Beatles

[beet-lz]

noun

1. (used with a plural verb),  the, British rock-'n'-roll group (1962–70) including George Harrison (1943–2001), John (Winston) Lennon (1940–80), Paul (James) McCartney (born 1942), and Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey ) (born 1940).

Beatles

1. A rock 'n' roll singing group from Liverpool, England, that was phenomenally popular in the middle and late 1960s. The intense devotion of the group's fans, especially the hysterical screaming that the Beatles provoked in large crowds of teenagers, was called Beatlemania. The four Beatles were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Among their many popular songs, most of which were written by Lennon and McCartney, were “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “Hey, Jude.”

Example Sentences

The title of the book from The Beatles song, she says, "landed on my wrist like a butterfly".

From BBC

Morgan Neville’s “Man on the Run” documents Paul McCartney’s attempt to launch a solo career following the breakup of the Beatles in 1970.

From Los Angeles Times

My folks are a little older so I grew up listening to a lot of music that Bruce listened to — Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, the Beatles, the Stones, Aretha Franklin.

From Los Angeles Times

“You also understand there wasn’t a villain in the Beatles breakup,” Huntsinger says.

From Los Angeles Times

The Beatles and Bob Dylan shaped his songwriting as did his mom’s tape of “Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook.”

From Los Angeles Times