School project

1. School project
Lyceum 64 Saint-Petersburg

2. John Lennon

3. John Lennon is the most popular
singer of “The Beatles”. He was
born on 9th of October 1940 in
the Liverpool.
There he founded “The Beatles”
in 1960. When “The Beatles”
collapsed, John began his solo
career.
The most famous songs of “The
Beatles” are Yesterday, Let it
Be, Help and A day in the Life.
Lennon was awarded “The Most
Excellent Order of the British
Empire.”
John Lennon was shot on 8th of
December 1980 in New York.

4. Sir James Paul
McCartney

5. • Most people know about legendary music band The Beatles. But
what do you know about lead singer of this band, Paul McCartney?
• James Paul McCartney was born on the 18th of June, 1942 in
Liverpool, the UK. When Paul was 10 his father presented him a
horn and when he was 14 years old he exchanged his horn to
acoustic guitar. His friend, George Harrison taught Paul tunes and
plays the guitar and then invited him in band Quarrymen. Here he
met John Lennon and together they created The Beatles.
• When The Beatles collapsed, Paul didn’t lose his fame. He started
his own music career. On the 11th of March, 1997, Paul was
knighted and in the 2011 he was named the best guitarist of all the
times.
• Most popular Paul’s songs are Across the Universe, Love Me Do,
Back in the U.S.S.R.
• Now Paul is helping poor people and creating his new music album.

6. G E O R G E H A R R I S O N WA S A N E N G L I S H M U S I C I A N , S I N G E R
A N D S O N G WR I T E R WH O A C H I E V E D I N T E R N A T I O N A L F A M E
A S T H E L E A D G U I T A R I S T O F T H E B E A T L E S .
GEORGE HARRISON

7. GEORGE HARRISON’S LIFE
George Harrison was born in 25 February 1943 in
Liverpool, England.
In his early years Harrison was the youngest of four children in his
family. He had one sister, Louise, and two brothers, Harry and
Peter. While riding his bicycle, he heard Elvis Presley's
“Heartbreak Hotel" playing from a nearby house, and the song
piqued his interest in rock and roll. He often sat at the back of
the class drawing guitars in his schoolbooks, and later
commented, "I was totally into guitars“.
His songs are: «Hey Jude», «Here Comes the Sun», «Let it be» and
more…
He died in 2001.

9.  Ringo Starr is a musician.
 His real name is Richard Starkey.
 He was born on the 7th of July in Liverpool,
England.
 He started playing in 1957.
 He gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the
Beatles.
 He wrote the Beatles' songs “Don't Pass Me By” and
“Octopus‘s Garden”.
 On February, 8, 2010, he was honoured with the star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.