Who's your favorite Beatle? The results of an informal survey

The Beatles battle it out for your affections

This article has been reposted from my blog, Always More to Hear.

For months I've been asking you all: "who is your favorite Beatle?" (Sorry if it's been annoying!)

In honor of Ringo Starr’s 70th birthday and Paul McCartney’s live performance return to San Francisco at AT&T Park this Saturday, July 10th, I’ve finally posted these articles on Examiner.com (one for every Beatle).

Thank you to all of you who responded. Your responses were fascinating and I had so much fun writing about this topic!

In my findings, the order of most popular to least popular went like this: John, George, Ringo, Paul. A scientific national poll of Americans had a very different opinion (Paul is "America's favorite Beatle").

So who is your favorite Beatle? Are you a fan of the rock’n’roller who got political? How about the quiet spiritual one? Maybe your favorite was the cute one who wrote silly love songs? Or perhaps you go for the underdog? Please feel free to disagree.

To read the intro to the survey click here

Click here if you a John Lennon fan

Click here if you a Paul McCartney fan
(I get to see him live on Saturday at AT&T Park in San Francisco!)

Click here if you a George Harrison fan

Click here if you a Ringo Starr fan

Click here to see some rare and silly Beatles pics

And just because: please read this fabulous essay on mightygodking.com (if you haven't already) entitled "Scenes From An Alternate Universe Where The Beatles Accepted Lorne Michaels' Generous Offer." If you are a Beatles fan, you will be moved. Please read at least until the battle of the bands between The Beatles and the Electric Mayhem. It's brilliant.

Why love Ringo - From the film "(500) Days of Summer"

Summer: “I love Ringo Starr.”
Tom: “Nobody loves Ringo Starr.”
Summer: “That’s why I love him.”

It's So Hard to Say Goodbye" - Boyz II Men

13 Reasons to Give Ringo Starr Some Respect

In my quest to find out everyone's favorite Beatle, I've discovered that folks love Ringo.  And the folks that love Ringo, REALLY love Ringo.

My favorite reason so far? 

"He looked like a nice Jewish boy."

So I found this wonderful list: "13 Reasons to Give Ringo Starr Some Respect" written by John Bryant, a session drummer who has worked with folks like Ray Charles.

George Harrison said: "Playing without Ringo is like driving a car on three wheels."

Nick is Malia Obama's favorite Jonas Brother

Read more about it here at the Huffington Post.

What is a Boy Band?

First, I've got to come up at least a working description of what a boy band is so that I can determine what groups I want to feature in my (hopefully) book.

1) An all male group
2) 3 or more members
3) Must have die hard fans
4) The groups image will be found plastered to the walls of their fans bedrooms, notebooks, t-shirts, lunch boxes, etc.
5) The groups image is marketed to teen-agers, young adults, pre-teens, tweens, etc.
6) All the members sing
7) The members can both sing songs they wrote themselves or by someone else
8) May or may not dance.
9) Each member must have a unique identity, so that a fan can pick out his/her favorite.
10) Must have a live performance history

Anything else?