Title: Gears of War/Factory81
Description: The new Gears of War ad with different music

Title: Bring the Noise - Staind ft Fred Durst
Description: Bring the Noise - Staind ft Fred Durst Take a Bite Outta Rhyme: A Rock Tribute to Rap is a rap compilation album that includes well known rap songs performed solely by popular rock musicians. The album was released by Republic on October 24, 2000. The album consists of such popular names as Dynamite Hack, Staind and Fun Lovin' Criminals among others.[2] The albm reached #195 on the Billboard 200 on the week of November 11, 2000. 1 Bring The Noise Staind and Limp Bizkit 3:51 Public Enemy snd Anthrax 2 Going Back To Cali Sevendust 4:07 LL Cool J 3 Sucker MC's Lordz of Brooklyn Stoned Soul and Everlast 3:29 Run DMC 4 Boyz-N-The Hood Dynamite Hack 3:08 Eazy-E (N.W.A.) 5 Posse On Broadway Insane Clown Posse 4:47 Sir Mix-A-Lot 6 It's Tricky Bloodhound Gang 2:35 Run DMC 7 Mind Playin' Tricks On Me Kottonmouth Kings 5:22 Ghetto Boys 8 Microphone Fiend Fun Lovin' Criminals 4:43 Eric B. and Rakim 9 New Jack Hustler Dope 4:24 Ice-T 10 White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) Driver 3:59 Melle Mel and Grandmaster Flash 11 Bring The Pain Mindless Self Indulgence 3:41 Method Man 12 Insane In The Brain Factory 81 3:50 Cypress Hill 13 The Tribute Nonpoint and Grimm 4:42 Slick Rick 14 Bamm! Jerky Boys 1:27

Title: Bandemonium Pre-show Routines (NLT, V-Factory, Menudo)
Description: The four bands on the Bandemonium tour talk about their pre-show routines. Including, but not limited to, petting alligators, fixing hair, spinning around, and hearing elephants roar. This video is NOT mine, and no copyright infringement was intended. Honors for this Video: #81 - Most Discussed (Today) - Music #44 - Top Favorites (Today) - Music

Title: INSANE SIGN MAKING
Description: Lots of signs for Ron Paul with Factory 81 music

Title: More Nu-Metal Mallcore RapCore
Description: This is a video with some nu-metal mallcore nu metal metal metalcore rapcore or whatever you wanna call it, its music, with Factory 81 & Otep and 40 Below Summer P.O.D and Trapt the headstrong song, the video does not include death metal trash black metal goth and does not feature deftones korn mudvayne iron maiden metallica nirvana in flames sepultura or sabbathon

Title: I Look to You - R Kelly and Whitney Houston New 2008 2009 命中注定我愛你
Description: This is a song that I was trying to learn. The original music video interview had R Kelly and he said that he wrote the song for Whitney Houston to sing. Also check out New R. Kelly Butterfly 2008 12 Play Fourth Quarter Sorry for the bad sound. Thanks for watching and please subscribe to my channel on YouTube. Thanks! 1. Chris Brown With You 2. Rihanna Take A Bow 3. Flo Rida Elevator 4. Ray-J Sexy Can I 5. Maroon 5 Won't Go Home Without You 6. Rihanna Don't Stop the Music 7. Cassie Is It You 8. John Mayer Say 9. Rihanna Cry 10. Colbie Caillat Realize 11. Alicia Keys No One 12. Madonna 4 Minutes To Save The World 13. Wyclef Jean Sweetest Girl 14. Sara Bareilles Love Song 15. Soulja Boy Crank Dat Soulja Boy Singles Year Title 1984 Hold Me" 1985 You Give Good Love" Saving All My Love for You" Thinking About You" 1986 How Will I Know" Greatest Love of All" 1987 I Wanna Dance With Somebody" Didn't We Almost Have It All" So Emotional" 1988 Where Do Broken Hearts Go" Love Will Save the Day" I Know Him So Well" One Moment in Time" 1989 It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" 1990 I'm Your Baby Tonight" All the Man That I Need" 1991 Miracle" My Name Is Not Susan" I Belong to You" 1992 I Will Always Love You" 1993 I'm Every Woman" I Have Nothing" Run to You" Queen of the Night" 1994 Something in Common" 1995 Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" 1996 Count on Me" Why Does It Hurt So Bad" I Believe in You and Me" 1997 Step by Step" My Heart Is Calling" 1998 When You Believe" 1999 Heartbreak Hotel" It's Not Right but It's Okay" My Love Is Your Love" 2000 I Learned from the Best" Could I Have This Kiss Forever" If I Told You That" Same Script, Different Cast" 2001 The Star Spangled Banner" 2002 Whatchulookinat" 2003 One of Those Days" Try It on My Own" Love That Man" One Wish (for Christmas)" 2008 Like I Never Left" Feat. Akon Albums 1992: Born into the '90s 1993: 12 Play 1995: R. Kelly 1998: R. 2000: TP-2.com 2002: The Best of Both Worlds (with Jay-Z) 2003: Chocolate Factory 2003: The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1 2004: Happy People/U Saved Me 2004: Unfinished Business (with Jay-Z) 2005: TP-3: Reloaded 2005: Remix City Vol. 1 2007: Double Up 2008: 12 Play: Fourth Quarter Unreleased albums 2002: Loveland 2006: Making Babies 2006: Musical Virus Production discography Main article: R. Kelly production discography Singles Year Title Chart positions [1][2][3] Album US US R&B UK GER CAN SWE NL 1992 She's Got That Vibe (with Public Announcement) 59 7 3 Born into the '90s 1992 Honey Love (with Public Announcement) 39 1 - Born into the '90s' 1992 Slow Dance (with Public Announcement) 43 1 - Born into the '90s 1993 Dedicated (with Public Announcement) 31 9 - Born into the '90s 1993 Sex Me (Parts I & II) 20 8 75 12 Play 1994 Bump n' Grind 1 1 8 12 Play 1994 Your Body's Callin' 13 2 19 12 Play 1994 Summer Bunnies 55 20 23 12 Play 1996 You Remind Me of Something 4 1 24 R. Kelly 1996 Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) (featuring The Isley Brothers) 4 1 23 R. Kelly 1996 Thank God It's Friday - 14 R. Kelly 1996 I Can't Sleep Baby (If I) R. Kelly 1996 I Believe I Can Fly *** Space Jam [Soundtrack] 1997 Gotham City 9 9 9 6 37 9 9 Batman & Robin [Soundtrack] 1998 Half on a Baby - 16 38 R. 1998 Home Alone (featuring Keith Murray) 1998 I'm Your Angel (with Céline Dion). 1998 When a Woman's Fed Up 1999 Did You Ever Think 1999 If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time 12 5 2 2 8 3 1 R. 2000 Only the Loot Can Make Me Happy 1 - 24 21 R. 2000 I Wish TP-2.Com 2001 Feelin' On Yo Booty 36 9 - TP-2.Com 2001 The Storm Is Over Now TP-2.Com 2001 Fiesta TP-2.Com 2002 The World's Greatest Ali [Soundtrack] 2002 Take You Home with Me (A.K.A. Body) (with Jay-Z) 81 41 - The Best of Both Worlds 2002 Honey (with Jay-Z) - 35 The Best of Both Worlds 2003 Ignition 12 Chocolate Factory 2003 Snake (featuring Big Tigger) Chocolate Factory 2003 Step in the Name of Love Chocolate Factory 2003 Thoia Thoing The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1 2004 Happy People ² Happy People/U Saved Me 2004 U Saved Me ² Happy People/U Saved Me 2004 Big Chips (with Jay-Z) 39 17 - Unfinished Business 2005 In the Kitchen 91 41 - TP-3: Reloaded 2005 Trapped in the Closet 22 4 - TP-3 Reloaded 2005 Playa's Only (featuring The Game) 48 TP-3 Reloaded 2005 Slow Wind 30 - TP-3 Reloaded 2005 Burn It Up (featuring Wisin & Yandel) 30 - 25 TP-3 Reloaded 2007 I'm a Flirt (Remix) (featuring T.I. & T-Pain) Double Up 2007 Same Girl (with Usher) Double Up 2007 Rock Star (with Ludacris & Kid Rock) 54 - Double Up 2007 Sex Planet- Double Up 2008 Freaky In The Club Double Up 2008 Hair Braider

Title: DeLorean - First Shipment (1981)
Description: First DeLorean Shipment. Music by David Foster ("Gazebo" from the movie "The Secret of my Success" starring Michael J Fox)

Title: Through The Rain
Description: "Through the rain" was the first single from the album "Charmbracelet". In an unprecedented online music promotion, MTV Networks' online properties, TMF (The Music Factory) web sites and BET Network's online property debuted the song on 25 Web sites on September 26, 2002. The 24-hour exclusive audio stream of the single marked the first time that MTV Networks has utilized its awardwinning brands to promote an artist's single online across the globe. "Through the rain" is not just another ballad. It's a lyrical masterpiece delivered to perfection. The excessive vocal aerobics that seem to plague many singers are kept in check, and what you hear is a vocal performance that exudes pure emotion and passion. You can't help but believe that this is one of Mariah's most personal songs to date. It's her light at the end of the tunnel. The shooting of the video, which took place in New York City, lasted two days and was directed by director Dave Meyers. The story is pretty much based on the life of the Mariah's parents: a mixed couple that in the sixties is forced to separate and tries to get back together. Jamie-Lynn Sigler (Meadow on The Soprano's) stars as Mariah's mother. In most countries "Through the rain" was released in November 2002, but MonarC Music and Island Def Jam, Mariah's record label, initially had no plans to release "Through the rain" as a commercial single in the USA. However, following Mariah's stellar performance of the song at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles on January 13, 2003, the label reversed its decision and released the single on February 4. It became the best-selling single for two consecutive weeks, selling 105,549 copies, but only reached number 81 on Billboard's Hot 100.

Title: Noise.io - The iPhone Synthesizer
Description: The first full-featured sound synthesizer for the iPhone and iPod Touch. One of the most anticipated handheld music applications, Noise.io is Pro capable of creating all kinds of melodic sequences, basses, leads, keys, bells, percussive sounds and sound effects. Create 303-alike acid basslines or any other melodies using the buit-in sequencer. Control the sound by fingersliding, multitouch or accelerometer. Tap BPM and jam live in sync with the rhythm. Join the established community of Noise.io addicts from all over the world at http://noise.io and share the presets on-line. 9 factory preset banks are included: Azure Leads, Warping Basslines, Infinite Keys, Distant Bells, Touch the Bass, Strange Places, Klang Percussive, FX Pack 1, totalling in 81 presets. Noise.io is a must-have for any musician, DJ, synth enthusiast or anyone just interested in music. Noise.io was designed by an experienced electronic musician and is suitable even for novices in synth programming. Creating own sounds is a breeze thanks to the ESFM technology and highly intuitive user interface. Noise.io features 3 generators, 2 filters, 3 LFO, 3 sequencers, 6 effects, unlimited presets, extensive user support and much more. Full description, comprehensive user manual, demo videos, mp3 files, forums and the community are available at http://noise.io

Title: 1989- LEBANON INTERNATIONAL HIT-PARADE /CHARTS PART 1/5
Description: ONE OF THE GREATEST YEARS IN MUSIC HISTORY , 1989 WAS THE YEAR OF DANCE ,HIP HOP , LATIN FREESTYLE AND ITALODISCO , NOT TO FORGET THE "PWL" OR THE "SAW" FACTORY WHICH RULED EUROPE..THIS WAS THE TOP 100 GREATEST HITS IN LEBANON , SOME SONGS ARE NOT KNOWN INTERNATIONALY BUT THEY WERE BIG IN LEBANON. COUNTDOWN ( 100 TO 81 ) INCLUDES : KIM WILDE,NIKKA COSTA,BELINDA CARLISLE,SIMPLY RED,SHEENA EASTON,DONNA SUMMER,BANANARAMA,MARK BOYCE ETC...

Title: Megadeth - A Tout le Monde
Description: http://myspace.com/buraklacinel wait until solo (00:18) Megadeth Background information Origin Los Angeles, California, United States Genre(s) Thrash metal Speed metal Heavy metal Years active 1983--2002 2004--present Label(s) Combat, Capitol, Sanctuary, Roadrunner Associated acts Metallica, MD.45, Cacophony, Savatage, Eidolon, Jag Panzer, Slayer Website www.megadeth.com Members Dave Mustaine Chris Broderick Shawn Drover James LoMenzo Youthanasia Early in 1994, Megadeth again teamed up with co-producer Max Norman to begin work on the follow up to Countdown to Extinction. With three members of the band now residing in Arizona, initial work began at Phase Four Studios in Phoenix. A few days into pre-production, problems with Phase Four's equipment forced the band to seek out an alternative studio. Mustaine, however, insisted on recording at his home state of Arizona, and no suitable recording facility could be found in time. At the request of co-producer Norman, the band opted to construct their own recording studio inside of a rented warehouse in Phoenix, Arizona, later dubbed "Fat Planet in Hangar 18".[30] For the first time in their career, the band wrote and arranged the entire album in studio, and included basic tracks recorded live by the whole band at the same time.[31] Recording of the album was captured on video, and later released as Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia. Following eight months in the studio, Youthanasia was released on November 1, 1994, debuting at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart in the US.[24] The album was certified gold in Canada in just thirty minutes, and was certified platinum in the US faster than any other Megadeth album. With producer Max Norman still pushing for a slower, more commercial sound, Youthanasia followed the stylistic shift that began with Countdown to Extinction.[32] While still retaining core metal elements, the album focused on stronger vocal melodies and more accessible, radio friendly arrangements.[33] The band even enlisted noted fashion photographer Richard Avedon to further their new image, dropping their jeans and t-shirts for more style conscious look.[31] A sticker on initial releases of Youthanasia advertised the then-new concept of a band website, affectionately known as "Megadeth, Arizona". Fans could chat in the "Mega-diner", correspond with the band through email, request songs to be played live, and read columns and tour diaries written by band members.[34] Youthanasia's first single, "Train of Consequences",(sample (help·info)) reached #29 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock charts, and in November 1994, Megadeth appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, performing the album's second single, "A Tout Le Monde". (sample (help·info))[34] "A Tout Le Monde" also received a music video, which MTV refused to play, thinking its lyrics were an endorsement of suicide.[30] Live support for Youthanasia began in South America in November 1994, and would span eleven months, becoming Megadeth's most extensive tour to date. The band was joined by Corrosion of Conformity in both Europe and the US, and Flotsam and Jetsam, Korn and Fear Factory in the US. The tour culminated with an appearance at the Monsters of Rock festival in Brazil, co-headlining alongside Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne. In January 1995, Megadeth appeared on the soundtrack to the horror film Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight with the song "Diadems". Megadeth also contributed a cover version of "Paranoid" (sample (help·info)) to Nativity in Black, the first Black Sabbath tribute album. The band's version of "Paranoid" was nominated for a Grammy in 1996 for Best Metal Performance, Megadeth's sixth nomination in as many years.[21] In March 1995, Megadeth released a special edition of Youthanasia in Europe, containing a bonus disc entitled Hidden Treasures. The bonus disc featured every one-off song by Megadeth, from film soundtracks, compilations, and tribute albums, including a new recording of the Sex Pistols' "Problems". Due to fan demand, the bonus disc was released as its own EP in the United States and Japan in July 1995 Lacuna Coil . According to the band, they are and have been influenced by Paradise Lost, Tiamat, Anathema, Septic Flesh, Black Sabbath, Type O Negative, Imago Mortis, Depeche Mode, In Flames and Amorphis amongst others. The band's 2006 release, Karmacode peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200. They have played among the world's biggest heavy metal festivals on the main stage including Ozzfest, Bloodstock Open Air, Wacken Open Air, and played with Megadeth on their Gigantour tour in November 2007. Marty Friedman Jason Becker Cacophony Paul Gilbert Life After deth Loudspeaker viper music is speeding ibanez gibson jackson esp Zakk Wylde Emg Pick up Set 81 85 Kerry King Steve Vai Yngwie j. malmsteen canon rock joe satriani john petrucci jennifer batten eddie van halen robert johnson crossroads

Title: SIMPLE MINDS Someone Somewhere In Summertime
Description: Taken from the album "New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84" Release Date: 1st September 1982 Credits: Produced & Engineered By Peter Walsh. Words & Music By Simple Minds. Arranged By Peter Walsh. Tape Operators : Keith 'Richard' Nixon, George Chambers, Francis Xavier Gallager. Studio Co-Ordination : Gemma Corfield. Live Style Crew : Paul Kerr, Stephen Pollard, Steve Rosen, Pete Hendry, John Ramsay, Matt Dunn. Live Co-ordination : Lenny Love. Management : Schoolhouse Management, Edinburgh. Sleeve : Malcolm Garrett, Assorted iMaGes. Photography : Jamie Morgan. Guitars & Effects : Charles Burchill. Basses : Derek Forbes. Keyboards & Effects : Michael MacNeil. Voices : Jim Kerr. Drums on 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 : Mel Gaynor. Drums on 3 : Kenny Hyslop. Drums on 2, 5 & 6 : Mike Ogletree. Percussion : Mike Ogletree. Girl's voice om 2 & 7 : Sharon Campbell. Solo on 8 : Herbie Hancock. (courtesy CBS) Talk & Motivation : Bruce Findlay, Ross Stapleton, Robert White, Janice Brock, Adam Sweeting, George Goldstantinopoulos, Lenny Love, Donna Thompson, Pete Irvine, Barry Write, Phil Sharpe. Special Thank You To : Peter Walsh, Herbie Hancock, Janice Brock, Malcolm Garrett, The Vernon Yard Team, The Vibe Factory, Moira, Viv & The CBS Crowd In Australia. Made in: Summer '82. UK CHART: 3 Label: Virgin Records. Thanks www.simpleminds.com www.simpleminds.org www.sosimpleminded.com

Title: 100 GBA games in 10 minutes
Description: GAME LIST HERE...... the GBA belongs to NINTENDO Well Since the GBA is out of production i was thinking of giving it a little Tribute (Got the ideea from laffer35) Music used: 1)Rammstein-Ich Will(00:00-03:37) 2)Kamelot-Farewell(03:38-07:19) 3)Disturbed-The Sickeness(07:19-10:00) Games: 1)Pokemon Ruby (0:00) 2)Sonic Advance (0:07) 3)Chu Chu Rocket(0:13) 4)Mario VS. Donkey Kong (0:19) 5)Gunstar Super Heroes (0:25) 6)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (0:31) 7)Ninja Five-O (0:37) 8)Naruto Ninja Council (0:43) 9)X-Men: Reign Of Apocalypse (0:49) 10)Megaman Battle Network 4: Red Sun (0:55) 11)Shaman King: Master Of Spirits (1:01) 12)Digimon: Battle Spirits 2 (1:07) 13)Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon (1:13) 14)Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance (1:19) 15)Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow (1:25) 16)Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (1:31) 17)Megaman Zero (1:37) 18)DBZ: Supersonic Warriors (1:43) 19)DBZ: Buu's Fury (1:49) 20)Naruto Ninja Council 2 (1:55) 21)Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2:01) 22)Komani Crazy Racers (2:07) 23)Avatar The Last Airbender (2:13) 24)Samurai Jack: Amulet Of Time (2:19) 25)Boktai: The Sun is in your hands (2:25) 26)F-Zero: Maximum Velocity (2:31) 27)Wario World 4 (2:37) 28)Star Wars: Episode 3 (2:43) 29)Sonic Advance 2 (2:49) 30)Sonic Battle (2:55) 31)Baldurs Gate (3:01) 32)Street Fighter Alfa 3[GBA] (3:07) 33)Zatch Bell: Electric Arena (3:13) 34)Mr. Driller 2 (3:19) 35)Mario And Luigi: Superstar Saga (3:25) 36)Wario Ware - Micro Minigames (3.31) 37)Metroid: Zero Mission (3:37) 38)Sonic Advance 3 (3:43) 39)Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure (3:49) 40)Kingdom Hearts - Chain Of Memories (3:55) 41)Tony Hawk's: Pro Skater 2 (4:01) 42)Metroid Fusion (4:07) 43)King Of Fighters: Neo Blood (4:13) 44)Sonic Pinball Party (4:19) 45)Fire Emblem (4:25) 46)One Piece (4:31) 47)Juka and the Monophonic Menace (4:37) 48)Zelda: The Minish Cap (4:43) 49)Iridion 3D (4:49) 50)Golden Sun (4:55) 51)YuYu Hakusho: Spirit Detective (5:01) 52)Animaniacs: Lights, Camera, Action (5:07) 53)Flame Of Recca (5:13) 54)Duke Nukem: Advance (5:19) 55)Klonoa2: Dream Champ Tournament (5:25) 56)Astro Boy: Omega Factor (5:31) 57)Metal Slug Advance (5:37) 58)SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom (5:43) 59)TG-Rally (5:49) 60)Lady Sia (5:55) 61)YU-GI-OH GX: Duel Academy (6:01) 62)Finding Nemo (6:07) 63)Super Mario Advance USA (6:13) 64)DragonBall GT: Transformation (6:19) 65)Final Fantasy IV: Advance (6:25) 66)Rayman Advance (6:31) 67)Earthworm Jim(gba) (6:37) 68)Megaman And Bass (6:43) 69)Super Mario Advance 2 (6:49) 70)Spiderman: Mysterio's Menace (6:55) 71)Iridion 2 (7:01) 72)Dark Arena (7:07) 73)Kuru Kuru Kuruin (7:13) 74)Army Men Advance (7:19) 75)TMNT 2: Battle Nexus (7:25) 76)Donald Duck Advance (7:31) 77)Hot Potato (7:37) 78)TMNT (7:43) 79)Legend of Spyro, The - The Eternal Night (7:49) 80)Donkey Kong Country (7:55) 81)Camp Lazlo: Leaky Lake Games (8:01) 82)Pinobee (8:07) 83)F-Zero: GP Legend (8:13) 84)Game And Watch Galery (8:19) 85)Inspector Gadget: Advanced Mission (8:25) 86)Jazz Jackrabbit(GBA) (8:31) 87)Puzzle Fighter 2: Turbo (8:37) 88)Street Fighter 2: Turbo Revival (8:43) 89)Tactics Ogre: The Knight Of Lodis (8:49) 90)Tekken Advance (8:55) 90)Ultimate Muscle: Kinnikuman Legacy (9:01) 91)Godzila Domination (9:07) 92)Jurassic Park 3: DNA Factor (9:13) 93)Batman vengeance (9:20) 94)Spiderman The Movie (9:26) 95)The Hobbit (9:32) 96)The Scorpion King: Sword Of Osiris (9:38) 97)Super Dodgeball Advance (9:44) 98)Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (9:51) 99)Shrek: Hassle At The Casstle (9:55) 100)Mario Golf: Advance Tour (10:00) Other 10 Minute compilations GBC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrEfMJwM7Go Game Boy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdFBaNzI55g Sega Genesis : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhL1K2avAIA A lot more on their way Hope you liked it :D

Title: Beatles
Description: The Beatles Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and John Lennon Beatles Soundtrack (partials) 0:00 - 0:13 Twist & Shout 0:14 - 0:29 I Feel Fine 0:29 - 0:41 We Can Work It Out 0:41 - 0:54 I Wanna Hold Your Hand 0:54 - 1:10 Love Me Do 1:10 - 1:21 She Loves You 1:21 - 1:39 Yes It Is 1:40 - 1:55 I Will 1:56 - 2:20 All My Loving 2:20 - 2:44 Birthday 2:45 - 3:10 Lucy in the Sky 3:10 - 3:26 Sgt. Pepper 3:26 - 3:42 I Am the Walrus 3:42 - 3:57 Magical Mystery Tour 3:57 - 4:13 Yes it Is (again) 4:13 - 4:24 She Loves You (again) 4:24 - 4:44 Ticket to Ride 4:44 - 5:05 Paperback Writer 5:05 - 5:30 Hey Jude 5:30 - 5:52 Get Back 5:53 - 6:02 I need help here, no idea what this one is 6:02 - 6:29 Ob La Di Ob La Da [ above is courtesy of HappyDaze01. Thx HaDz01"!] Origin Liverpool, England Rock/Pop - Years active 1960--1970 Parlophone, Capitol, Apple, Vee-Jay, Polydor, Swan, Tollie Related to Tony Sheridan, The Quarrymen, The Plastic Ono Band, The Dirty Mac, Wings, Traveling Wilburys, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Ringo Starr All-Starr Band, Billy Preston Members - Ever to Date John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr Former members Stuart Sutcliffe Pete Best The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They are the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed band in the history of popular music. The Beatles are the best-selling musical act of all time in the United States of America, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, which certified them as the highest selling band of all time based on American sales of singles and albums. In the United Kingdom, The Beatles released more than 40 different singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one. This commercial success was repeated in many other countries: their record company, EMI, estimated that by 1985 they had sold over one billion discs and tapes worldwide. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked The Beatles #1 on their list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. According to that same magazine, their innovative music and cultural impact helped define the 1960s,[2] and their influence on pop culture can still be felt today. The Beatles led the mid-1960s musical "British Invasion" into the United States. Although their initial musical style was rooted in 1950s rock and roll and homegrown skiffle, the group explored genres ranging from Tin Pan Alley to psychedelic rock. Their clothes, styles, and statements made them trend-setters, while their growing social awareness saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s. 1957--1960: Formation The Quarrymen In March 1957, John Lennon formed a skiffle group called The Quarrymen whilst attending Quarry Bank Grammar School in Liverpool.[6] Lennon and the Quarrymen met guitarist Paul McCartney at the Woolton Garden Fête held at St. Peter's Church on 6 July 1957.[7] On 6 February 1958, the young guitarist George Harrison was invited to watch the group (who played under a variety of names) at Wilson Hall, Garston, Liverpool.[8] McCartney had become acquainted with Harrison on the morning school bus ride to the Liverpool Institute, as they both lived in Speke. At McCartney's insistence, Harrison joined the Quarrymen as lead guitarist[9] after a rehearsal in March 1958, overcoming Lennon's initial reluctance because of Harrison's young age.[10] Members continually joined and left the lineup during that period, and in January 1960 Lennon's art school friend Stuart Sutcliffe joined on bass.[11] Lennon and McCartney both played rhythm guitar and the group had a high turnover of drummers. The Quarrymen went through a progression of names — "Johnny and the Moondogs", "Long John and the Beatles", "the Silver Beetles" (derived from Larry Parnes' suggestion of "Long John and the Silver Beetles") — before settling on "The Beatles". There are many theories as to the origin of the name and its unusual spelling. It is usually credited to Lennon, who said that the name was a combination word-play on the insects "beetles" (as a reference to Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets) and the word "beat". Cynthia Lennon suggests that Lennon came up with the name Beatles at a "brainstorming session over a beer-soaked table in the Renshaw Hall bar."[12] Lennon, who was well known for giving multiple versions of the same story joked in a 1961 Mersey Beat magazine article that "It came in a vision — a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them, 'From this day on you are Beatles with an A'".[13] During an interview in 2001, Paul McCartney took credit for the peculiar spelling of the name, saying that "John had the idea of calling us the Beetles, I said, 'how about the Beatles; you know, like the beat of the drum?' At the time, everyone was stoned enough to find it hilarious. It's funny how history is made." [14] In May 1960 The Beatles toured northeast Scotland as a back-up band with singer Johnny Gentle.[15] They met Gentle an hour before their first gig, and McCartney referred to the tour as a great experience for the band.[16] For the tour the often drummerless group secured the services of Tommy Moore, who was considerably older than the others.[17] Soon after the tour, however, feeling the age gap was too great Moore left the band and went back to work in a bottling factory as a fork-lift truck driver.[18] Norman Chapman was the band's next drummer, but was called up for National Service in a few weeks. His departure posed a significant problem as the group's unofficial manager, Allan Williams, had arranged for them to perform in clubs on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Germany.[19] 1960--1970: The Beatles Hamburg On 15 August 1960, McCartney invited Pete Best to become the group's permanent drummer. He had watched Best play with the Blackjacks[20] in the Casbah Club, owned by Pete's mother, Mona Best. This was a cellar club in West Derby, Liverpool, where The Beatles had played and often visited.[21] In the documentary The Compleat Beatles, Williams said that Best "played not too cleverly, but passable." The Beatles started playing in Hamburg at the Indra and Kaiserkeller bars. They were required to play six or seven hours a night, seven nights a week. Shortly after they began performing at a new venue, the "Top Ten Club",[22] Harrison was deported for having lied to the German authorities about his age.[23] A week later, having started a small fire at their living quarters while vacating it for more luxurious rooms, McCartney and Best were arrested, charged with arson, and deported.[24] Lennon followed the others to Liverpool in mid-December. The reunited Beatles played their first engagement on 17 December 1960 at the Casbah Club and returned to Hamburg in April 1961. Whilst playing at the Top Ten Club they were recruited by singer Tony Sheridan to act as his backing band on a series of recordings for the German Polydor Records label,[25] produced by famed bandleader Bert Kaempfert.[19] Kaempfert signed the group to its own Polydor contract at the first session on 22 June 1961. On 31 October Polydor released the recording "My Bonnie (Mein Herz ist bei dir nur)", which appeared on the German charts under the name "Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers", a generic name used for whoever happened to be in Sheridan's backup band.[26] In addition to the legend that this record led to the group's eventual meeting with Brian Epstein, it also resulted in their first mention in the American press. Around the beginning of 1962, Cashbox mentioned "My Bonnie" as the debut of a "new rock and roll team, Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers". A few copies were also pressed under the Decca label for U.S. disc jockeys, as American Decca had a distribution deal with Polydor parent Deutsche Grammophon.[27] (This was ironic, considering that by this time the then-unaffiliated British Decca had turned down the group's attempt to gain a recording contract.) When the group returned to Liverpool, Sutcliffe stayed on in Hamburg with his new German fiancee Astrid Kirchherr, [28] and McCartney took over bass duties.[29] Their third stay in Hamburg was from 13 April to 31 May 1962, when they opened The Star Club.[19] Upon their arrival they were informed of Sutcliffe's death from a brain haemorrhage.[30] Epstein took over as the group's manager in January 1962 and led The Beatles' quest for a British recording contract. Epstein had been manager of the record department at North End Music Store (NEMS), an offshoot of his family's furniture store. He played on the status of NEMS as a major record dealer to gain access to producers and recording company executives. In a now-famous exchange, Decca Records A&R executive Dick Rowe turned Epstein down flat, informing him that "Guitar groups are on the way out, Mr. Epstein."[31] While Epstein was negotiating with Decca, he also approached EMI marketing executive Ron White.[32] White (who was not himself a record producer) in turn contacted EMI producers Norrie Paramor, Walter Ridley, and Norman Newell, all of whom declined to record The Beatles.[33] White did not approach EMI's fourth staff producer — George Martin — who was on holiday at the time.[34] Record contract After failing to impress Decca Records, Epstein went to the HMV store on Oxford Street in London to transfer the Decca tapes to discs. There, recording engineer Jim Foy referred him to Sid Coleman, who ran EMI's publishing arm. When Coleman heard the demo tapes he suggested taking the tapes to George Martin, who, Coleman explained, "does comedy records" and headed the Parlophone label at EMI. Epstein eventually met with Martin, who signed the group to EMI on a one-year renewable contract and scheduled their first recording session on 6 June at EMI's Abbey Road studios in north London.[35] Martin had not been particularly impressed by the band's demo recordings,[36] but he instantly liked them as people when he met them. He concluded that they had raw musical talent, but said (in later interviews) that what made the difference for him was their wit and humour.[37] Martin did have a problem with Pete Best, [36] whom he criticised for not being able to keep time. He privately suggested to Epstein that the band use another drummer in the studio. Best was good-looking and popular with the group's fans, but the three founding members had become increasingly unhappy with his drumming and his personality.[citation needed] There was speculation by some that Best's popularity[38] with fans was another source of friction. In addition, Epstein had become exasperated with his refusal to adopt the distinctive hairstyle as part of their unified look. Best also had missed a number of engagements because of illness. The three founding members enlisted Epstein to dismiss Best - which he did on 16 August 1962.[39] They asked Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey), the drummer for one of the top Merseybeat groups, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, to join the band, as Starr had performed occasionally with The Beatles in Hamburg.[40] The first recordings of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr together were made as early as 15 October 1960, in a series of demonstration records privately recorded in Hamburg while acting as the backing group for singer Lu Walters.[41] Starr played on The Beatles' second EMI recording session on 4 September 1962, but Martin hired session drummer Andy White for their next session on 11 September.[42] Their recording contract paid them one penny for each single sold, which was split amongst the four Beatles — one farthing per group member.[43] This royalty rate was further reduced for singles sold outside the UK, on which they received half of one penny (again split between the whole band) per single. Martin said later that it was a "pretty awful" contract.[43] Their publishing contract with Dick James Music (DJM) was also standard for the time: songwriters received the statutory minimum of 50% of the gross monies received, with the publisher retaining the other 50%.[citation needed] The Beatles' first EMI session on 6 June did not yield any releasable recordings but the September sessions produced a minor UK hit, "Love Me Do", which peaked on the charts at number 17.[44] ("Love Me Do" reached the top of the U.S. singles chart over 18 months later in May 1964.) On 26 November they recorded their second single "Please Please Me", which reached no. 2 in the official UK charts and no. 1 in the NME chart. Three months later they recorded their first album (also titled Please Please Me). The band's first televised performance was on the People and Places programme transmitted live from Manchester by Granada Television on 17 October 1962.[45] As The Beatles' fame spread, the frenzied adulation of the group, predominantly from teenage female fans, was dubbed 'Beatlemania'. In November 1963 The Beatles appeared on the Royal Variety Performance and were photographed with Marlene Dietrich, who also appeared on the show.[citation needed] America Although the band experienced huge popularity in the UK record charts from early 1963, EMI's American operation, Capitol Records, declined to issue the singles "Please Please Me" and "From Me to You (their first official no. 1 hit in the UK)".[46] Vee-Jay Records, a small Chicago label, issued the singles as part of a deal for the rights to another performer's masters. Art Roberts, music director of Chicago powerhouse radio station WLS, placed "Please Please Me" into radio rotation in late February 1963 making it the first time a Beatles record was heard on American radio. Vee-Jay's rights to The Beatles were later cancelled for non-payment of royalties.[47] In August 1963, Philadelphia-based Swan Records released "She Loves You", which also failed to receive airplay. A testing of the song on Dick Clark's TV show American Bandstand produced laughter from American teenagers when they saw the group's distinctive hairstyles. New York disc jockey Murray the K featured "She Loves You" on his '1010 WINS record revue' show in January.[48] In early November 1963, Brian Epstein persuaded Ed Sullivan to present The Beatles on three editions of his show in February, and parlayed this guaranteed exposure into a record deal with Capitol Records. Capitol committed to a mid-January release for "I Want to Hold Your Hand",[49] On 7 December 1963 a clip of The Beatles was shown on the CBS Evening News (the story originally had been scheduled to air on 22 November and was aired on the CBS Morning News but was pre-empted by the assassination of John F. Kennedy). The clip inspired a teenage girl in Washington, D.C. to request a Beatles song on a local radio station. The station secured an imported copy of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" — forcing Capitol Records to release the song ahead of schedule on 26 December. Several New York radio stations — first WMCA, then WINS (AM) and WABC — began playing "I Want to Hold Your Hand" on its release day. The Beatlemania that had started in Washington was duplicated in New York and quickly spread to other markets. The record sold one million copies in just ten days, and by 16 January, Cashbox magazine had certified the record number one (in the edition marked 23 January). On 3 January 1964 a film of The Beatles performing "She Loves You" was aired on the late-night Jack Paar Show. Beatlemania crosses the Atlantic On 7 February 1964, a crowd of four thousand fans at Heathrow Airport waved to The Beatles as they took off for their first trip to America as a group.[51] They were accompanied by photographers, journalists (including Maureen Cleave) and Phil Spector, who had booked himself on the same flight.[52] The pilot had radioed ahead, and as they prepared to land said, "Tell the boys there's a big crowd waiting for them." Kennedy International Airport had never experienced such a crowd, estimated at about 3,000 screaming fans.[53] After a press conference (where they first met Murray the K) they were put into limousines and driven to New York. On the way McCartney turned on a radio and listened to a running commentary: "They [The Beatles] have just left the airport and are coming to New York City..."[54] After reaching the Plaza Hotel, they were besieged by fans and reporters. Harrison had a temperature of 102 the next day and was ordered to stay in bed, so Neil Aspinall replaced him for the first television rehearsal.[55] Their first live American television appearance was on the The Ed Sullivan Show on 9 February 1964. The next morning practically every newspaper wrote that The Beatles were nothing more than a "fad", and "could not carry a tune across the Atlantic".[56] Their first American concert appearance was at Washington Coliseum in Washington, D.C. on 11 February.[57] After The Beatles' huge success in 1964, Vee-Jay Records and Swan Records took advantage of their previously secured rights to The Beatles' early recordings and reissued the songs, all of which reached the top ten the second time around. (MGM and Atco also secured rights to The Beatles' early Tony Sheridan-era recordings and had minor hits with "My Bonnie" and "Ain't She Sweet", the latter featuring John Lennon on lead vocal.) In addition to Introducing... The Beatles, which was essentially The Beatles' debut British album with some minor alterations, Vee-Jay also issued an unusual LP called The Beatles Vs The Four Seasons. This 2-LP set paired Introducing... The Beatles and The Golden Hits Of The Four Seasons, another successful act that Vee-Jay had under contract, in a 'contest' (the back cover featured a 'score card'). Another unusual release was the Hear The Beatles Tell All album, which consisted of two lengthy interviews with Los Angeles radio disc jockeys (side one was titled "Dave Hull interviews John Lennon," while side two was titled "Jim Steck interviews John, Paul, George, Ringo"). No Beatles music was included on this interview album, which turned out to be the only Vee Jay Beatles album Capitol Records could not reclaim. The Vee-Jay/Swan-issued recordings eventually ended up with Capitol, who issued most of the Vee-Jay material on the American-only Capitol release The Early Beatles, with three songs left off this final US version of the album. ("I Saw Her Standing There" was issued as the American B-side of "I Want to Hold Your Hand," and also appeared on the Capitol Records album Meet The Beatles. "Misery" and "There's a Place" were issued as a Capitol "Starline" reissue single in 1964, and reappeared on the 1980 Rarities compilation album.) The early Vee-Jay and Swan Beatles records command a high price on the record collectors' market, and all have been copiously bootlegged.[58] The Swan tracks ("She Loves You" and "I'll Get You") were issued on the Capitol LP The Beatles' Second Album. (Swan also issued the German-language version of "She Loves You," called "Sie Liebt Dich." This song later appeared (in stereo) on Capitol's US version of the Rarities compilation album.) In mid-1964 the band undertook their first appearances outside of Europe and North America. They toured Australia and New Zealand without Ringo Starr, who was ill and temporarily replaced by session drummer Jimmy Nicol. In Adelaide they were greeted by over 300,000 people who turned out at Adelaide Town Hall.[59] In June 1965, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appointed the four Beatles Members of the Order of the British Empire, MBE. The band members were nominated by Prime Minister Harold Wilson (who also was the M.P. for Huyton, Liverpool).[60] The appointment — at that time primarily bestowed upon military veterans and civic leaders — sparked some conservative MBE recipients to return their insignia in protest.[61] The first two were returned on 14 June, before The Beatles received theirs on 26 October 1965.[62] On 15 August that year, The Beatles performed the first stadium concert in the history of rock, playing at Shea Stadium in New York to a crowd of 55,600.[63] Their sixth album, Rubber Soul, was released in early December 1965. It was hailed as a major leap forward in the maturity and complexity of the band's music.[64] Backlash and controversy In July 1966, when The Beatles toured the Philippines, they unintentionally snubbed the nation's first lady, Imelda Marcos, who had expected the group to attend a breakfast reception at the Presidential Palace.[65] When presented with the invitation, Brian Epstein politely declined on behalf of the group, as it had never been the group's policy to accept such "official" invitations.[66] The group soon found that the Marcos regime was unaccustomed to accepting "no" for an answer. After the 'snub' was broadcast on Philippine television and radio, all of The Beatles' police protection disappeared. The group and their entourage had to make their way to Manila airport on their own. At the airport, roadie Mal Evans was beaten and kicked, and the band members were pushed and jostled about by a hostile crowd.[67] Once the group boarded the plane, Epstein and Evans were ordered off, and Evans said, "Tell my wife that I love her."[68] Epstein was forced to give back all the money that the band had earned while they were there before being allowed back on the plane.[69] Almost as soon as they returned from the Philippines, an earlier comment by Lennon made in March that year launched a backlash against The Beatles from religious and social conservatives in the United States. In an interview with British reporter Maureen Cleave,[70] Lennon had offered his opinion that Christianity was dying and that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus now."[71] Afterwards, a radio station in Birmingham, Alabama, ran a story on burning Beatles records, in what was considered to be a joke. However, many people affiliated with rural churches in the American South started taking the suggestion seriously. Towns across the United States and South Africa started to burn Beatles records in protest. Attempting to make light of the incident, McCartney said, "They've got to buy them before they can burn them." Under tremendous pressure from the American media, Lennon apologised for his remarks at a press conference in Chicago on August 11, the eve of the first performance of what turned out to be their final tour.[72] The group's two-year series of Capitol compilations also took a strange twist in the United States when one of their publicity shots, used for a Yesterday and Today album and a poster promoting the UK release of "Paperback Writer", created an uproar, as it featured the band draped in meat and plastic dolls. Thousands of these copies had to be withdrawn. Years later, the cover shot was linked with the group's interest in German expressionism.[72] Elvis Presley disapproved of The Beatles's anti-war activism and open use of drugs, later asking President Nixon to ban all four members of the group from entering the United States. Peter Guralnick writes, "The Beatles, Elvis said, [...] had been a focal point for anti-Americanism. They had come to this country, made their money, then gone back to England where they fomented anti-American feeling."[73] Guralnick adds, "Presley indicated that he is of the opinion that The Beatles laid the groundwork for many of the problems we are having with young people by their filthy unkempt appearances and suggestive music while entertaining in this country during the early and middle 1960s."[74] Despite Elvis' remarks, Lennon still had some positive feeling towards him: "Before Elvis, there was nothing."[75] The studio years The Beatles at their last concert, Candlestick Park.In April 1966, the group began recording what would be their most ambitious album to date, Revolver. During the recording sessions for the album, tape looping and early sampling were introduced in a complex mix of ballad, R&B, soul and world music. The Beatles performed their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on 29 August 1966.[72] McCartney asked Tony Barrow to tape the event, but the 30-minute tape he used ran out halfway through the last song. The concert lasted a little under 35 minutes.[76] From then on, The Beatles concentrated on recording. Less than seven months after recording Revolver, The Beatles returned to Abbey Road Studios on 24 November 1966 to begin the 129-day recording sessions for their eighth album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released on 1 June 1967. On 25 June 1967, The Beatles became the first band globally transmitted on television—before an estimated 400 million people worldwide. The band appeared in a segment within the first-ever worldwide TV satellite hook-up, a show titled Our World. The Beatles were transmitted live from Abbey Road Studios, and their new song "All You Need Is Love" was recorded live during the show. The band's business affairs began to unravel after manager Brian Epstein died of an accidental prescription drug overdose on 27 August 1967 at the age of 32. At the end of 1967, they received their first major negative press in the UK with disparaging reviews of their surrealistic TV film Magical Mystery Tour.[77] Part of the criticism arose because colour was an integral part of the film, but in 1967 few viewers in the UK had colour televisions. The film's soundtrack, which features one of The Beatles' few instrumental tracks ("Flying"), was released in the United Kingdom as a double EP, and in the United States as a full LP (the LP is now the official version). The group spent the early part of 1968 in Rishikesh, Uttar Pradesh, India, studying transcendental meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.[78] Upon their return, Lennon and McCartney went to New York to announce the formation of Apple Corps. The middle of 1968 saw the band busy recording the double album The Beatles, popularly known as The White Album because of its plain white cover. These sessions saw deep divisions opening within the band, with Starr temporarily walking out. The band carried on, with McCartney recording the drums on the songs "Martha My Dear", "Wild Honey Pie", "Dear Prudence" and "Back in the USSR". Among the other causes of dissension were that Lennon's new girlfriend, Yoko Ono, was at his side through almost all of the sessions, and that the others felt that McCartney was becoming too dominating.[79] Internal divisions within the band had been a small but growing problem during their early years; most notably, this was reflected in the difficulty that George Harrison experienced in getting his own songs onto Beatles albums. On the business side, McCartney wanted Lee Eastman, the father of his then-girlfriend Linda Eastman, to manage The Beatles, but the other members wanted New York manager Allen Klein. All past Beatles' decisions had been unanimous, but this time the four could not agree. Lennon, Harrison and Starr felt the Eastmans would put McCartney's interests before those of the group. In 1971 it was discovered that Klein, who had been appointed manager, had stolen £5 million from The Beatles' holdings. Years later, during the Anthology interviews, McCartney said of this time, "Looking back, I can understand why they would feel that he [Lee Eastman] was biased against them." Their final live performance was on the rooftop of the Apple building in Savile Row, London, on 30 January 1969, the next-to-last day of the difficult Get Back sessions. Most of the performance was filmed and later included in the film Let It Be. While the band was playing, the local police were called because of complaints about the noise. Although the group was simply asked to end their performance, the band members later remarked in the Anthology video that they were disappointed they were not arrested — pointing out that the police hauling the band members off in handcuffs would have been "an appropriate ending" for the film. The Beatles recorded their final album, Abbey Road, in the summer of 1969. The completion of the song "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" for the album on 20 August was the last time all four Beatles were together in the same studio. Their final new song was Harrison's "I Me Mine", recorded 3 January 1970 and released on the Let It Be album. It was recorded without Lennon, who was in Denmark when the song was recorded.[80] Breakup John Lennon announced his departure to the rest of the group on 20 September 1969 but agreed that no announcement was to be publicly made until a number of legal matters were resolved. In March 1970 the Get Back session tapes were given to American producer Phil Spector, who had produced Lennon's solo single "Instant Karma!". Spector's "Wall of Sound" production values went against the original intent of the record, which had been to record a stripped-down live performance. McCartney was deeply dissatisfied with Spector's treatment of "The Long and Winding Road", and unsuccessfully attempted to halt release of Spector's version of the song. McCartney publicly announced the break-up on 10 April 1970, a week before releasing his first solo album, McCartney. Pre-release copies included a press release with a self-written interview explaining the end of The Beatles and his hopes for the future.[81] On 8 May 1970, the Spector-produced version of Get Back was released as Let It Be, followed by the documentary film of the same name. The Beatles' partnership was finally dissolved in 1975.[82] 1970--present: After The Beatles Ringo Starr, 1968 Shortly before and after the official dissolution of the group, all four Beatles released solo albums, including Lennon's John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, McCartney's McCartney, Starr's Sentimental Journey, and Harrison's All Things Must Pass. Some of their albums featured contributions by other former Beatles; Starr's Ringo (1973) was the only one to include compositions and performances by all four, albeit on separate songs. Other than an unreleased jam session in 1974 (later bootlegged as A Toot and a Snore in '74), Lennon and McCartney never recorded together again. In the wake of the expiration in 1975 of The Beatles' contract with EMI-Capitol, the American Capitol label, rushing to cash in on its vast Beatles holdings and freed from the group's creative control, released five LPs: Rock 'n' Roll Music (a compilation of their more uptempo numbers), The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl (containing portions of two unreleased shows at the Hollywood Bowl), Love Songs (a compilation of their slower numbers), Rarities (a compilation of tracks that either had never been released in the U.S. or had gone out of print), and Reel Music (a compilation of songs from their films). There was also a non-Capitol-EMI release of a show from the group's early days at the Star Club in Hamburg captured on a poor-quality tape. Of all these post-breakup LPs, only the Hollywood Bowl LP had the approval of the group members. Upon the American release of the original British CDs in 1986, these post-breakup Capitol American compilation LPs were deleted from the Capitol catalogue. John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman on 8 December 1980 in New York City. Shortly afterward, in 1981, the three surviving Beatles reunited to record "All Those Years Ago", released as a George Harrison solo single. Its original lyrics had been rewritten as a tribute to Lennon. The BBC has a large collection of Beatles recordings, mostly comprising original studio sessions from 1963 to 1968. Much of this material formed the basis for a 1988 radio documentary series The Beeb's Lost Beatles Tapes. In 1989, many outtakes from The Beatles sessions appeared on the radio series The Lost Lennon Tapes. Later, in 1994, the best of the BBC sessions were given an official EMI release on Live at the BBC. In 1988 The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a group (not as individual performers) during their first year of eligibility.[83] On the night of their induction, Harrison and Starr appeared to accept their award along with Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and his two sons. McCartney stayed away, issuing a press release citing "unresolved difficulties" with Harrison, Starr, and Lennon's estate. Solo Beatles later inducted were Lennon in 1994, McCartney in 1999 and Harrison in 2004. Collage of the various covers of the Anthology seriesIn February 1994, the three surviving Beatles reunited to produce and record additional music for a few of Lennon's home recordings. "Free as a Bird" premiered as part of The Beatles Anthology series of television documentaries and was released as a single in December 1995, with "Real Love" following in March 1996. These songs were also included in the three Anthology collections of CDs released in 1995 and 1996, each of which consisted of two CDs of never-before-released Beatles material. Klaus Voormann, who had known The Beatles since their Hamburg days and had previously illustrated the Revolver album cover, directed the Anthology cover concept. 450,000 copies of Anthology 1 were sold on its first day of release. In 2000, a compilation album named 1 was released, containing almost every number-one single released by the band from 1962 to 1970. The collection sold 3.6 million copies in its first week (selling 3 copies a second) and more than 12 million in three weeks worldwide. The collection also reached number one in the United States and 33 other countries and had sold 25 million copies by 2005 (about the ninth best selling album of all time). George Harrison during this time showed his socio-political consciousness and earned respect for his contribution for arranging the Concert For Bangladesh in New York in August 1971 along with sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. Harrison died of lung cancer on 29 November 2001. More recently, in 2006, George Martin and his son Giles Martin remixed original Beatles recordings to create a soundtrack to accompany Cirque du Soleil's theatrical production Love. Musical evolution The Beatles' constant demands to create new sounds on every new recording, combined with George Martin's arranging abilities and the studio expertise of EMI staff engineers such as Norman Smith, Ken Townshend and Geoff Emerick, all played significant parts in the innovative sounds of the albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). The Beatles continued to absorb influences long after their initial success, often finding new musical and lyrical avenues by listening to their contemporaries. Among those influences were Bob Dylan, who influenced songs such as "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" and "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)".[84] Other contemporary influences included the Byrds and the Beach Boys, whose album Pet Sounds was a favourite of McCartney's.[85] Along with studio tricks such as sound effects, unconventional microphone placements, tape loops, double tracking and vari-speed recording, The Beatles began to augment their recordings with instruments that were unconventional for rock music at the time. These included string and brass ensembles as well as Indian instruments such as the sitar as in Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) and the swarmandel as in Strawberry Fields Forever. They also used early electronic instruments such as the Mellotron, with which McCartney supplied the flute voices on the intro to "Strawberry Fields Forever", and the ondioline, an electronic keyboard that created the unusual oboe-like sound on "Baby You're a Rich Man". Beginning with the use of a string quartet (arranged by George Martin with input from McCartney) on "Yesterday" in 1965, The Beatles pioneered a modern form of art song, exemplified by the double-quartet string arrangement on "Eleanor Rigby" (1966), "Here, There and Everywhere" (1966) and "She's Leaving Home" (1967). A televised performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 directly inspired McCartney's use of a piccolo trumpet on the arrangement of "Penny Lane". The Beatles moved towards psychedelia with "Rain" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" from 1966, and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "I Am the Walrus" from 1967. Influence on popular culture Lifestyle The Beatles' lifestyles were greatly altered by their success and the income they earned. The availability of the first oral contraceptive and illegal drugs changed many people's opinions — including The Beatles' — about life, marriage, and sexual relationships.[86] Recreational drug use In Hamburg, The Beatles used "prellies" (Preludin) both recreationally and to maintain their energy through all-night performances.[87] McCartney would usually take one, but Lennon would often take four or five.[87] Bob Dylan introduced them to cannabis during a 1964 visit to New York.[88] McCartney remembered them all getting "very high" and giggling.[89] The Beatles occasionally smoked a spliff in the car on the way to the studio during the filming of Help!, which often made them forget their lines.[90] In April 1965, Lennon and Harrison were introduced to LSD by an acquaintance, dentist John Riley.[91] Lennon in particular became an avid "tripper", claiming in a 1970 interview in Rolling Stone to have taken LSD hundreds of times. McCartney was more reluctant to try the drug, but finally did so in 1966 and was the first Beatle to talk about it in the press. The Beatles added their names to an advertisement in The Times, on 24 July 1967, which asked for the legalisation of cannabis, the release of all prisoners imprisoned because of possession, and research into marijuana's medical uses. The advertisement was sponsored by a group called Soma, and was signed by 65 people, including Brian Epstein, Graham Greene, R.D. Laing, 15 doctors, and two MPs.[92] On a sailing trip to Greece, in 1967, the whole band sat around on the boat and took acid.[93] Meditation On 24 August 1967, The Beatles met the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the London Hilton, and a few days later went to Bangor, in North Wales, to attend a weekend 'initiation' conference.[94] There, the Maharishi gave each of them a mantra.[95] Their time in early 1968 at the Maharishi's ashram in India was highly productive from a musical standpoint, as practically all of the songs that would later be recorded for The White Album and Abbey Road were composed there by Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison.[78] Discography Further information: List of Beatles songs by singer, The Beatles record sales, worldwide charts, The Beatles bootlegs, and List of Beatles hit singles Official CD catalogue In 1987, EMI released all 12 of The Beatles' studio albums — as originally released in the UK — on CD worldwide. (North American releases were on EMI's American subsidiary Capitol Records). It was a considered decision by Apple Corps to standardise The Beatles catalogue throughout the world. Because there were tracks that had been released in the UK on singles and EPs that had not been released on the original UK albums, in order for all their recordings to be available on CD it was necessary to create three further CDs that would contain the missing tracks. One CD was of a 1967 US compilation album that featured the 6-track 1967 UK EP Magical Mystery Tour and the various singles released in that year. The other two CDs were new compilations that gathered together all the other singles, EP tracks and recordings from 1962--1970 that had not been issued on the original British studio albums. Magical Mystery Tour - 8 August 1987[96] Past Masters, Volume One - 7 March 1988 Past Masters, Volume Two - 7 March 1988 According to EMI and the Guinness Book of Records, The Beatles have sold in excess of one billion units (1,010,000,000, including cassettes, records, CDs and bootlegs). Beginning in 2004, the US album configurations were released as a series of box sets from Capitol Records (The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 & Volume 2); these included both stereo and mono versions based on the mixes that were prepared for vinyl at the time of their original 1960s releases. Song catalogue In 1963 Lennon and McCartney agreed to assign their song publishing rights to Northern Songs, a company created by music publisher Dick James. The company was administered by James' own company Dick James Music. Northern Songs went public in 1965, with Lennon and McCartney each holding 15% of the company's shares whilst Dick James and the company's chairman, Charles Silver, held a controlling 37.5%. In 1969, following a failed attempt by Lennon and McCartney to buy the company, James and Silver sold Northern Songs to British TV company Associated TeleVision (ATV), from which Lennon and McCartney received stock. In 1985, after a short period in which the parent company was owned by Australian business magnate Robert Holmes à Court, ATV Music was sold to Michael Jackson for a reported $47 million (trumping a joint bid by McCartney and Yoko Ono), including the publishing rights to over 200 songs composed by Lennon and McCartney. A decade later Jackson and Sony merged its music publishing businesses. Since 1995, Jackson and Sony/ATV Music Publishing have jointly owned most of the Lennon-McCartney songs recorded by The Beatles. Sony later reported that Jackson had used his share of their co-owned Beatles' catalogue as collateral for a loan from the music company. Meanwhile, Lennon's estate and McCartney still receive their respective songwriter shares of the royalties. (Despite his ownership of most of the Lennon-McCartney publishing, Jackson has only recorded one Lennon-McCartney composition himself, "Come Together" which was featured in his film Moonwalker.) Although the Jackson-Sony catalogue includes most of The Beatles' greatest hits, four of their earliest songs had been published by one of EMI's publishing companies prior to Lennon and McCartney signing with Dick James — and McCartney later succeeded in personally acquiring the publishing rights to "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me", "P.S. I Love You" and "Ask Me Why" from EMI. Harrison and Starr did not renew their songwriting contracts with Northern Songs in 1968, signing with Apple Publishing instead. Harrison later created Harrisongs, his own company which still owns the rights to his post-1967 songs such as "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Something". Starr also created his own company, called Startling Music. It holds the rights to his two post-1967 songs recorded by The Beatles, "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden". The future of The Beatles catalogue The Beatles are but a few of the major artists (aside from Led Zeppelin and Garth Brooks) who have not to date allowed their entire recorded catalogue to be available through major online music services (iTunes, Napster, etc.). This may be due to the massive royalty fees demanded by the group. As a result, The Beatles' music (both officially and unofficially released) has been made available through illegal music search engines such as eMule and BearShare, and have apparently raised the ire of the entire music industry. However, sure signs that official online distributions may be coming is the fact that the video for Tomorrow Never Knows/Within You Without You (the remix from their album Love) is currently being distributed (as of June, 2007) via Napster, and many Internet radio networks (such as Pandora Internet Radio and Live365.com) are allowing Beatles songs to be broadcasted over the world wide web. There has been talk of negotiations to make such an official online distribution schedule possible. Officials at Apple Corps have hinted at this, as they have confirmed that the entire Beatles catalog has been digitally remastered for online distribution. On film Main article: The Beatles on film The Beatles appeared in several films, all of which featured associated soundtrack albums. The band played themselves in two films directed by Richard Lester, A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965). The group produced and starred in the hour-long television movie Magical Mystery Tour (1967), while the documentary Let It Be (released 1970) followed the recording sessions for the Get Back project in early 1969. In addition, the psychedelic animated film Yellow Submarine (1968) followed the adventures of a cartoon version of the band; the members did not provide their own voices, appearing only in a brief live-action epilogue. Other projects Anthology Main article: The Beatles Anthology Love Main article: Love (Cirque du Soleil) Instrumentation Rickenbacker, Gretsch, Epiphone, Gibson, Fender, and C.F. 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