The Beatles

Well a-when the saints go marching in
When the saints go marching in
Mm I want to be, I'm gonna be in that number
Ooo when the saints go marching in

Oh when the sun yeah begins to shine
When that old sun begins to shine
I tell you something I'm gonna be I'm gonna be in that number
When the sun begins to shine

Yeah when my lord calls me home again
Ah when my lord calls me home again
I'll tell you I'm gonna be in that number
Oh when my lord calls me home again

Oh when the saints go marching in
When the saints go marching in
I tell you something I'm gonna be I'm gonna be in that number
When the saints go marching in

Well when the sun yeah begins to shine
When that sun begins to shine
I tell you something I'm gonna be I'm gonna be in that number
When that old sun begins to shine

Lazy one time
Mm mm, yeh, alright, mm, yeah
Ooo when the saints go marching in

Yeah when the saints go marching in
Yeah when the saints go marching in
I tell you something, I'm gonna be I'm gonna be in that number
Yeah when the saints go marching in

Yeah when my lord calls me home again
Ah when my lord calls me home again
I'll tell you I'm gonna be in that number
Oh when the saints go marching in

The Beatles are arguably the most famous, critically-acclaimed, and successful rock band of all time—certainly the preeminent group of the 20th century. They started out as four teenagers playing grimy basement clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg, but they progressed to become world-beating rock stars who are still influential to this day.

John Lennon first formed a skiffle group called The Quarrymen in March 1957. A fifteen-year-old Paul McCartney joined shortly thereafter, eventually inviting his friend George Harrison to audition for the band. After finally impressing John with his guitar skills, George was asked to join—but this juncture would be short-lived as John’s departure to college signaled the other quarrymen to go their separate ways.

By 1960, Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison had re-branded from ‘Johnny & the Moondogs’ to ‘The Silver Beetles’ at the behest of their new bass player, Stuart Sutcliffe. The name would eventually evolve into ‘The Silver Beatles’ by July of that year, before settling on ‘The Beatles’ come August—just in time for their trip to Hamburg with new drummer, Pete Best. Though club residencies in Germany would prove fundamental to the group’s progress as a whole, the tour turned out to be a blessing and a curse, following the deportation of a then-seventeen-year-old George Harrison, and the eventual tragic death of Stuart Sutcliffe.

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