The first rock group formed in Liverpool, England, in the late 1950s. When they started, The Beatles met by names like The Quarrymen, Johnny and the Moondogs, The Rainbows, and Silver Beatles, before settling on the Beatles. In 1960.
The original line-up consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stu Sutcliffe, and Pete Best. In April 1961, Sutcliffe left the group and died of a brain hemorrhage a year later. Best left in 1962 and was replaced by Richard Starkey, also known as Ringo Starr.
From there, the group remained, until Paul McCartney announced their breakup on April 10, 1970. The group was led by Brian Epstein, who died of an overdose of sleeping pills in 1967 and were produced by George Martin.
The Beatles’ first tour of the United States took place in February 1964. That was also the year they won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. They also won the Grammy’s Trustees Award in 1972. In 1968 they became owners of the Apple record label.
They appeared in the movies “A Hard Day’s Night” in 1964, “Help!” in 1965 and “Magical Mystery Tour” in 1967. They also provided the voices in the 1968 cartoon “Yellow Submarine.”
According to Billboard magazine, the Beatles topped the singles charts twenty times and reached the weekly Top 40 forty-nine times between 1964 and 1976. The artist closest to this record is Elvis Presley, who reached number 1 eighteen times. . Below are the 20 biggest hits of The Beatles, all of them number one. Many of the Beatles’ B-sides also made the top 40 and stand out rightly.
1. Hey Jude – 1968 – The number one song of 1968 and the B-side, “Revolution” goes to number 12 on the weekly charts.
2. I Want To Hold Your Hand – 1964 – The Beatles’ first US hit with the B-side “I Saw Her Standing There”, also in the Top 20.
3. Get Back – 1969 – This hit featured Billy Preston, as well as the B-side “Don’t Let Me Down.”
4. Can’t Buy Me Love – 1964
5. Yesterday – 1965 – This song has the meaning of having more than 2500 recorded versions.
6. I Feel Fine – 1964 – The B-side of this song, “She’s A Woman” reached number 4 on the weekly charts.
7. Help! – 1965 – This song is the title song of the movie of the same name. The movie “Help!” It was originally titled, “Eight Arms to Hold You”.
8. We Can Work It Out – 1966 – The flip side of the coin, “Day Tripper” went to # 5. Stevie Wonder took a cover of this song to number 13 in 1971.
9. Hello goodbye – 1967
10. She Loves You – 1964 – “Sie Lieb Dicht”, the German version of this Beatles song also hit the Billboard charts in 1964.
11. Let It Be – 1970 – The main song of the documentary.
12. A Hard Day’s Night – 1964 – Another title track, this one from the first Beatles movie.
13. Paperback Writer – 1966 – The B-side, “Rain” peaked at # 23 on the weekly charts.
14. The Long And Winding Road – 1970 – Also from the documentary film “Let It Be” and the latest # 1 Beatles single.
15. Eight Days a Week – 1965 – “I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party” was the B-side of this hit single and barely reached the weekly Top 40.
16. Come Together – 1969 – The flip side of this single, “Something” went to # 3 on the weekly charts.
17. Love Me Do – 1964 – This song and the B-side, “PS I Love You”, were recorded in September 1962 and featured Andy White on drums and newly added band member Ringo Starr on tambourine. .
18. Ticket To Ride – 1965 – Another song that appears in the movie “Help!”
19. Penny Lane – 1967 – Another two-sided hit, this time with “Strawberry Fields Forever” going to # 8 on the weekly charts.
20. All you need is love – 1967 – With “Baby, you’re a rich man” as face B.
The Beatles were able to break the weekly Top 10 charts once again. Six years after the band’s disbandment in 1976, and ten years after the release of their album “Revolver”, the single “Got To Get You Into My Life” went to # 7.
All four Beatles had songs No. 1, after The Beatles were no more. The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. They will forever be known as the number one rock group in the world.