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The Beatles & The Rolling Stones

The Beatles & The Rolling Stones. Charlie Alexander, Cameron Johnson. The Beatles. Formed: 1962 Liverpool, England Group consisted of: John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals ), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) Ringo Starr (drums, vocals).

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The Beatles & The Rolling Stones

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  1. The Beatles & The Rolling Stones Charlie Alexander, Cameron Johnson

  2. The Beatles Formed: 1962 Liverpool, England Group consisted of: John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) RingoStarr (drums, vocals)

  3. Dicogoraphy Please Please Me1963 With The Beatles 1963 A Hard Day's Night 1964 Beatles For Sale 1964 Help!1965 Rubber Soul 1965 Revolver1966 A Collection of Beatles Oldies 1966 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 Magical Mystery Tour1967 The Beatles (The White Album) 1968 (2 disc) Yellow Submarine1969 Abbey Road 1969 Let It Be 1970

  4. Accomplishments • The Beatles are the best-selling musical group of all time, estimated by EMI to have over one billion discs and tapes sold worldwide. • The Beatles have notched up the most multi-platinum selling albums for any artist or musical group (thirteen in the U.S. alone). • The Beatles have had more number one singles than any other musical group (23 in Australia, 23 in The Netherlands, 22 in Canada, 21 in Norway, 20 in the U.S., and 18 in Sweden). • The Beatles have had more number one albums than any other group (19 in the U.S. and 15 in the United Kingdom). • The Beatles spent the highest number of weeks at number one in the albums chart (174 in the UK and 132 in the U.S.). • During the week of 4 April 1964, The Beatles held the top five positions on the Billboard singles chart. The songs were "Can't Buy Me Love", "Twist and Shout", "She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", and "Please Please Me". • The Beatles are the only artist to have 'back-to-back-to-back' number one singles on Billboard's Hot 100 • The Beatles' "Yesterday" is the most covered song in history, appearing in the Guinness Book of Records with over three thousand recorded versions. • The Beatles even had their own stamp commissioned, featuring a tribute to Yellow Submarine.The Beatles had the fastest selling single of all time with "I Want To Hold Your Hand". The song sold 250,000 units within three days in the U.S., one million in 2 weeks. (Additionally, it sold 10,000 copies per hour in New York City alone for the first 20 days.) • The largest number of advance orders for a single, at 2.1 million copies in the U.S. for "Can't Buy Me Love" (it sold 940,225 copies on its first day of release in the U.S. alone). • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the best selling album of all time in the UK (over 4.5 million copies sold). • On 12 June 1965, the Beatles were made Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen. • The Beatles appear five times in the top 100 best-selling singles in the UK. No other group appears more than twice.

  5. The Beatles have inspired and influenced musicians from one end of the musical spectrum to the. • Including: other • MxPx • Phil Collins • Brian Wilson • Neil Diamond • Jimi Hendrix • Kiss • Nirvana • Guns 'n Roses • Run DMC.

  6. The Rolling Stones Formed: 1962 in London England Group consisted of: Mick Jagger Keith Richards Brian Jones Ian Stewart Bill Wyman Charlie Watts

  7. Discography #1 Out Of Our Heads - Pop Album - 1965#1 Sticky Fingers - Pop Album - 1971#1 Exile On Main Street - Pop Album - 1972#1 Goats Head Soup - Pop Album - 1973#1 It's Only Rock and Roll - Pop Album - 1974#1 Black and Blue - Pop Album - 1976#1 Some Girls - Pop Album - 1978#1 Emotional Rescue - Pop Album - 1980#1 Tattoo you - Pop Album - 1981#2 Aftermath - Pop Album - 1966#2 Between The Buttons - Pop Album - 1967#2 Their Satanic Majesties Request - Pop Album - 1968#2 Voodoo Lounge - Billboard 200 - 1994#2 Bridges To Babylon - Top Canadian Albums - 1997#2 Forty Licks - Top Canadian Albums - 2002#3 12X5 - Pop Album - 1964#3 Flowers - Pop Album - 1967#3 Let It Bleed - Pop Album - 1969#3 Steel Wheels - Billboard 200 - 1989#4 December's Children - Pop Album - 1966#4 Undercover - Pop Album - 1983#4 Dirty Work - Billboard 200 - 1986#5 The Rolling Stones, Now! - Pop Album - 1965#5 Beggars Banquet - Pop Album - 1969#5 Love you Live - Pop Album - 1977#5 Still Life (Live) - Pop Album - 1982#6 Got Live If You Want It - Pop Album - 1967#6 Get YerYaYa's Out (Live) - Pop Album - 1970#9 Stripped - Billboard 200 - 1995

  8. Accomplishments • In 1989 The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and • In 2004 they ranked number 4 in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. • In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked The Rolling Stones at number ten on "The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists“ • This made them the second most successful group in the history of Billboard Hot 100 chart.

  9. Who they have influenced • Aerosmith, • AC/DC, • the Clash • the Sex Pistols • Steve Earl • Social Distortion • Dave Matthews.

  10. honky tonk woman – The Rolling Stones • Yesterday –The Beatles

  11. Quiz • Who Do you like more, The Beatles or The Rolling stones? • Why?

  12. Work Cited • http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/therollingstones/biography • www.iorr.org • http://members.chello.nl/~f.dejonge/rs.htm • http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Rolling_Stones,_The/Discography/ • http://www.aboutthebeatles.com/discography.php • http://www.dmbeatles.com/ • http://www.thebeatles.com/

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