The Beatles, a day in the life …

Surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr celebrated the 50th anniversary of the band’s debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show’’ with a little help from their friends, ranging from Katy Perry and The Foo Fighters to Imagine Dragons and Ed Sheeran. The all-star tribute, titled “The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles,’’ aired exactly 50 years to the date from that iconic TV moment. To celebrate the return of Beatlemania, we’ve put together some of our favorite images from the band’s Fab Four days all the way to John Lennon’s tragic demise.

From left: George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney outside Paul’s Liverpool home circa 1960. The trio had just changed their band name from The Quarrymen, Lennon’s original Liverpudlian skiffle beat band. Ringo Starr did not join the band for another two years.

From left: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and original drummer Pete Best performed in a club in Liverpool in 1962 prior to signing their first recording contract.

Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, in New York City on Aug. 11, 1966. Epstein started representing The Beatles in 1961, working hard to make them household names. After Decca Records rejected the band in early February, Epstein partnered with George Martin who signed the group to EMI’s Parlophone label.

Sir George Martin, the producer and composer often referred to as the “Fifth Beatle.’’ The Beatles auditioned for Martin on June 6, 1962, at the Abbey Road studios. Among the many things Martin suggested was replacing drummer Pete Best with Ringo Starr. Martin and The Beatles went on to collaborate on a number of successes, none more important than the band’s first single, “Love Me Do,’’ released in early October 1962. It became a Top 20 hit in the UK. Their subsequent debut album “Please, Please Me,’’ was recorded in a day at Abbey Road. Rolling Stone named it the 39th best album of all time.

Sir Joseph Lockwood, chairman of EMI, presented The Beatles with two silver discs, to mark the 1/4 million plus sales of their two long playing records, “Please, Please Me’’ and “With The Beatles,’’ on Nov. 18, 1963.

In 1963 The Beatles toured Britain four times, eventually commanding more draw than the American acts they were supporting. Andi Lothian, a former Scottish music promoter, claimed that he coined the term “Beatlemania’’ in reference to the frenzied crowds that regularly erupted.

The Beatles wore blazers and boaters on the “Night of a Hundred Stars’’ show in December 1963.

The Beatles held their silver LP and EP discs presented to them by EMI records in London to mark sales of records including the LP “Please, Please Me’’ and “Twist And Shout,’’ the best-selling EP of all time.

The Beatles took a bow on stage after performing in the Royal Command Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre in 1963.

The Beatles relaxed on a beach in Miami circa February 1964.

Paul McCartney showed his guitar to host Ed Sullivan before the Beatles’ live television appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in New York.

The Beatles debuted on Feb. 9, 1964, on the CBS “Ed Sullivan Show” in New York. It was Sullivan’s most-watched episode, as 73 million viewers tuned in. Not only did it officially kick off America’s Beatlemania, but helped usher in the British Invasion.

Paul McCartney, followed by Ringo Starr and John Lennon, arrived by plane at San Francisco International Airport. Even though they made an unannounced live appearance in January 1969 on the rooftop of the Apple building, The Beatles’ final live concert took place at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on Aug. 29, 1966.

The Beatles returned to New York’s Shea Stadium on Aug. 23, 1966. before a crowd of 45,000 people. Their first trip to Shea in 1965 ushered in the era of arena rock. A highlight of the 1965 tour, the Beatles first appearnce at Shea had 55,600 people in attendance, the largest Beatles concert up to that time.

John Lennon on Aug. 16, 1966, after making a formal apology for his controversial statement that the group was “more popular than Jesus.’’

Ringo Starr and George Harrison arrived at the EMI recording studios on Abbey Road on Nov. 24, 1966.

After manager Brian Epstein died on Aug. 27, 1967, from an accidental overdose of sleeping pills, the Beatles turned to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for influence as they started writing The White Album. The group was due to stay for three months in India, but Starr left after only 10 days, McCartney left a month later, and Lennon and Harrison left after two months, after being informed the Maharishi was making sexual advances toward the women in the course.

While working on an avant-garde art project based on the lyrics of John Lennon, artist Yoko Ono and Lennon embarked upon a controversial love affair. Afterward, Lennon broke the Beatles’ rule of “no girlfriends in the studio’’ during the recording of “The White Album’’ and “Abbey Road,’’ which created tension.

John and Yoko outside the Robert Fraser Gallery in London in July 1968, where Lennon’s work was on show in an exhibition entitled “You Are Here.’’ Lennon marked the occasion by releasing 365 helium-filled balloons.

The Beatles on their last recorded studio album “Abbey Road.’’

George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shakar announced a benefit concert for Bangladesh refugees. The concert was George’s first in four years, taking place on Aug. 1, 1971, at Madison Square Garden.

George Harrison in his Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden in New York on Aug. 1, 1971. Backing him up were, from left: Klaus Voormann (bass), Jesse Ed Davis (guitar), and Eric Clapton (guitar).

A man and woman among the crowd in Central Park in New York City who gathered to mourn the death of John Lennon in December 1980. The man held a picture of John and Yoko in bed during one of their “love-in’’ peace protests.

Crowds gathered outside the Dakota, the home of John Lennon in New York, after the news that he had been shot and killed in December 1980.