John, Ringo, Paul And George

As many of you might know, The Beatles was made up by four musicians, John Lennon (rythm guitar and vocals), Ringo Starr (drums), Paul McCartney (bass guitar and vocals) and George Harrison (lead guitar and vocals). This wonderful band was started in 1960 and lasted until 1967, although they didn't last very long, they made over 10 CD's including over 100 great songs.

In this post I will be writing about a little bit of each musician's history and life.

John Lennon, was born October 9, 1940 and unfortunately died December 8, 1980. At the age of fourty John Lennon was shot four times on the back, dying before arriving at the hospital. john was a musician/writer from liverpool he was also a peace activist, this is reflected in his songs such as his solo, "Imagine". His music and his words still inspire people from all over the world despite the fact he was murdered over 20 years ago.

Ringo Starr, Ringo Starkey Jr. was born July 7, 1940 and still lives today with a succesful solo career. He is known for being the drummer of The Beatles and one of the best drumers of all time. Ringo is also a singer and songwriter although he does not sing in many of the band's songs. "Before Ringo, drum stars were measured by their soloing ability and virtuosity. Ringo's popularity brought forth a new paradigm in how the public saw drummers. We started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect. One of Ringo's great qualities was that he composed unique, stylistic drum parts for The Beatles songs. His parts are so signature to the songs that you can listen to a Ringo drum part without the rest of the music and still identify the song." Steve Smith.

Paul McCartney, was born June 18, 1942 and still lives today with a succesful solo career, he was a songwriter, musician and peaceactivist like John Lennon. Paul played the guitar and sang/wrote most of The Beatles songs. When the band split-up he joined the band "Wings" with his wife, Linda Eastman. He is famous for many things, including being the singer for the beatles.

George Harrison, was born February 25, 1943 and died November 29, 2001. He was a song-writer, musician and singer for The Beatles. He played the lead guitar adn sang the chorus and wrote many of the songs, including "Here Comes The Sun". He is famous for playing with The Beatles and being part of the historical band and legacy, The Beatles. George Harrison died of the treatments of the throat cancer he developed because of his smoking in the early '60's.