Inspired by the simple guitar-and-washboard music of Lonnie Doengan and later
             by United States pop artists such as Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, and Little Richard, John
             Lennon formed his own group, the Quarrymen, known present day as the Beatles. The
             Beatles originally started out with five members but later decreased to four, and all of the
             members were from Liverpool, England. The Beatles struggled to their rise to fame, and
             the first time their song was played in the United States it was actually a fluke by a local
             disc jockey. There was a period of Beatlemania in both Europe and the United States and
             the Beatles also won more awards and set more records than any other band in the history
             of music. Unfortunately the Beatles broke up in 1970 and present day two of the
             members are deceased. The remaining members are still in the record industry and go on
             tours all over the world. The British rock group, the Beatles, took the world of popular
             music by storm during the 1960's and left a lasting impact on today's pop and rock and
             The rock and roll band, the Beatles, was made up of John Lennon, Paul
             McCartney, George Harrison, and Richard Starkey, or more commonly known as Ringo
             Starr. John Winston Lennon was born October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England. Lennon
             has been exhumed in print more than any other popular musical figure, and Lennon has
             also changed many lives , "...he changed many lives, mostly for the better" (mtv.com).
             Lennon was tragically murdered on December 8, 1980 in New York City, New York,
             every year on the anniversary of John Lennon's death the world still mourns his death.
             James Paul McCartney was born June 18, 1942 in Liverpool, England. Although
             commitments to the Beatles not unnaturally took precedence, bass player and vocalist
             McCartney nonetheless pursued several outside projects during this tenure. Guitarist
             George Harrison was born ...