"have been entirely based on Beatles themes and songs The Beatles in film The Beatles appeared in five motion pictures, most of which were very well received. The exception was the (mostly unscripted) television film ""Magical Mystery Tour"" which was panned by critics and the public alike. Each of their films had the same name as their associated soundtrack album and a song on that album. The Beatles had a successful film career, beginning with A Hard Day's Night (1964), a loosely scripted comic farce, sometimes compared to the Marx Brothers in style. A black-and-white film, it focused on Beatlemania"
"excited after hearing Ringo's drumming abilities and listen to ""I Saw Her Standing There"". After their success, Cynthia announces to John that she was pregnant and the two decide to get married. The Beatles release their first single, ""Love Me Do"" and in 1963 release their first No. 1 Hit Single, ""Please Please Me"". They become the most famous group in Britain. In 1964, they are heading to America for the first time after already encountering massive success across Europe. The film ends when the group arrives in America and performs on the Ed Sullivan Show to a mass of"
"The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit is a 1990 re-edited version of renowned documentary filmmaking team Albert and David Maysles' 1964 16mm documentary ""What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A."", about the Beatles' first visit to America in February 1964. It documents the Beatles' US trip as they travel to New York City, Washington, D.C., and Miami Beach. Footage of the Beatles (often acting irreverently in front of the camera) in hotel rooms makes up the majority of the non-musical portion of the film. The main difference between the original 1964 documentary and the"
"Beatles in 1964, from the documentary, ""What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A."" Decca Records released the film soundtrack LP with Venet's instrumental theme released on a 45 rpm. AMT manufactured a model kit of the ZZR dragster. The Italian title of the film was ""007 agente per forza contro gli assassini dello yé yé "". Fred Darian and Al DeLory composed the music score for the film, Nick Venet produced the instrumental Mariachi-trumpet-accented theme song. Dobie Gray sings the title song, ""(Out of Sight) Out on the Floor"" (written by Fred Darian and Al De Lory). Gary Lewis &"
"instead of dialog. In 1964, The Moody Blues producer, Alex Murray, wanted to promote his version of ""Go Now"". The short film clip he produced and directed to promote the single has a striking visual style that predates Queen's similar ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" video by a full decade. It also predates what the Beatles did with promotional films of their singles ""Rain"" and ""Paperback Writer"", both released in 1966. In the same year, the Beatles starred in their first feature film, ""A Hard Day's Night"", directed by Richard Lester. Shot in black-and-white and presented as a mock documentary, it interspersed comedic"
"The Beatles' First The Beatles' First is the first British packaging of the 1962 German album by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers called ""My Bonnie"". It was recorded in Hamburg in 1961. It has been released in 1964, 1967 and 2004. ""The Beatles' First"" was released in 1964 by German Polydor and was available in the UK as an import. On 4 August 1967, Polydor officially released the album in the UK, but with a different sleeve and catalogue number (236-201). In the US, the album was released under the title ""In the Beginning (Circa 1960)"" in 1970 (Polydor"
"directed by Richard Lester. The title was changed to ""Help!"" after the single's release. In the film, the song plays over a sequence during which the Beatles attempt to ski and frequently fall over. The track appeared on the band's 1965 album ""Help!"", which was issued on 6 August in the UK and on 13 August in the US. ""Ticket to Ride"" was the seventh consecutive chart-topping single for the Beatles in the UK and the first Beatles track released with a running time exceeding three minutes. On the American charts, it was the third of six number 1 singles"
"which combined separate footage of the Beatles and their wives. ""Maxwell's Silver Hammer"", McCartney's first song on the album, was first performed by the Beatles during the ""Let It Be"" sessions (as can be seen in the film). He wrote the song after the group's trip to India in 1968 and wanted to record it for the White Album, but it was rejected by the others as ""too complicated"". The recording was fraught with tension between band members, as McCartney annoyed others by insisting on a perfect performance. The track was the first Lennon was invited to work on following"
"and success. He became their manager in January 1962. Ringo Starr replaced Best in August, and the band had their first hit, ""Love Me Do"", in October, becoming popular in the UK in 1963, and in the US a year later. The fan hysteria became known as ""Beatlemania"", and the press sometimes referred to McCartney as the ""cute Beatle"". In August 1965, the Beatles released the McCartney composition ""Yesterday"", featuring a string quartet. Included on the ""Help!"" LP, the song was the group's first recorded use of classical music elements and their first recording that involved only a single band"
"until 1987, when the Beatles' catalogue was standardised for release on CD. When ""Beatles for Sale"" was being recorded, Beatlemania was at its peak. In early 1964, the Beatles had made waves with their television appearances in the US, sparking unprecedented demand for their records there. Over June and July, the band played concerts in Denmark, the Netherlands and Hong Kong, toured Australia and New Zealand, and then returned to Britain for a series of radio and television engagements and to promote their first feature film, ""A Hard Day's Night"". After performing further concerts in Sweden, they began recording the"
"Janson and many crew members. In media interviews at the event, McCartney disclosed that while he had seen the film many times on video, he had not seen the film on the ""big screen"" since its 1964 premiere. A Hard Day's Night (film) A Hard Day's Night is a 1964 British musical comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring the Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr—during the height of Beatlemania. It was written by Alun Owen and originally released by United Artists. The film portrays several days in the lives of the group. The film was"
"The film starts in 1961, when the Silver Beatles (as they were called then) consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Stuart Sutcliffe. They need a drummer and a manager, and although Sutcliffe can sing, he cannot play an instrument. The only reason Stu is in the band because he is John's friend and none of the others want to play the bass guitar. They go and audition for an agent, where they meet Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, and become good friends with the Hurricanes' drummer, Ringo Starr. The agent at the audition says that if they"
"The Beatles' first two 1963 singles and an altered version of their first album were released by Vee-Jay Records. Vee-Jay Records was a small company with few resources. As a result of little publicity or promotion, the records sold poorly. Vee-Jay lost the rights to the Beatles for nonpayment of royalties. The smaller Swan Records received the rights to the ""She Loves You"" single. When the Beatles were booked to perform on the popular Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, Capitol finally exercised its option and said yes to the Beatles in November 1963. In a legal settlement with Capitol"
"approximately 1.1 million copies in 1964. An instrumental arrangement, ""From Me to You Fantasy"" is used in the film, ""Help!"", arranged by Ken Thorne, and is track 3 of the original U.S. release of the soundtrack album. It appears during scenes of attempts to remove the ring from Ringo's finger while he sleeps in the Beatles' communal apartment. ""From Me to You"" made its first album appearance (overall) on the Canadian ""Twist and Shout"" LP in 1964. That same year, it made its US album debut on Vee-Jay's ""Jolly What! England's Greatest Recording Stars: The Beatles and Frank Ifield on"
"With the Beatles With the Beatles is the second studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 22 November 1963, on Parlophone, and was recorded four months after the band's debut ""Please Please Me"". The album features eight original compositions (seven by Lennon–McCartney and ""Don't Bother Me"", George Harrison's first recorded solo composition and his first released on a Beatles album) and six covers (mostly of Motown, rock and roll, and R&B hits). The cover photograph was taken by the fashion photographer Robert Freeman, and it has been mimicked by several music groups over the"
"Introducing... The Beatles Introducing... The Beatles is the first Beatles album released in the United States. Originally scheduled for a July 1963 release, the LP came out on 10 January 1964, on Vee-Jay Records, ten days before Capitol's ""Meet the Beatles!"". The latter album, however, entered the U.S. album chart one week before the former. Consequently, when ""Meet The Beatles!"" peaked at for eleven consecutive weeks, ""Introducing...The Beatles"" stalled at where it remained nine consecutive weeks. It was the subject of much legal wrangling, but ultimately, Vee-Jay was permitted to sell the album until late 1964, by which time it"
"Help! (film) Help! is a 1965 British musical comedy-adventure film directed by Richard Lester, starring the Beatles–John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr—and featuring Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, John Bluthal, Roy Kinnear and Patrick Cargill. The second film starring The Beatles following Lester's ""A Hard Day's Night"", ""Help!"" sees Ringo as the human sacrifice for an evil cult and the band must protect him. The soundtrack was released as an album, also called ""Help!"". The film had its Royal World Premiere at the London Pavilion Theatre in the West End of London on 29 July 1965"
"January 1964 (this time with ""From Me to You"" on the B-side), it reached number three on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The Beatles had accomplished a modest debut success with ""Love Me Do"", but outside of Liverpool and Hamburg they were still practically unknown. Part of the problem was that the group were committed to begin what was to be their final Hamburg season just as ""Love Me Do"" entered the British charts and so were unable to actively promote it on their home soil. Nonetheless, their producer, George Martin, felt it was a promising start and decided to go"
"became their manager in December 1961, he polished up their image and later secured them a recording contract with EMI. The group's first single, ""Love Me Do"", peaked at number seventeen on the ""Record Retailer"" chart, and by the time their debut album, ""Please Please Me"", was released in early 1963, Beatlemania had arrived. Often serious and focused while on stage with the band, Harrison was known as ""the quiet Beatle"". He had two lead vocal credits on the LP, including the Lennon–McCartney song ""Do You Want to Know a Secret?"", and three on their second album, ""With the Beatles"""
"initial sales than any other Capitol LP up to that point. The Beatles' animated film ""Yellow Submarine"", loosely based on the imaginary world evoked by McCartney's 1966 composition, premiered in July 1968. Though critics admired the film for its visual style, humour and music, the soundtrack album issued six months later received a less enthusiastic response. By late 1968, relations within the band were deteriorating. The tension grew during the recording of their eponymous double album, also known as the ""White Album"". Matters worsened the following year during the ""Let It Be"" sessions, when a camera crew filmed McCartney lecturing"
"in 1967, featuring elements of rock and jazz. Late in 1967, Beatle George Harrison hired the Remo Four as his backing band for part of his first solo project, the soundtrack album to the movie ""Wonderwall"". While the songs were mostly instrumentals, they did record one lyrical song, ""In the First Place"", with Harrison, which was left in the can until the 1990s. (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke later reworked the song and recorded it as ""As It Was in the First Place"".) They also became Billy Fury's backing band, in the late 1960s. Disbanding in 1970, Ashton and Dyke joined"
"Meet the Beatles! Meet the Beatles! is the second Beatles album released in the United States. It was the first US Beatles album to be issued by Capitol Records, on 20 January 1964 in both mono and stereo formats. It topped the popular album chart on 15 February 1964 and remained at number one for eleven weeks before being replaced by ""The Beatles' Second Album"". The cover featured Robert Freeman's iconic portrait of the Beatles used in the United Kingdom for ""With the Beatles"", with a blue tint added to the original stark black-and-white photograph. After constantly rejecting requests by"
"ways, the Sullivan appearance marked the beginning of a cultural revolution...The Beatles were like aliens dropped into the United States of 1964"". According to Gilmore: In 1965, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). The film ""Let It Be"" (1970) won the 1971 Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. The recipients of seven Grammy Awards and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards, the Beatles have been awarded six Diamond albums, as well as 24 Multi-Platinum albums, 39 Platinum albums and 45 Gold albums in the United States. In the UK,"
"quickest wit and the smartest."" The Beatles achieved mainstream success in the UK early in 1963. Lennon was on tour when his first son, Julian, was born in April. During their Royal Variety Show performance, which was attended by the Queen Mother and other British royalty, Lennon poked fun at the audience: ""For our next song, I'd like to ask for your help. For the people in the cheaper seats, clap your hands ... and the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewellery."" After a year of Beatlemania in the UK, the group's historic February 1964 US debut"
"A Hard Day's Night (film) A Hard Day's Night is a 1964 British musical comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring the Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr—during the height of Beatlemania. It was written by Alun Owen and originally released by United Artists. The film portrays several days in the lives of the group. The film was a financial and critical success. Forty years after its release, ""Time"" magazine rated it as one of the all-time great 100 films. In 1997, British critic Leslie Halliwell described it as a ""comic fantasia with music; an enormous"
"over thirty singles and had achieved sales of seven million copies, a record for a German rock band in their own country. In 1959, The Lords started out as a skiffle band in Berlin using partly custom-made instruments. In 1964 when Beatlemania and the British Invasion swept across the world, they turned into ""Germany's First Beat Music Act"" and developed their classic style for which they are still known in Germany today. On 23 July 1964, the Beatles film ""A Hard Day's Night"" appeared in the German cinemas, titled ""Yeah Yeah Yeah"". Before the premiere, a competition was held, with"
"This release reached number 68 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number 30 on the ""Cash Box"" Singles chart. In Sweden, it peaked at number 11 on the Kvällstoppen Chart. In 1994, the Beatles released a live version of ""Roll Over Beethoven"" on ""Live at the BBC"". This version was recorded on February 28, 1964, and broadcast on March 30, 1964, as part of a BBC series starring the Beatles called ""From Us to You"". This version of ""Roll Over Beethoven"" was used in the film ""Superman III"", directed by Richard Lester, who also directed the Beatles' first two"
"2004. The main tracks are in stereo on the first CD and in mono on the second CD. This release also contained a new sleeve. The similar album ""The Early Tapes of The Beatles"" (1984) was re-released on CD at a similar time to this deluxe edition release. All vocals by Tony Sheridan unless otherwise indicated. The Beatles' First The Beatles' First is the first British packaging of the 1962 German album by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers called ""My Bonnie"". It was recorded in Hamburg in 1961. It has been released in 1964, 1967 and 2004. ""The Beatles'"
"thought, 'We've fucking had it now.'"". Led primarily by Harrison and Lennon's interest in Eastern religion, the Beatles later travelled to Maharishi's ashram in India for further guidance. While there, they composed most of the songs for ""The Beatles"" and ""Abbey Road"". The anti-war, black comedy ""How I Won the War"", featuring Lennon's only appearance in a non–Beatles full-length film, was shown in cinemas in October 1967. McCartney organised the group's first post-Epstein project, the self-written, produced and directed television film ""Magical Mystery Tour"", which was released in December that year. While the film itself proved to be their first"
"1964 (film) 1964 is a documentary film produced by Insignia Films for the American Experience series about political, social and cultural events in the United States for the calendar year 1964. It is based partly on Jon Margolis book ""The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964."" The documentary depicts the year 1964 as significant and epic in that following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in late 1963, 1964, as a presidential election year, becomes a departure point for American history, with lasting effects today. It is also the year of the British Invasion led by the Beatles, when"
"Wonderwall Music Wonderwall Music is the debut solo album by English musician George Harrison and the soundtrack to the 1968 film ""Wonderwall"", directed by Joe Massot. Released in November 1968, it was the first solo album by a member of the Beatles, and the first album issued on the band's Apple record label. The songs are all instrumental pieces, except for occasional non-English vocals, and mostly comprise short musical vignettes. Following his Indian-styled compositions for the Beatles since 1966, he used the film score to further promote Indian classical music by introducing rock audiences to instruments that were relatively little-known"
"and ""Ain't She Sweet"", the latter featuring John Lennon on lead vocal. These Beatle record releases led to a new dimension of chart success for the Beatles. On 4 April 1964, The Beatles held the top five positions on the ""Billboard"" magazine Hot 100 chart and the ""Cashbox"" magazine Top 100 chart. The following week, a record 14 Beatle records were on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. In addition to ""Introducing... the Beatles"" (1964), which was essentially their debut British album with some minor alterations, Vee-Jay also issued an unusual LP called ""The Beatles Vs The Four Seasons"". This two-LP"
"the Beatles, but these performances did not help them gain sustained success in North America. Richard and the Shadows appeared in six feature films including a debut in the 1959 film ""Serious Charge"" but most notably in ""The Young Ones"", ""Summer Holiday"", ""Wonderful Life"", and ""Finders Keepers"". These films created their own genre, known as the ""Cliff Richard musical"", and led to Richard being named the No. 1 cinema box office attraction in Britain for both 1962 and 1963, beating that of even James Bond. The title song of ""The Young Ones"" became his biggest-selling single in the United Kingdom,"