Why was the band name the beatles chosen?

Answer 1

John Lennon started a band in the late fifties, called the Quarry Men after his high school. Different members came and went.

Lennon met Paul McCartney, was impressed with his talent, and asked him to join. Paul brought in George Harrison, and later they replaced drummer Pete Best with Ringo Starr. They changed names a few times, calling themselves Johnny and the Moondogs, and the Rainbows.

Lennon and McCartney referred to themselves as the Nurk Twins, but won a talent contest as the "British Everly Brothers".

It has never been tied down exactly where the Beatles name came from, but the most common story is that John Lennon liked the name The Crickets (from Buddy Holly's band) because of the double meaning - the insect and the sport. Stuart Sutcliffe, who was Lennon's friend and played bass early in the band's career, suggested Beetles - and for some time the band was known as The Silver Beatles or, occasionally, Long John and the Silver Beatles before becoming The Beatles. This is where it gets a bit hazy, usually Lennon is credited with changing the spelling to Beatles; however Paul has recently said that he suggested the change. It was nearly 50 years ago so memories have faded as well as, alas, most of the participants being dead.

John said a man on a flaming pie came to him in a vision and said,"From this day forward you are Beatles with an "A". Yeah Right!! It is thought it was a play on words of the Crickets, Buddy Holly's back up band.

The main inspiration was Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets. ("The Beetles" were the rival gang in Marlon Brando's movie The Wild One; this may also have been an influence.) Original group bassist Stuart Sutcliffe suggested the name; John Lennon was responsible for the B-E-A-T spelling, from beat music and the Beat Generation.

And there's also the suggestion that the name of Bootle (part of Liverpool) might have something to do with it.

Another reason is that a Group of beetles is called a band, along with the B-E-A-T theory.
The Beatles gave themselves the name. It has nothing to do with the bug but more of the BEAT of a song, which gave them the idea of the Beatles.
The exact truth is a little lost to history as the two people involved (John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe) are both dead - Sutcliffe died in 1962 and Lennon was never completely explicit about how the name came about.

However, Lennon particularly liked the double meaning to "Crickets" - he was a big Buddy Holly fan. Cricket means a singing insect, but also was the ball game. Sutcliffe is thought to have come up with Beetles and Lennon changed the spelling to Beatles.

Ironically, the surviving Crickets said that when they were trying to think of a name for their band, they considered "Beetles".
Partly inspired by Buddy Holly's band The Crickets, the Fab Four wanted a name with an insect theme which also had a double meaning. They combined the insect the beetle with the musical term "beat".
John Lennon formed the Quarrymen with some school friends in March,1957. Paul McCartney joined in July and George Harrison joined in February, 1958. In 1960, the name varied from the Beatals, the Silver Beetles and the Silver Beats, the name focussing on the word "Beat". Later in 1960, a slip of the tongue announced the band as the Beetles, which soon became the Beatles.

Answer 2

Early in 1960. They softened it to "Silver Beatles" at first, when then-manager Allan Williams insisted "The Beatles" was just too strange, but dropped the "Silver" part soon afterwards.

{Above} Allan Williams was the bands first UK manager; however,

Stuart Sutcliffe, an original member and best friend of John Lennon suggested the names "Johnny and the Moondogs", "the Silver Beatles", and "Long John", to Lennon and McCartney

Stu, was an original member who went to Germany with the band in the early 60's. He was an actor as well a painter and met a German girl named Astrid, so when the band went back to England, he stayed in Hamburg.

Answer 3

The name "Beatles" was an acknowledgement of one of their favorite bands when growing up of "Buddy Holly and The Crickets". Beetles being another insect name, they thought it was appropriate to change the spelling to reflect that they were a "beat" group, thus becoming "The Beatles" John Lennon's famous explanation though is that a man came down from the sky riding on a flaming pie and told them "You are Beatles with an "A" !

Answer 4

Sometime during the early part of May 1960, their name changed to "The Beatals." The group now consisted of John, Paul, George, and Stuart Sutcliffe. According to Lennon, he named the band "The Beatals," for two reasons. First, he liked Buddy Holly's band "The Crickets," and wanted an insect sounding name, but also wanted to incorporate the name "Beat" in the title. Not sold on this, Lennon would try several other variations. Later on May 10, Lennon came up with "The Silver Beetles." This still used the insect theme, and lasted until June 1960. During this time, Lennon changed the name back on May 14 to "The Silver Beats." Still not sold on a name, Lennon changed the name again in early to mid June 1960 to "The Beatles," this time using a distinctive spelling. He changed the spelling so as not to have the insect connection, while at the same time maintaining the insect name sound.

On month later in July 1960, Lennon again changed the name, this time back to "The Silver Beatles." This lasted until August 16, 1960, when the name was changed back to "The Beatles," and the rest as they say is history.

Answer 5

The Beatles were originally named Johnny and the Silver Beetles or just The Silver Beetles. They got the idea to be The 'Beetles' from Buddy Holly's band The Crickets. John Lennon then explained that "a man on a flaming pie" came to him in a dream and said "you are The Beatles with an 'a' ". The Silver part was dropped and they eventually became The Beatles.

Answer 6

The name was chosen as a double-entendre; there was a fashion in the early to mid - '60s for bands to name themselves after animals, so the group called themselves The Beatles so that it sounded like they were named after the insects 'beetles', but the name is deliberately mis-spelt to BEATles as a statement that they had a great beat sound in rock & roll.

Answer 7

The first 4 letters are BEAT. There are a 4 beats meager in music.

Answer 8

John Lennon came up with it from a dream he had where someone said to him you're beetles with an A leaving out the second E.

Answer 9

John Lennon named the band 'The Beatles'