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The Beatles: Song favorites and facts about the legendary rock group that changed music forever

On Global Beatles Day, honor John, Paul, George and Ringo as the iconic English rock band that topped the charts, and left a mark on pop culture across the globe.

It's Global Beatles Day.

On June 25, 1967, The Beatles performed their song "All You Need Is Love" for the first time on "Our World," the first live global link-up performative showcase seen by over 23 million people in the United Kingdom and reached upwards of "170 million televisions in 24 nations," according to the BBC.

Today, honor the Beatles and their music which shattered records and has dominated pop culture for nearly six decades.

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Here are some fascinating facts to share with fellow Beatles fans for Global Beatles Day.

The Beatles hold the record for most No. 1 hits. In a span of only eight years, The Beatles hit No. 1 with 20 songs.

Two years after the group formed, The Beatles had at least one No. 1 hit every year leading up to their disbanding in 1970.

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Here is a list of The Beatles' chart-topping hits in chronological order: 

"Love Me Do" in 1962 

"She Loves You" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in 1963

"Can't Buy Me Love," "A Hard Day's Night," and "I Feel Fine," in 1964

"Eight Days a Week," "Ticket to Ride," "Help!," "Yesterday," and "We Can Work It Out" in 1965

"Paperback Writer" in 1966

"Penny Lane" "All You Need Is Love," and "Hello, Goodbye" in 1967

"Hey Jude" in 1968

"Get Back" and "Something" in 1969

"Let It Be" and "The Long and Winding Road" in 1970

In its article on "The Beatles’ 50 Biggest Billboard Hits," Billboard noted, "The Beatles' impact on the Hot 100 was so huge, in 2015 they were named as the top-performing act in the chart's history."

"Abbey Road" is the 11th studio album recorded and released by The Beatles. The famous photograph of the band crossing Abbey Road is arguably one of the most recognizable images and has been recreated by fans for the past 54 years.

It took Scottish photographer Iain Macmillan just 10 minutes to capture the now iconic photo, the BBC shared.

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Macmillan was perched atop a ladder overlooking the crosswalk with a police officer helping direct traffic. Macmillan took only six photographs, the fifth photo was chosen because it was "the only one that had their legs in a perfect 'V' formation, which Macmillan had wanted," the BBC reported.

The youngest member of The Beatles, George Harrison, was just shy of 15 years old when met John Lennon and later joined the Quarrymen, the original name of the rock and roll group that turned into the Beatles, in 1958, writes the music news site Ultimate Classic Rock.

The Beatles split 53 years ago on April 10, 1970. Paul McCartney announced the split in press materials that came along with the release of his first solo album, Fox News Digital preciously reported.

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"Personal differences, business differences, musical differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family," McCartney stated in his public release.

At the end of The Beatles song "A Day in the Life," there is a 40-second-long chord that was made up of three different pianos. John Lennon, Ringo Starr and road manager Mal Evans "sat at three pianos, simultaneously striking E major.," Rolling Stone magazine reported.

"This took nine takes to get right, because the players had a hard time hitting the note at the exact same time," the magazine added. "The last take was dubbed best, and then overdubbed thrice, so the effect is that of nine pianos played by 12 men."

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"Hey Jude" was released on Aug. 26, 1968 on the studio album, "Revolution." 

The ballad is 7 minutes and 11 seconds in length and at the time was considered "the longest single ever to top the British charts," the official website of The Beatles states.

"Hey Jude" spent nine weeks as a number one single in the United States and sold approximately eight million copies. It's "frequently included on professional lists of the all-time best songs," The Beatles website says.

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On Feb. 9, 1964, 73 million American tuned in to watch The Beatles' first live performance in America on CBS' "The Ed Sullivan Show," according to the official Ed Sullivan website, www.edsullivan.com.

The TV rating was a record-setting 45.3, which meant 45.3% of American households with televisions were watching the band.

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"That figure reflected a total of 23,240,000 American homes," the website states. "The show garnered a 60 share, meaning 60% of the television’s turned on were tuned in to Ed Sullivan and The Beatles."

On June 1, 1967, the Beatles released their eighth album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." The album has sold over 32 million copies worldwide. It is one of the highest-selling albums of all time, according to the Paul McCartney Project. 

The album, which spent 15 weeks atop the Billboard charts, he "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album, includes Beatles' classics including the title track, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "A Day in the Life," "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "With a Little Help From My Friends" and "When I’m 64." 

The Beatles comprised John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. 

Lennon died in 1980 after being shot in front of his New York City apartment. He was 40. Harrison died from lung cancer in 2001 at the age of 58, Fox News Digital previously reported.

Starr and McCartney are the only two surviving Beatles.

Fox News Digital contributor Erica Lamberg contributed to this report.

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