10 Interesting facts about Beatles

10 Interesting facts about Beatles

#	Top 10 Interesting Facts
1	The Beatles were an English rock and pop group formed in Liverpool in 1960 who became one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music.
2	In 1966 the group found themselves mired in controversy, including widespread antipathy in the US after a magazine published a quote from Lennon's remarks on Christianity.
3	In 1967, Epstein died from an overdose of a prescription drug
4	The group began a three-month retreat in India, treating Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as their guru for a short time, but became disillusioned with him.
5	September 2009 saw the release of a newly remastered discography as well as the video game The Beatles: Rock Band.
6	In the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart they notched up 29 top ten hits, including 20 number ones
7	Aged sixteen, John Lennon formed the skiffle group The Quarrymen with some Liverpool schoolfriends in March 1957.
8	After the first session at Abbey Road Studios, Martin complained to Epstein about Best's drumming and suggested the band use a session drummer in the studio.
9	Beatles releases in the United States were initially delayed for nearly a year when Capitol Records, though owned by EMI, declined to issue either "Please Please Me" or "From Me to You".
10	In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ranked Sgt. Pepper at number one.

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