The Beatles have a humble beginning for a band that became world famous.They began as a group of teenagers who shared passion for music. On a spring day in Liverpool 1957 John Lennon formed a band. A few months later Paul McCartney and George Harrison, who was only 14 years old, joined Lennon's band. McCartney played the rhythm guitar, Harrison was the lead guitarist, and Sutcliffe was the bass guitarist. Lacking a …show more content…
Their single “I want to hold your hand” was insanely popular and loved by the fans and sold a 1.5 million copies within the first few weeks of its release. Beatlemania spread like wildfire around the United States. Soon after, with a growing fan base and a new type of music filled with energy and the crazy obsession expanded to a larger scale of people in comparison to their popularity in Britain. The popularity continued to nationwide across the United States and along North America to Toronto, Canada and Beatlemania was becoming an unstoppable force. (Roberts, 2002). As of 2014, the band has sold more than two billion