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Photo: Dezo Hoffmann, Distributed by Capitol Records, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.Step into the studio and test your knowledge of the Fab Four! From their early Hamburg days to their iconic rooftop concert, discover how well you know the group that revolutionized modern music.
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George Harrison wrote 'Something', which became his first A-side single with the band and one of their most covered tracks. Even Frank Sinatra praised it as one of the greatest love songs ever written, though he sometimes mistakenly attributed it to Lennon and McCartney.
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Paul McCartney originally wrote the song as 'Hey Jules' to support Julian Lennon when John and Cynthia Lennon were separating. He later changed the name to Jude because it sounded more dramatic. It became the band's biggest hit, spending nine weeks at number one in the US.
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George Harrison's use of the sitar on 'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)' sparked a major interest in Indian classical music in the West. He had discovered the instrument on the set of their movie 'Help!' and later studied under the Indian virtuoso Ravi Shankar.
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Although 'Abbey Road' was the last album the Beatles recorded together, 'Let It Be' was the last one released, hitting shelves in May 1970. The sessions had been shelved for over a year before producer Phil Spector was brought in to assemble the final mix.
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George Martin signed the Beatles to Parlophone after others rejected them, and he produced almost all of their catalog. His classical training helped translate the band's imaginative ideas into groundbreaking studio realities, from string arrangements to tape loops.
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Paul McCartney was inspired to include a piccolo trumpet in 'Penny Lane' after watching a television broadcast of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto. Classical musician David Mason was hired for the session, recording the challenging solo on a special high-pitched instrument.
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The Beatles played their last official commercial concert at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on August 29, 1966. Exhausted by the screaming crowds and unable to hear their own music, they decided to stop touring and focus entirely on creating experimental studio albums.
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The Beatles formed Apple Corps to manage their artistic and business ventures, including Apple Records. Its logo, a green Granny Smith apple, later led to a series of high-profile trademark lawsuits with Steve Jobs' computer company, Apple Inc.
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Stuart Sutcliffe served as the band's original bassist in Hamburg. He decided to leave the group in 1961 to focus on his art career but tragically passed away shortly after. Paul McCartney then reluctantly took over the bass duties, which became a defining part of his musical legacy.
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Directed by Richard Lester, 'A Hard Day's Night' captured a fictionalized 36 hours in the lives of the band members. It was a massive critical and commercial success, earning two Academy Award nominations and setting a new standard for music movies.
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