The Beatles
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George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon perform in London on Nov. 11, 1963.
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George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney in Richard Lester's 1964 film "A Hard Day's Night."
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The Beatles in Richard Lester's 1964 film "A Hard Day's Night."
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Wilfrid Brambell, left, and Ringo Starr in Richard Lester's 1964 film "A Hard Day's Night."
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The Beatles in Richard Lester's 1964 film "A Hard Day's Night."
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The Beatles perform for the "Ed Sullivan Show" in New York on Feb. 9, 1964.
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The Beatles leaving London airport in 1964.
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The Beatles, clockwise from top center, John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, in a Paris studio before their first visit to the United States in January 1964.
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The Beatles during their first U.S. tour in 1964.
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The Beatles at a photo shoot on Feb. 8, 1964, the day before their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
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The Beatles circa 1967.
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From left, George Harrison, Cynthia Lennon, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and wife Maureen Starr at the London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus in London on July 29, 1965, for the premiere of the Beatles' film "Help."
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The Beatles in their 1965 film "Help," shot in the Swiss Alps.
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George Harrison performs in the Beatles movie "Help!" on location in the Bahamas in 1965.
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George Harrison and new wife Pattie Boyd, a former model, splash in the surf in Barbados on Feb. 12, 1966.
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The Beatles pose with their awards during the New Musical Express awards ceremony in London in 1966.
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The Beatles prepare for a performance in a TV studio in London in 1966.
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Dec. 8, 1980, on the last day of Lennon's life captured by Annie Liebovitz.
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John Lennon, the founding member of The Beatles, was assassinated by a crazed fan in front of his apartment complex in Manhattan on Dec. 8, 1980. He was 40.
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Yoko Ono and John Lennon in 1980.
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The music of the Beatles will be featured at "All You Need is Love, The Best of the Beatles" on Feb. 4, 2012, at the Stony Brook Village Center.
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Yoko Ono, John Lennon and his son Julian in 1968.
