THEY started out as four unknown lads in a Liverpool basement and played their last gig on a London rooftop, the city's most famous sons.
Today the Daily Post reveals the first of 110 paintings specially commissioned to depict John, Paul, George and Ringo's musical journey.
The canvases, the first somewhat biblically titled "the birth of Ringo", will be exhibited in chronological order on seven floors at Liverpool's new £17m Hard Days Night hotel.
Starting in the basement of the hotel, the first to be entirely themed in tribute to the Beatles, the exhibition will tell the band's story from the days when the Quarrymen were gigging in the Cavern.
It will finish on the hotel's sixth floor with images inspired by their final live performance on the roof of Apple's London studios in 1969.
The four-star hotel on the corner of North John Street is due to open with a huge party in autumn 2007, and is now half way through construction.
In the last year, two extra floors have been added on top of the building's original roof level, making it six storeys high and ensuring magnificent views across the city for visitors.
