"The thing about The Beatles is that
they saved the world from boredom."
--George Harrison

Welcome to the full online biography and discography of The Beatles organized year by year according to The Beatles official album releases.

The Beatles released 13 original albums in ONLY 7 years. Never before or since has any rock band come close to that quantity and quality of output. For example, U2, one of the most popular bands of the day, has released 13 studio albums in 29 years.

The Beatles phenomenon is an ongoing learning experience. There are so many facets to the biography of The Beatles, and Beatles-history.net is here to help guide you through each and every album along with all the significant events that occurred year by year.

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It is not humanly possible during one person's lifetime to read everything that has been written about John, Paul, George and Ringo. There are literally thousands of books that have been written about them, with new ones being published every year.

But here at Beatles-History.net you have found a valuable online resource which can break down for you the most important facts in Beatles history.

Even if you think you already know all the pertinent facts about The Beatles' albums, movies, timeline, and personal lives, there's always something new to learn. Every year a new perspective or previously undiscovered fact is revealed by yet another person or link to The Beatles story.

There's no denying that the Beatles changed the music industry profoundly. From the way album covers appeared, to writing their own songs, to innovative recording techniques, the Beatles led the way to change what rock bands could do.

But The Beatles were not just a band "who made it very, very big" as John Lennon said.

The Beatles became an international phenomenon. While the band was officially together from 1962 to 1970, the Beatles obviously were a huge success, but no one realized what a rarity they really were. Since the rock and roll era was relatively new at the time, people were waiting for the "next" Beatles to arrive.

But nobody came.

The difference between a great band and a musical phenomenon is that a great band produces great music, but a phenomenon goes further to influence a multitude of cultural outlets such as art, photography, literature, fashion, politics and belief systems.

As a result, the Beatles' phenomenon has kept growing and growing ever since the group disbanded in 1970.

The group's lasting influence in society is evident in many ways from the use of Beatle phrases and lyrics in everyday life to modern-day hairstyles. No musical act can trace more cultural influences to the present than the four lads from Liverpool.

The more time that passes, the bigger the legacy grows.

For example, the city of Liverpool has now built a significant tourist industry around The Beatles. Every August, thousands and thousands of Beatles fans invade the city for a week of music and celebration in honor of The Fab Four. A pilgrimage to Liverpool is something every Beatles fan should experience.

Critic Paul Evans states about the Beatles: "Theirs is the final, great consensus in popular music, not liking them is as perverse as not liking the sun."

We invite you to explore every page on the Beatles-History.net site. The history of The Beatles is divided up chronologically by year in connection with the release dates of their original British albums. Within each main album page, are links to several sub-sections which go further in-depth about specific topics.

Your Magical History Tour awaits...

Check out our new "Beatles 50th Anniversary Series"

Look for the RED HEADLINE for articles celebrating the 50th anniversary of important events in Beatles History, including:

How a trip to Spain changed The Beatles' songwriting history forever (Read article)

The Lennon and McCartney songwriting partnership

Why The Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, was not originally released in the US (Read article)

John Lennon's inspiration for writing "Please Please Me", The Beatles' second single (Read article)

September 4, 1962: The Beatles' First Official Recording Session at Abbey Road, where they recorded "Love Me Do" (Read article)

The Beatles history in Hamburg Germany

Beatles roots in Liverpool, England

Why Brian Epstein is called The Man Who Made The Beatles

How Ringo replaced Pete Best as drummer

How Elvis Presley influenced The Beatles

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