The Beatles

Released: November 22, 1963

Songwriter: Meredith Willson

Producer: George Martin

[Verse 1]
There were bells on a hill
But I never heard them ringing
No, I never heard them at all
Till there was you

[Verse 2]
There were birds in the sky
But I never saw them winging
No, I never saw them at all
Till there was you

[Bridge]
Then there was music and wonderful roses
They tell me in sweet fragrant meadows
Of dawn and dew

[Verse 3]
There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No, I never heard it at all
Till there was you

[Bridge]
Then there was music and wonderful roses
They tell me in sweet fragrant meadows
Of dawn and dew

[Verse 3]
There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No, I never heard it at all
Till there was you

[Outro]
Till there was you

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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With the Beatles (1963)
Meet the Beatles! (1964)
The Beatles Alpha Omega Vol. 2 (1973)
The Beatles Ballads (1980)
Anthology 1 (1995)
The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 (2004)
The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) Boxset (2009)
The U.S. Albums (2014)
The Japan Box (2014)

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