Beatles Bios!

Paul McCartney!

This is my favorite Beatle! Paul was born on June 18, 1942.
He was born to James and Mary McCartney. When Paul was 14 years old,
his mother died of breast cancer. Paul wrote the song, "When I'm 64"
when he was 15 years old. The song was later released on Sgt. Pepper,
in 1967. Paul met John on July 6, 1957. Almost immediately he joined John's
group, The Quarry Men. Then they were the Beatles, yeah, yeah, yeah. On
March 12, 1969 Paul married Linda Eastman. She was and still is a
photographer. After the breakup of the Beatles, Paul went on to perform
with his group, Wings, in the 70's. Paul has 4 children. Heather is
Linda's daughter that Paul adopted. Heather is now a potter. Mary, is
a photographer and film maker. Paul's youngest daughter, Stella, is a
fashion designer, for Chloe in Paris. James, his only son has decided to
follow his father's footsteps into music. Paul last released
his album, Flaming Pie, in May of 1997. On April 17, 1998, Linda passed away with breast cancer.

Ringo Starr!

Ringo was born on July 7, 1940. He was born to Richard and
Elsie Starkey. His real name is actually Richard Starkey. He
picked up the name as a teenager. As a child, Ringo was in the hospital
many years. He was diagnosed with pleurisy. Ringo never had much
school because of his extended hospital visits. He joined the
Beatles on August 18, 1962. Before this, he was a drummer for Rory
Storm and the Hurricanes. In 1965, on February 11, Ringo married
Maureen Cox. After the break-up of the Beatles, he began a solo
career in his new found talent of song-writing, and as an actor.
During the 80's Ringo, divorced, married Barbara Bach. Ringo
has also toured with several of his Ringo's All-Starr Bands.


George Harrison!

George was born on February 25, 1943 to Harold and Louise Harrison.
As a child George and Paul became friends even though Paul was
a year older. George and Paul lived very near each other, and went
to the same grammar school. A few months after Paul joined the Quarry
Men, George was also invited into the group. During the filming of
"A Hard Day's Night," George met his future wife, Pattie Boyd. On
January 21, 1966, Pattie and George were married. After the break-up,
George immediately released his triple album, "All Things Must Pass."
During the seventies George and Pattie were divorced. George
and his new wife, Olivia, had one child, Dhani. In 1990, George
joined with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and some other great musicians as
the Traveling Wilbury's.

John Lennon!

John was born on October 9, 1940 to Alfred and Julia Lennon.
Alfred left Julia and John when he was extremely young. When John
was five, Julia took him to live with his Aunt Mimi. At the age
of 17, Julia died, right after getting to know John again. She was
killed by a car. As a teenager, John and Pete Shotton formed the Quarry
Men. The Quarry Men has many transformations until it finally
became John, Paul, George, and Ringo. On August 23, 1962, John married
Cynthia Powell. Their son Julian, was born on April 8, 1963. On
November 8, 1968, Cynthia and John were divorced due to John's
affair with Yoko Ono. John was married to Yoko on March 20, 1969, just
8 days after Paul's marriage to Linda. Yoko and John had one child,
Sean, although Yoko, had a child, Kyoko, in a previous marriage.
John went on to write songs like "Beautiful Boy" for Sean, and "Imagine".
John was killed December 8, 1980.

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