who was seen as the most popular Beatles when they were together, i ask as during the 90s whenever i would ask anyone who was there favorite with most Beatles fans it was split with john slightly edging it, and among non Beatles fans the majority was john.

Now when i ask there a hell of a lot of people who say George fans and non fans, and even people who before had said john.

Has it always been john and goerge, or is it just most likely that its just been the people ive spoke to ?.

I remember watching the program greatest britons and in the top 20 was john and paul, and remember being really disappointed for paul when he fell short of the top 10 and lennon made it, i couldnt understand as in my eyes they both were deserving of eqaul positioning as they had done most of there work together.

Ringo was the most popular Beatle in the US and France during the first years.

During the early Beatlemania period Ringo was extremely popular. I think at one point he was getting more fan mail than the others. I suppose that after they finished touring, and disappeared into the studio, the focus was more on John and Paul. And immediately after the split, Paul was the Devil.

Non Beatles fans always say that John was the best, especially after he died. Yoko has made damn sure of that. Whilst I couldn't blame a wife for wanting to keep the memory of her husband alive, this peace crap is really getting on my tits. This Imagine thing next week is a sham. There are people who've spent their whole lives working for peace, and get no acknowledgment for it. And what the hell has John Lennon got to do with Darfur?

You started me off now!! Over to you Kev.

Hold me back now.
Truly, I don't know how anyone can measure the answer to your question. The only fact you can draw on is Ringo got the most fan mail during Beatlemania. So Ringo up to 66.
Pure supposition now - Paul 66-68 cos he wrote all the tunes.
John 68 - 70 because he shamelessly used the media to promote himself and his wife as the figureheads of youth culture.
Two lessons - don't believe your own hype, and don't call yourself a genius. Oh, and never hire the inlaws.

yeah im not looking for a definite answer but just everyones take on who was the most popular as everyone starts to gather it over the years by talking to other people, kind of thing

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yeah im not looking for a definite answer but just everyones take on who was the most popular as everyone starts to gather it over the years by talking to other people, kind of thing

Well, I think you got your answer from Kevin.

yeah i was happy with his answer was just saying i wasnt asking for anything solid just an opinion, and what he gave was what i was looking for   thanks

sorry, this question is one aimed at a teenage girl, circa 1964.

I think it would depend on who you asked and what part of the world you were in. I wasn't following the Beatles then, so I have no idea. Most teenie girls were gah-gah over Paul because he was so "cute"; I feel myself in the female minority because I never had this opinion (I always liked either John or George). Fan mail may have favored Ringo in the US, but he himself said he would have the shortest line of fans, if they all lined up behind their favorite.

Which popular? i honestly dunno!
I wasen't around when the fabs took the world by storm, but
i suppose it was john or paul for a while, but Ringo was greatly loved
in America. i don't think George's popularity grew that much until later.
a tough call this one!

it seems now that George is more popular than ever and when i ask anyone who there fave is he always comes up.

You think it would have to be Paul...

I was an early teen in the mid-60's myself,  and the two things I loved most back then were: 1) THE BEATLES


and a NOT TOO DISTANT #2------> HAYLEY MILLS     


(come to think of it, 40plus years later, I still do) Some things never change.

Girls in 1964?

...Paul.

Overall?

Paul and John were the foremost two. I'd say they tie. Nowadays, people only know Ringo because he's still alive, and everyone forgets poor George.

Well my from older relatives that remembered that period, the females liked Paul with his looks and charm. The guys remember John more as cool with his sarcasm and wittiness.