The Beatles

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Across

  1. After a tour with Johnny Gentle in Scotland, the band changed their name to _____ _____
  2. After the band broke up, all four members embarked upon ____ ____ (two words)
  3. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, The Beatles have sold more albums in the _____ _____ than any other band (two words)
  4. _____ had become acquainted with Harrison on the morning bus ride to the Liverpool Institute
  5. George Harrison, was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, author, writer, film producer and ______
  6. Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, ______, and drummer
  7. In the late 1990s, George Harrison was diagnosed with _____ cancer.
  8. Pete Best is a British musician, best known as the original _____ for The Beatles.
  9. The Beatles' first recording session was scheduled for 6 June 1962 at EMI's _____ Road Studios in north London
  10. In 2008, _____ magazine released a list of top-selling Hot 100 artists to celebrate the chart's fiftieth anniversary; The Beatles reached #1 again.
  11. John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David ______ on 8 December 1980 in New York City
  12. Sir James Paul McCartney, is an English rock singer, bass guitarist, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, ______, record producer, film producer and animal-rights activist.
  13. The Beatles are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of _____ music,
  14. The band ____ ____ in 1970 (two words)
  15. John Winston Ono Lenno was an English rock musician, singer, writer, _____ , artist, actor and peace activist
  16. Harrison joined ____ ____ as lead guitarist at McCartney's insistence after a rehearsal in March 1958 (two words)
  17. Shortly before and after the official dissolution of the group, all four Beatles released _____ albums
  18. The Quarrymen went through a progression of names, including "Johnny and the ______"
  19. In 1988, The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during their _____ year of eligibility.
  20. Their clothes, ______ , and statements made them trend-setters
  21. The Beatles appeared in _____ motion pictures
  22. _______ took credit for the peculiar spelling of the name The Beatles

Down

  1. The Beatles are recognised for leading the mid-1960s musical _____ _____ into the United States (two words)
  2. Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe was an artist, and the original ______ of The Beatles for two years
  3. The Beatles occasionally smoked a joint in the car on the way to the studio during the filming of _____, which often made them forget their lines
  4. Lennon and McCartney both played _____ _____ (two words)
  5. Lennon's art school friend Stuart Sutcliffe joined on _____ in January 1960
  6. On 6 February 1958 the 14-year-old guitarist _____ _____ was invited to watch the group, which was then playing under a variety of names, at Wilson Hall, Garston, Liverpool. (two words)
  7. John Lennon formed a skiffle group in 1957 called The _____
  8. Sutcliffe suggested the name "The Beetles" as a tribute to ____ ____ (two words)
  9. second single Please ____ ____ (two words)
  10. In February 1994, the three surviving Beatles reunited to produce and record additional music for a few of Lennon's home ______
  11. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, _____
  12. In May 1981, George Harrison released "____ ____ ____ ____"; a single written about his time with The Beatles. (four words)
  13. The Beatles were a ____ and rock band
  14. In 2004, _____ _____ magazine ranked The Beatles number one on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (two words)
  15. A testing of the song She loves You on the TV show American ______ produced laughter from American teenagers when they saw the group's distinctive hairstyles.
  16. Their initial musical style was rooted in 1950s ____ ____ ____ (three words)
  17. The Beatles released more than 40 different singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one, earning more number one albums than any other group in _____ chart history.
  18. Lennon's first wife, Cynthia _____
  19. During 1965-1969, The Beatles were the subject of their own Saturday morning ______ series
  20. In August 1963, Philadelphia-based ____ Records released She Loves You
  21. From Me ____ ____ was their first official number one hit in the UK


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