Paul McCartney, left, and John Lennon during a November 1963 Beatles show in London. The next month, the band had its first big hit in the U.S. and Beatlemania started to sweep America. AP hide caption
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Musician Ravi Shankar performs at the Concert For Bangladesh benefit at Madison Square Garden in New York on Aug. 1, 1971. Shankar died Tuesday. He was 92. JIM WELLS/AP hide caption
Britain released a stamp in 2006 honoring The Beatles. AP hide caption
Nov. 12, 1980: John Lennon (R) and his wife Yoko Ono outside the Dakota Apartments in Manhattan, where he was killed on Dec. 8, 1980. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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