The Beatles
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| The Beatles | |
 The Beatles in 1967 Top: John Lennon, Paul McCartney Bottom: Ringo Starr, George Harrison |
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| Background information | |
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| Origin | Liverpool, England |
| Genres | Rock, pop |
| Years active | 1960–1970 |
| Labels | Parlophone, Capitol, Vee-Jay, United Artists, Apple |
| Associated acts | The Quarrymen Plastic Ono Band |
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| John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr |
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| Past members | |
| Stuart Sutcliffe Pete Best |
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| “ | Many people ask what are Beatles? Why Beatles? Ugh, Beatles, how did the name arrive? So we will tell you. It came in a vision — a man appeared in a flaming pie and said unto them 'From this day on you are Beatles with an A.' 'Thank you, Mister Man,' they said, thanking him. | „ |
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—John Lennon, Mersey Beat magazine, July 1961 |
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| “ | I thought we were the best fucking group in the goddamn world, and believing that is what made us what we were, whether you call it the best pop group or the best rock 'n' roll group or whatever. As far as we were concerned, we were the best, but we thought we were the best before anybody else had even heard of us, back in Hamburg and Liverpool. So in that respect I think the Beatles are the best thing that ever happened in pop music, but you play me those tracks and I want to remake every damn one of them. | „ |
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—John Lennon, The Playboy Interviews, p.61-62, 1980 |
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