the Beatles: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
The Beatles Anthology (2000) is the bandâs official autobiography and contains numerous anecdotes and quotes as well as previously unpublished photographs. The definitive summary of the basic facts is presented in Mark Lewisohn, The Complete Beatles Chronicles (1992). The best account of Beatlemania, written while it was happening, is Michael Braun, Love Me Do: The Beatlesâ Progress (1964, reissued 1977). Hunter Davies, The Beatles, 2nd rev. ed. (1985, reissued 1996), is an authorized account. Two useful biographies are by longtime London music writers: Ray Coleman, John Winston Lennon (1984), and John Ono Lennon (1984), published together as Lennon (1984); and Barry Miles, Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now (1997). The best musical analysis is Ian MacDonald, Revolution in the Head: The Beatlesâ Records and the Sixties (1994).
Representative Works
- âI Want to Hold Your Handâ (1963)
- âPlease Please Meâ (1963)
- âShe Loves Youâ (1963)
- âTwist and Shoutâ (1963)
- With the Beatles (1963)
- âA Hard Dayâs Nightâ (1964)
- âI Feel Fineâ/âSheâs a Womanâ (1964)
- Help! (1965)
- Rubber Soul (1965)
- âPaperback Writerâ/âRainâ (1966)
- Revolver (1966)
- âStrawberry Fields Foreverâ/âPenny Laneâ (1967)
- The Beatles [White Album] (1968)
- âHey Judeâ/âRevolutionâ (1968)
- Abbey Road (1969)
- âLet It Beâ (1970)
Article Contributors
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Article History
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| Added more information about the British Invasion and youth culture and noted several film projects about the band. | Aug 02, 2026 | ||
| Added a slideshow and top questions. | Jan 05, 2026 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 14, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 20, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Dec 05, 2024 | ||
| Invalidated site: TCNJ Journal of Student Scholarship - The Beatles and the Counterculture. | Oct 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: TCNJ Journal of Student Scholarship - The Beatles and the Counterculture. | Oct 21, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Oct 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The College of New Jersey - Journal of Student Scholarship - The Summer of Love: Hippie Culture and The Beatles in 1967. | Sep 10, 2024 | ||
| Replaced a photo. | Sep 09, 2024 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 07, 2024 | ||
| Added an image of Brian Epstein. | Jul 15, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-reference to Brian Epstein. | Jul 12, 2024 | ||
| Revised head level titles for search engine optimization and readability. | Jul 03, 2024 | ||
| Revised opening paragraph and added media. | Jul 01, 2024 | ||
| Links added. | Apr 05, 2023 | ||
| Corrected the cross-reference for âGeorge Martin.â | Feb 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History for Kids - Beatlemania. | Feb 06, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Profile of The Beatles. | Feb 14, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 18, 2017 | ||
| Article revised. |
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Jul 28, 2016 | |
| Noted that each of the band members was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1965. |
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Oct 22, 2015 | |
| Add new Web site: PBS - The Sixties - The Beatles. | Nov 13, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - The Beatles. | Nov 13, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of the Beatles. | Nov 13, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians - The Beatles. | Nov 13, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - The Beatles. | Nov 13, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of John Lennon. | Feb 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of John Lennon. | Feb 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - John Lennon. | Feb 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - The Beatles. | Feb 11, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - The Beatles. | Feb 11, 2013 | ||
| Added photograph of the Beatles. | Nov 15, 2012 | ||
| Updated with information about the proposed sale of Abbey Road studios and the facility's designation as a historic landmark. | Mar 10, 2010 | ||
| Added mention of the release of remastered catalog and Rock Band | Sep 09, 2009 | ||
| Video of the Beatles' arrival in New York City added. | Sep 02, 2009 | ||
| Updated to include the announcement of the scheduled Sept. 9, 2009, release of digitally remastered catalog and Beatles version of Rock Band. | Apr 09, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: VIDEO: The Beatles - "Paperback Writer". | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: VIDEO: The Beatles - "Rain". | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Bootleg Beatles - The World's Premier Beatles Tribute. | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Bootleg Beatles - The World's Premier Beatles Tribute. | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of the Beatles. | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of the Beatles. | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: VIDEO: The Beatles - "Paperback Writer". | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of The Beatles. | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of The Beatles. | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: VIDEO: The Beatles - "Revolution". | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: VIDEO: The Beatles - "Revolution". | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: VIDEO: The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever". | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: VIDEO: The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever". | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: VIDEO: The Beatles - "Rain". | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 21, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 15, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 21, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 21, 2000 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 09, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Nov 08, 1999 |
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