The Beatles were a band.
Beatlemania was the intense fan frenzy directed towards the English rock band the Beatles in the 1960s . John Winston Ono Lennon , ( born John Winston Lennon ; 9 October 19408 December 1980 ) was an English guitarist , singer , and songwriter who co-founded the Beatles , the most commercially successful and musically influential band in the history of popular music . `` Love Me Do '' is the debut single by the English rock band the Beatles , backed by `` P.S. I Love You '' . Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles . The Beatles . The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 , and all four were inducted individually from 1994 to 2015 .