Beatles Signed "Picture (U.S.A.) Ltd." Pictorial Magazine. The Beatles are the most popular rock band in history. The craze for the band became so intense that there was a new term coined for it: Beatlemania. It all started in March 1957 when sixteen-year-old John Lennon formed a band with several friends. It was initially called the Blackjacks but soon afterwards they changed its name to the Quarrymen. Later that year fifteen-year-old Paul McCartney joined the band. The next year McCartney's friend George Harrison, who was fourteen years old, auditioned for Lennon. Though Lennon thought that George had talent, he believed that he was too young for the band. However, after a month of persistence, George Harrison joined the band as lead guitarist. By 1959, Lennon's friends had left the group. In 1960 Lennon's art school friend Stu Sutcliffe joined the group. It was Stu who came up with the idea of changing the name of the band to 'Beatles' as a tribute to Buddy Holly and the Crickets. By mid-August 1960 they were playing as the Beatles. The last time the Beatles performed live together was on the roof of Apple's London office on January 30, 1969. In mid-September that same year John Lennon announced his departure to the rest of the group. Both George and Ringo had left the group before that for short spells of time. On 10 April 1970 Paul McCartney announced publicly that he had left the group. The final album release of the Beatles is Let It Be although it was mostly recorded before Abbey Road. Their last single to be released is “The Long and Winding Road”. Comes with a Letter of Authentication from GFA.

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