Led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over three years from 1960, initially with Stuart Sutcliffe playing bass. The core trio of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, together since 1958, went through a succession of drummers, eventually settling with Pete Best in 1960, who played with them for two years before being replaced with then Rory Storm & The Hurricanes drummer Ringo Starr in 1962. Manager Brian Epstein molded them into a professional act and producer George Martin guided and developed their recordings, greatly expanding their domestic success after their first hit, "Love Me Do", in late 1962. As their popularity grew into the intense fan frenzy dubbed "Beatlemania", the band acquired the nickname "the Fab Four", with Epstein, Martin and other members of the band's entourage sometimes given the informal title of "fifth Beatle".
By early 1964, the Beatles were international stars, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market and breaking numerous sales records. They soon made their film debut with A Hard Day's Night (1964). From 1965 onwards, they produced increasingly innovative recordings, including the albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), and enjoyed further commercial success with The Beatles (also known as "the White Album", 1968) and Abbey Road (1969). In 1968, they founded Apple Corps, a multi-armed multimedia corporation that continues to oversee projects related to the band's legacy. After the group's break-up in 1970, all four members enjoyed success as solo artists. Lennon was shot and killed in December 1980, and Harrison died of lung cancer in November 2001. McCartney and Starr remain musically active.
The Beatles are the best-selling music act of all time, with estimated sales of 600 million units worldwide. They hold the record for most number-one albums on the UK Albums Chart, most number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and most singles sold in the UK. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, and all four main members were inducted individually between 1994 and 2015. In 2008, the group topped Billboard's list of the all-time most successful artists on the Billboard Hot 100. The band received seven Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award (for Best Original Song Score for the 1970 film Let It Be) and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards. Time magazine named them among the 20th century's 100 most important people.
Former Rolling Stone associate editor Robert Greenfield compared the Beatles to Picasso, as "artists who broke through the constraints of their time period to come up with something that was unique and original "... In the form of popular music, no one will ever be more revolutionary, more creative and more distinctive ..." The British poet Philip Larkin described their work as "an enchanting and intoxicating hybrid of African-American rock-and-roll with their own adolescent romanticism", and "the first advance in popular music since the War".
They not only sparked the British Invasion of the US, they became a globally influential phenomenon as well. From the 1920s, the US had dominated popular entertainment culture throughout much of the world, via Hollywood films, jazz, the music of Broadway and Tin Pan Alley and, later, the rock and roll that first emerged in Memphis, Tennessee. The Beatles are regarded as British cultural icons, with young adults from abroad naming the band among a group of people that they most associated with UK culture.
Their musical innovations and commercial success inspired musicians worldwide. Many artists have acknowledged the Beatles' influence and enjoyed chart success with covers of their songs. On radio, their arrival marked the beginning of a new era; in 1968 the programme director of New York's WABC radio station forbade his DJs from playing any "pre-Beatles" music, marking the defining line of what would be considered oldies on American radio. They helped to redefine the album as something more than just a few hits padded out with "filler", and they were primary innovators of the modern music video. The Shea Stadium show with which they opened their 1965 North American tour attracted an estimated 55,600 people, then the largest audience in concert history; Spitz describes the event as a "major breakthrough ... a giant step toward reshaping the concert business". Emulation of their clothing and especially their hairstyles, which became a mark of rebellion, had a global impact on fashion.
According to Gould, the Beatles changed the way people listened to popular music and experienced its role in their lives. From what began as the Beatlemania fad, the group's popularity grew into what was seen as an embodiment of socio-cultural movements of the decade. As icons of the 1960s counterculture, Gould continues, they became a catalyst for bohemianism and activism in various social and political arenas, fuelling movements such as women's liberation, gay liberation and environmentalism. According to Peter Lavezzoli, after the "more popular than Jesus" controversy in 1966, the Beatles felt considerable pressure to say the right things and "began a concerted effort to spread a message of wisdom and higher consciousness".
Other commentators such as Mikal Gilmore and Todd Leopold have traced the inception of their socio-cultural impact earlier, interpreting even the Beatlemania period, particularly on their first visit to the US, as a key moment in the development of generational awareness. Referring to their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show Leopold states: "In many ways, the Sullivan appearance marked the beginning of a cultural revolution ... The Beatles were like aliens dropped into the United States of 1964.
In 1965, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). The Beatles won the 1971 Academy Award for Best Original Song Score for the film Let It Be (1970). The recipients of seven Grammy Awards and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards, the Beatles have six Diamond albums, as well as 20 Multi-Platinum albums, 16 Platinum albums and six Gold albums in the US. In the UK, the Beatles have four Multi-Platinum albums, four Platinum albums, eight Gold albums and one Silver album. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.
The best-selling band in history, the Beatles have sold more than 800 million physical and digital albums as of 2013. They have had more number-one albums on the UK charts, fifteen, and sold more singles in the UK, 21.9 million, than any other act. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the Beatles as the most significant and influential rock music artists of the last 50 years. They ranked number one on Billboard magazine's list of the all-time most successful Hot 100 artists, released in 2008 to celebrate the US singles chart's 50th anniversary. As of 2017, they hold the record for most number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100, with twenty. The Recording Industry Association of America certifies that the Beatles have sold 178 million units in the US, more than any other artist. They were collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people. In 2014, they received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
There are two holidays celebrated for the Beatles: Global Beatles Day on 25 June each year. On that date in 1967, the band performed "All You Need Is Love" on television. In 2001, UNESCO created World Beatles Day on 16 January each year. This date has direct relation to the opening of The Cavern Club in 1957.
Five asteroids, 4147 Lennon, 4148 McCartney, 4149 Harrison, 4150 Starr and 8749 Beatles are named after the Beatles.
Where Have You Been All My Life
The Beatles Lyrics
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I never knew the
Thrills that could be tasted
Until we kissed
I never knew the
Years that I had wasted
Waiting for you to come by
I was waiting, girl
Won't you please tell me why
This took so long to begin
Darling, where have
You been all my life
Oh, don't you know
That til we touched
I never the knew the
Touch was worth revealing
Until we touched
I never knew my heart
Was really beating
But now I know I was
Waiting for you to come by
I was waiting
Won't you please tell me why
This took so long to begin
Darling, where have
You been all my life
Oh, darling
Where have you been
Where you been
Where you been
When I was feeling blue
Where have you been
Where you been
Where you been
When I was needing you
Oh, where you been
Where you been
Where you been
Now don't you know I was
Waiting for you to come by
I was waiting, girl
Won't you please tell me why
This took so long to begin
Darling, where have
You been all my life
Oh, darling
Where have you been
Where you been
Where you been
When I was feeling blue
Feeling blue
Where have you been
Where you been
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Where you been
When I was needing you
Oh, where you been
Where you been
The lyrics of The Beatles' "Where Have You Been All My Life" describe the feelings of a person who has found their true love after waiting for a long time. The poet says that until they kissed, they had never known the thrill of romance, or how much time they had wasted before. The poet admits that they were waiting for this love to come by and wonders why it took so long to begin.
The poet acknowledges that until they touched, they had no idea how meaningful it was to touch someone or how their heart would beat for someone. However, since they found their love, they wonder why it took so long for them to find each other. The poet keeps asking where their love had been all their life when they were feeling blue, and when they needed them the most.
The song is about the excitement and joy that comes with finding one's soulmate. It reflects how certain people can come into your life and change everything you thought you knew about yourself. The lyrics of the song remind us to keep our hearts open to the possibility of finding true love and not to waste time on those who do not bring joy to our lives.
Line by Line Meaning
Until we kissed
I never knew the
Thrills that could be tasted
The singer did not know how thrilling or exciting love could be until they kissed their beloved.
Until we kissed
I never knew the
Years that I had wasted
The singer did not realize how much they had been missing out on in life, specifically in regards to love and romance, until they kissed their beloved and experienced it for themselves.
But now I know I was
Waiting for you to come by
I was waiting, girl
Won't you please tell me why
This took so long to begin
Darling, where have
You been all my life
After meeting their beloved and experiencing love for the first time, the singer realizes that they had been waiting for them all their life, and wonders why it took so long to find them.
Oh, don't you know
That til we touched
I never the knew the
Touch was worth revealing
The artist did not realize the depth of emotions and sensations that could be evoked from physical touch until they experienced it with their beloved.
Until we touched
I never knew my heart
Was really beating
The artist did not realize that they were capable of feeling true love until they experienced physical touch with their beloved, which made their heart start beating for the first time in a long time.
Oh, darling
Where have you been
Where you been
Where you been
When I was feeling blue
Feeling blue
The singer expresses their gratitude towards their beloved for making them feel loved and happy, specifically when they were feeling sad or lonely.
Where have you been
Where you been
Where you been
When I was needing you
Oh, where you been
Where you been
The singer wonders where their beloved was when they needed love and companionship in the past, before they met each other.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BARRY MANN, CYNTHIA WEIL
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Brianda Cervantes
Since we kiss I never knew the thrills I could be tasted
Since we kiss I never knew the years that I have wasted
But now I know I was waiting
For you to come by
I was waiting girl,
won't you please tell me why that's took a long to begin?
Darling, where have you been all my life?
Oh don't you know that
until we touch I never knew that touch was worth revealing
Until we touch I never knew my heart was really beating
But now I know I was waiting
For you to come by, I was waiting girl, won't you please tell me why that's took so long to begin?
Darling, where have you been all my life?
Oh where you've been, where you've been
Now don't you know I was waiting
For you to come by
I was waiting girl, won't you please tell me why that's took so long to begin
Darling where have you been all my life
Where have you been, where you've been, where you've been, when I was feeling blue
Where have you been, where you've been, where you've been, when I was needing you
Oh where you've been? where you've been?
Where you've been?
Darling, where have you been all my life?
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This song has been instrumented and performed by Los Escarabajos, a skilled beatles-like cover band that I suggest you check out.
The animations displayed here are from Alvaro Ortega, also an outstanding illustrator that has plenty of Beatles-related vids:
https://www.youtube.com/user/aalvarortega
Flor De amapola
@Agustín Emanuel González ok los vamos a escuchar gracias por el dato 👍
Agustín Emanuel González
@Flor De amapola DEBERÍAS
Flor De amapola
@Agustín Emanuel González ohh ya ja si buena banda no conozco mucho pero tocaban también suave , gracias por el dato
Agustín Emanuel González
@Flor De amapola que también es una bonita banda digo jaja, seguime en Instagram como "arvustin" saludos je spameo prraaaa
Flor De amapola
@Agustín Emanuel González porqué son The beach boys? 😅
Enrique Garcia
Nunca había escuchado esta canción y me encanta, la he escuchado este día mas de 20 veces y sigo escuchadola
Daniela Hernández
Literalmente desde hace diez años que Álvaro Ortega la publicó es su canal, la escuché y me volví adicta, en diez años no me he cansado de esta versión. Puede salir en mi aleatorio de repente, y la vuelvo a repetir como diez veces jajajaj ❤️
Isabel Rodriguez
La primera época es mi preferida también pero me encanta, por ejemplo, Penny Lane que me parece súper fresca y alegre. Bueno, y muchas otras, cómo no...! La lista es infinita!
Mr Nicks
estamos igual