Who are the Beatles?
The Beatles are, quite possibly, the all-time most famous and popular band in the word. Though the group’s commercial recording career spanned a mere seven years, from 1963 to 1970, they remain the bestselling band of all time in history in the United States, and have sold more than a billion albums around the world. The Beatles’ lineup consisted of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. An initial version of the band, including McCartney, Lennon, and Harrison, first started playing together in 1957 while the musicians were in high school, but the band’s final lineup did not become complete until Starr joined the band in 1962. Though the Beatles initially experienced success in England, they did not make it big in the United States until their 1964 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. After their appearance on the show, a phenomenon known as “Beatlemania” occurred — girls began to collect their albums and memorabilia with a vengeance, and many teenage boys imitat
