50 Beatles songs to mark the 50th anniversary of Let It Be

A very happy birthday to Sir Richard Starkey - you'll know him as Ringo Starr - who turns 80 today. He was the drummer who, along with three other members of the Fab Four, changed the face of popular music.

The Beatles' dominance had been staggering - 11 number one albums and 17 number one singles in the UK - but it had been the way they constantly evolved from loveable moptops to the hairy and weary band staring out of the Let It Be cover that singled them out as the greatest force pop music had ever seen.

That final album, their 12th studio effort, arrived on May 8 1970 and marked the end of their long, varied career. Let It Be actually came out a fair while after Sgt Pepper had told the band it was no longer going to play - on April 10 of that same year, Paul McCartney had stunned millions of fans by declaring that the group was no more.

To mark Ringo's birthday, and to celebrate the Beatles' back catalogue in all its glory, we have chosen 50 of the band's songs that constitute required listening. Almost no one will agree with the choice (and we've cheated by counting most of the Abbey Road medley as one track because the build up to The End needs to be heard) but we hope you'll enjoy it.

And whilst you're listening, why not test yourself on our Beatles lyrics quiz.

How did you get on?