The Beatles are an English pop rock band, formed in

Liverpool in 1960.
They are one of the most popular and successful
groups in music history.

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 The Beatles had their first #1 single off of the album

Love Me Do in the year 1962.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xuMwfUqJJM
What instrument makes the wailing sound?

 The Beatles had their first #1 single off of the album

Love Me Do in the year 1962.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xuMwfUqJJM
What instrument makes the wailing sound?

harmonica

 The song I Wanna Hold Your Hand came out in 1963

and went to the #1 spot in at least six different

countries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRlKKkHCt9M

 In 1963, The Beatles made a movie called A Hard Days

Night.
George Harrison met his wife Pattie Boyd while
making the movie.

 A film that was made in 2007 using 34 Beatles songs.

 The Beatles were one of the first bands to star in a

movie.
Now it is a very popular idea to make movies with
singers or bands in them.

 The Beatles were so popular that everywhere they went,

girls would scream and cry.

 In the mid-1960s, the Beatles started to make

psychedelic rock music. There were many social and

cultural changes happening in the United States and
the UK, including a lot of war protests.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtiu3CA2KUU
Fill in the blanks of the song with the words at the bottom.

 The Beatles, as well as many

other musicians, started to sing

songs about peace and ending
the war in Vietnam.

 John Lennon met Yoko Ono in 1966. They were

married in 1969. Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist and

feminist. She inspired The Ballad of John and Yoko.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajCYQL8ouqw

 While John was married to Yoko Ono, he was shot and

killed on December 8, 1980 outside his house at The

Dakota in New York City.
He was shot by a man named Mark David Chapman.
He is still in jail.

 Former Beatle Paul McCartney is

still making music. He is the most

successful songwriter in the history
of music.
He has made over 30 albums after
being a member of the Beatles.

 For a long time, it was not possible to buy The Beatles

music on iTunes, because there was a fight about who

owned the music. Now, all of the albums are available.

 The music of the Beatles has been popular since before

color television. Now, their music is online!