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The Beatles

THE BEATLES

YEAR

1988

INDUCTED BY

Mick Jagger

CATEGORY

Performers

John, Paul, George and Ringo, no last names needed, kickstarted the British Invasion in the U.S. like Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley before them.

However, the Beatles spoke to a younger generation, and ushered in a modern era of rock & roll where experimentation, transformation and taboo topics became de rigueur.

John Lennon

John Lennon

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

George Harrison

George Harrison

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Michael Hill

Historically speaking, the birth of the Beatles has been traced  time and again to Saturday afternoon, July 6th, 1957, at the St. Peter’s parish garden fete in Woolton, a Liverpool suburb.

Seventeen-year-old John Lennon was performing there with a group of school chums who called themselves the Quarrymen. They were a product of the skiffle craze – a fad inspired by the primitive wash­board-band sound of  Lonnie Donegan’s hit “Rock Island Line”  —  but they displayed a pronounced rock and roll bent.

Watching the Quarrymen was fifteen-year-old guitarist Paul McCartney, who was introduced to the band afterward. What broke the ice between the more mature Lennon and the cocky McCartney was their mutual enthusiasm for an Eddie Cochran song.

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Class of 1988
"The original way they crafted their songs wasn't lost on us."
Mick Jagger
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