The Beatles



The Beatles were a British rock music group from Liverpool, England held in very high regard for both their artistic achievements and their huge commercial success, and have amassed an enormous worldwide fanbase that continues to exist to this day.

The Beatles comprised of John Lennon on rhythm guitar and mouth organ, Paul McCartney on electric bass, George Harrison on lead guitar, and Ringo Starr on drums, with all four on vocals. The group shattered many sales records and charted more than fifty top 40 hit singles. They disbanded in 1970.

Some of the former Beatles were originally slated as guests for different episodes of The Muppet Show, but due to budget and schedule conflicts, these episodes were never produced. McCartney's band, Wings, was considered for an episode. Jerry Nelson said in a 1999 interview, "They tried their best to get the Beatles, Paul was willing to do it, but we had to hire the whole band… When he was with Wings. It was too big time. We just didn’t have the money. I think George would have done it, but they kept trying to negotiate with Paul... Ringo probably would have too. If they had asked me, I would have said, 'Hey! Get them! Don’t dicker... Get the ones who are ready to commit.'"

Sir Paul McCartney appeared on stage with Kermit the Frog to celebrate Golden Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth II.

Ringo Starr appeared in a February 2008 Disney Xtreme Digital video with Kermit the Frog and Pepe the King Prawn during the Muppets' coverage of the Grammy Awards ceremony.

Beatles producer George Martin appeared on The Ghost of Faffner Hall episode, "Sounds Become Music".

Songs

 * "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
 * Sesame Street


 * "All Together Now"
 * Sesame Street


 * "Yellow Submarine"
 * Sesame Street


 * "Octopus' Garden" -- Sesame Street
 * The Ed Sullivan Show, March 1, 1970
 * The Muppet Show episode 312


 * "Help!"
 * Sesame Street


 * "Come Together"
 * The Ed Sullivan Show, April 12, 1970


 * "I'm Looking Through You"
 * The Muppet Show episode 119


 * "In My Life"
 * The Muppet Show episode 121


 * "She Loves You"
 * The Muppet Show episode 407


 * "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
 * The Muppet Show episode 419


 * "With a Little Help from My Friends"
 * The Muppet Show episode 419
 * parodied on Sesame Street as "With a Little Yelp from My Friends"


 * "Blackbird"
 * The Muppet Show episode 503


 * "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
 * The Muppet Show episode 517


 * "Good Day Sunshine"
 * The Muppet Show episode 522


 * "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
 * Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses


 * "All Together Now"
 * Kermit Unpigged


 * "Drive My Car"
 * Sing-Along Travel Songs


 * Let It Be
 * parodied on Sesame Street as "Letter B"


 * "Hey Jude"
 * parodied on Sesame Street as "Hey Food"

Spoofs

 * The Beetles
 * The Beagles