The name was inspired by characters in the film "The Wild Ones"", who posed as a motorcycle gang (Everett 26).
The Musical Journey.
On 1st January, the band's manager, Brian Epstein, booked an audition for The Beatles at Decca Records. They were rejected after several weeks of auditioning, with the infamous comment; "guitar groups are an out thing."" (Benson 8). The band went on to be rejected by other record companies, including EMI and Pye, before their big break came when George Martin, the renown producer of Parlophone, decide to give the band a chance, a move he would never regret (Brown & Gaines 45). By this time, Paul had become the bass guitarist following the death of Sutcliff from a brain hemorrhage. Peter, the drummer, was considered not good enough by the producer, and was replaced by Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey). The Beatles' first single was known as "Love Me Do/PS, I Love You", which debuted at 17th on the British charts. This motivated the band to release their first LP single, "Please, Please Me", which defied the odds to top the UK charts for a total of eight months (Brown & Gaines 51).
They followed that song with a string of number one singles before they finally decided to try their luck in the United States, where rock n roll was quickly picking up steam. Quickly, their songs were occupying first and second place on the US billboard charts, marking the beginning of an era known as Beatlemania. This was before they were nominated for their first Grammy award (Fisher 90). .
The Film Journey.
The Beatles success in music motivated them to venture into the film industry, starring in their first movie, "A Hard Day's Night"", which they released as a single taken from the movie soundtrack. The movie and the single topped the charts in both the US and the UK. The success of the first movie led them to shoot their second, "Help!"", in 1965, and just like in the first film, the movie and the soundtrack topped charts in both countries.