History Awesome / TheBeatles

* CoolOldGuy: At age 78, and in an era where artists like Music/{{Kesha}}, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/KanyeWest, Music/LadyGaga, Music/BrunoMars, Music/KennyChesney and other young pop-oriented and country artists are top concert attractions, Music/PaulMcCartney remains solidly in that group of top concert attractions, regularly selling out top venues and drawing fans both young and old. Word has it that Music/RingoStarr is also equal to [=McCartney=] coolness-wise. About the only others from [=McCartney=]'s era who are on his coolness level are Music/EltonJohn and Music/FleetwoodMac.

* Until The Beatles broke through in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in the winter of 1964, only four other songs by British performers had topped the ''Billboard'' pop charts since its inception in 1940. [[note]]Those songs were the ballad "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" by Vera Lynn (nine weeks in 1952), the gospel/Sunday school favorite "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" by Laurie London in 1958, the instrumental "Stranger on the Shore" by Acker Bilk in 1962 and the instrumental "Telstar" by the Tornados in early 1963.[[/note]] British popular music had its occasional appeal in the United States through the early 1960s, but the Beatles made British pop music the most dominant style and began a run of dominance that has yet to be equaled. In 1964 alone, nine songs by British artists reached No. 1 (out of that year's 24 songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100), and by the end of the 1960s, 39 songs from the UK had gone No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, with nearly half (18) by the Fab Four (with Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} the next closest at five). For the first week in April of 1964, the band held the top ''five'' spots on the Billboard charts (with "Can't Buy Me Love", "Twist and Shout", "She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", and "Please Please Me" in that order). This will probably never happen again.

* Until The Beatles broke through in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in the winter of 1964, only four other songs by British performers had topped the ''Billboard'' pop charts since its inception in 1940. [[note]]Those songs were the ballad "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" by Vera Lynn (nine weeks in 1952), the gospel/Sunday school favorite "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" by Laurie London in 1958, the instrumental "Stranger on the Shore" by Acker Bilk in 1962 and the instrumental "Telstar" by the Tornados in early 1963.[[/note]] British popular music had its occasional appeal in the United States through the early 1960s, but the Beatles made British pop music the most dominant style and began a run of dominance that has yet to be equaled. In 1964 alone, nine songs by British artists reached No. 1 (out of that year's 24 songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100), and by the end of the 1960s, 39 songs from the UK had gone No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, with nearly half (18) by the Fab Four (with Music/TheRollingStones the next closest at five). For the first week in April of 1964, the band held the top ''five'' spots on the Billboard charts (with "Can't Buy Me Love", "Twist and Shout", "She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", and "Please Please Me" in that order). This will probably never happen again.

* CoolOldGuy: At age 75, and in an era where artists like Music/{{Kesha}}, Music/TaylorSwift, Music/KanyeWest, Music/LadyGaga, Music/BrunoMars, Music/KennyChesney and other young pop-oriented and country artists are top concert attractions, Music/PaulMcCartney remains solidly in that group of top concert attractions, regularly selling out top venues and drawing fans both young and old. Word has it that Music/RingoStarr is also equal to [=McCartney=] coolness-wise.

** As do ''Music/AbbeyRoad'', ''Music/{{Revolver}}'', and ''Music/AHardDaysNight''. ''Revolver'' is the most consistently high-ranking on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lugnuts/List_of_albums_considered_the_best such lists]].

[[Music/TheBeatles Four guys from Liverpool]] got together a few years back and made some of the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic best pop music in history]]. 'Nuff said.

* During their touring years, there was multiple instances where the combined {{Squee}} of their fans was so loud it ''drowned out the roar of a jet engine''.

* T-Mobile managed to get together a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orukqxeWmM0 15,300-person sing along of Hey Jude]] in the Trafalgar Square in London. The awesomeness especially kicks in during the 'Na Na Na Na' coda. Easily doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}. Especially during the coda.

* "Twist and Shout" was also recorded [[OneTakeWonder in a single take]]. What's more, a second take would have not been possible because John's voice was shot. And it was recorded as the last song of the session for their first album. Which (except the four songs from their previous singles) was recorded ''in a single day''. And this while they still were abiding to the normal studio time schedule. ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking While John had a cold]]''.

* Until The Beatles broke through in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in the winter of 1964, only four other songs by British performers had topped the ''Billboard'' pop charts since its inception in 1940. [[note]]Those songs were the ballad "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" by Vera Lynn (nine weeks in 1952), the gospel/Sunday school favorite "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" by Laurie London in 1958, the instrumental "Stranger on the Shore" by Acker Bilk in 1962 and the instrumental "Telstar" by the Tornados in early 1963.[[/note]] British popular music had its occasional appeal in the United States through the early 1960s, but the Beatles made British pop music the most dominant style, and began a run of dominance that has yet to be equaled. In 1964 alone, nine songs by British artists reached No. 1 (out of that year's 24 songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100), and by the end of the 1960s, 39 songs from the UK had gone No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, with nearly half (18) by the Fab Four (with Music/TheRollingStones the next closest at five). For the first week in April of 1964, the band held the top ''five'' spots on the Billboard charts (with "Can't Buy Me Love", "Twist and Shout", "She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", and "Please Please Me" in that order). This will probably never happen again.
* Their first performance on ''Series/TheEdSullivanShow'' drew over ''73 million'' viewers. Still one of the highest rated segments in the history of television. To make that possible, The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, made one of the canniest promotional deals in music history. When he was told by Sullivan's negotiator that the band would only get one appearance as a novelty act, Epstein counter-offered the band would accept a third of the standard appearance fee of one show for three appearances as the headliner and he himself would cover the travel expenses of the band personally. That proposal was too good for Ed Sullivan to pass up, and The Beatles got the most spectacular American promotion possible that set them up as the music mega-legends they would become.

* The band broke up in 1970, that's over 40 years ago. [[http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/grammy.htm They are still winning Grammys]].

** A good example was a show McCartney did in Seattle. 47,000 people were in attendance. He played 2½ hours with NO intermission, then brought out the surviving members of Nirvana for the encore. Artists one-third his age can't beat that.

* The fact that they nailed the recording of their cover of "Long Tall Sally" in a ''single take'' (having performed it so many times before, they were pretty good at it by that point, to say the least).
* "Twist and Shout" was also recorded in a single take. What's more, a second take would have not been possible because John's voice was shot. And it was recorded as the last song of the session for their first album. Which (except the four songs from their previous singles) was recorded ''in a single day''. And this while they still were abiding to the normal studio time schedule. ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking While John had a cold]]''.

* On the 11th November 2015, {{ITV}} screened a special called "The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number 1", which was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a countdown of the nation's favourite Beatles tracks]] and an overview of their career. They said of several things "only the Beatles could have pulled this off".