The Beatle members; The Beatles were Ringo Starr /George Harrison/John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Ringo Star played the drums /Paul McCartney played the bass/Lennon and McCartney wrote the music. Music; The first album-written all by the Beatles-A Hard Days Night. 1964-Held top five spots on the billboard hot 100.20 album at no. Who were the Beatles: They were a English rock band