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Also Known As the Silver Beetles • Fab Four
Awards And Honors Academy Award • Grammy Award for best new artist • Grammy Award (2025) • Grammy Award (2024) • Grammy Award (1996) • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1988) • Grammy Award (1967) • Grammy Award (1964)
Notable Works “Abbey Road” • “Beatles for Sale” • “Let It Be” • “Please Please Me” • “Revolver” • “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” • “The Beatles”
Role In British Invasion
Date 1960 - 1970
Areas Of Involvement The Birth of Beatlemania: Observing a Fifty-Year (1963–2013) Milestone • Did the Beatles Really Say They Were More Popular than Jesus? • Behind the Scenes: 7 Historical Figures in Beatles Lyrics • Today in History—August 8: The Beatles Stop Traffic to Cross Abbey Road • Today in History—January 30: The Impromptu Concert that Became the Beatles’ Last
Related People George Martin • Paul McCartney • John Lennon • Brian Epstein • Pete Best • Ringo Starr • Phil Spector • George Harrison

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The Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964; Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and John Lennon sing and play guitars at the front, with Ringo Starr on drums in the back.
The Beatles, from left: George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon, stand together in matching collarless grey suits, smiling for a photo in 1963.
George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Pete Best, and John Lennon of the Beatles perform onstage in leather jackets at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, February 1961.
George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon of The Beatles performing on stage at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, wearing suits and playing guitars, circa 1962.
Brian Epstein seated at a table holding papers, wearing a dark suit and looking toward the camera, with a window and curtains in the background.
Black and white portrait of The Beatles, left to right: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, all wearing suits and ties, smiling at the camera.
Film director Richard Lester stands with The Beatles-George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney-on a film set during the making of A Hard Day's Night in 1964.
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon run down a cobblestone alley in London, wearing suits, in a scene from the Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night.
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