (August 1973 – August 1974) |
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Wings (August 1974 – January 1975) |
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Wings (January 1975 – September 1977) |
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Wings (September 1977 – August 1978) |
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Wings (August 1978 – April 1981) |
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Rockestra (1979) |
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Paul McCartney (1989–1990) |
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Paul McCartney (1991–1993) |
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Paul McCartney (2002–present) |
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George Harrison
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (1969) |
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George Harrison & Friends (1971) |
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George Harrison (1974) |
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Traveling Wilburys (1988) |
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Traveling Wilburys (1990) |
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George Harrison (1991) |
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The Hi Jack Band (1992) |
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Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (1989) |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (1992) |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (1995) |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (1997–1998) |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (1999) |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (2000) |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (2001) |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (2003) |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (2006) |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (2008) |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (2010–2011) |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (2012–2013) |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (2014) |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (2018) |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (2019) |
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Pete Best
Lee Curtis and the All-Stars (Sept. 1962 – mid. 1963) |
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The Original All-Stars / The Pete Best Four / The Pete Best Combo (1963–1968) |
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The Pete Best Band (1988–present) |
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Stuart Sutcliffe
The Bats (2–9 February 1962) |
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Notes
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 103-104.
- ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 105.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 109.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 120.
- ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 138.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 139.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 144.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 159.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 160.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 163.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 195.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 188, 822.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 196.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 199.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 213.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 206.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 224.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 277.
- ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 276.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 242.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 296.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 112.
- ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 211.
- Starr, Michael Seth (2015). Ringo: With a Little Help. Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-61713-120-2.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 240.
- ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 369.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 521, 576.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 593.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 292.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 295.
- ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 299.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 305.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 323.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 325.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 327.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 336.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 341.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 384.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 390.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 399.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 403.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 427.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 446.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 443.
- ^ Tobler 1992, p. 99.
- The Beatles Anthology (1995)
- Lewisohn 1988, p. 165-175.
- The Beatles Anthology (1995)
- "Norwegian Wood Concerts - The Solo Years 1992 - 1993". Norwegianwood.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- Lewisohn 2013, p. 856.
- "The Bats". Retrieved November 29, 2014.
References
- Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Abbey Road Studio Session Notes 1962–1970. London: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. ISBN 0-517-57066-1.
- Lewisohn, Mark (2013). The Beatles: All These Years, Vol. 1: Tune In. Crown Archetype. ISBN 978-1-4000-8305-3.
- Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years. Reed International Books Ltd. ISBN 978-0600576020.