The Beatles

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The Beatles
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The Beatles became the most popular group in rock
music history. The group consisted of 4
Englismen George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul
McCartney and Ringo Starr. Lennon and McCartney
wrote and sang most of the Beatles songs.
Harrison played lead guitar, Lennon played rhythm
guitar, McCartney played bass, and Starr played
drums. All the Beatles were born in Liverpool. In
1954 John Lennon and 5 other musicians formed a
band called Quarrymen named after the Quarry
Bank High School, which they attended. McCartney
joined the group in 1957. Harrison joined Lennon
and McCartney in 1958. The three, plus bass
guitarist Stu Sutcliffe and drummer Peter Best,
performed together under several names. They
finally called themselves The Beatles in 1960.
Sutcliffe left the group in 1961 and Starr
replaced Best in 1962. Brian Epstein, who ran
Liverpool record store became their manager in
1961. The Beatles gained nationwide fame in 1962
and worldwide fame in 1964. During the early 60s
the Beatless style was influenced by American
rock artists. In 1964 the Beatles toured the USA
and created a sensation. They stared in two
popular movies. During the late 60s, the Beatles
helped to give rock a new direction. Early rock
music had been based on a strong beat, but the
Betless music contained a new sense of melody.
The lyrics of their songs were more imaginative
and meaningful.
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The Beatles composed severel songs of social
criticism and such ballads as Michelle and
Yesterday, Come together and Something. The
Beatles changed pop misic forever. From their
first single Love me do, in 1962, people
recognized something different in their music
than the usual pop songs at the time. Their songs
seemed more tuneful, more exctiting than what
most artists were recording at the time. The
Beatles were also more attrective than many other
performers. Many more people bagan to listen to
pop music than before. Soon, the groups
following was like nothing anyone had ever seen
a hysteria that the newspapers called
Beatlemania swept Britain and soon,
America. Their second single Please, Please me
reached number one in March 1963. When the media
focused on the new group, it soon became clear
that Lennon was not like other pop stars. His
answers to reporters questions showed an unusual
intelligence and sense of humour. His charecter
soon shone out he always behaved in a complitely
different way than other people and hated
artificiality. He was never quite comfortable
with the Beatlesniceimage.In fact Lennon who
began to break away from this image and change
the public image of the Beatles.His and
McCartneys music changed and became more
psychedelic.The Beatles were no longer those
four clean-cut young men that even parents like.
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The Beatles began to drift apart in the late 60s.
The group broke up in 1970 and The Beatles
performed as soloists, but they had not been so
popular as before and their fans wanted the
musicians to unite together again. Fans admired
their music and their songs. Nowadays many
people are fond of listening to the Beatles
pieces. Both the teenagers and grown ups listen
to their songs and sing them. As you see it was
the great epoh in music that influenced the
musicians and the lovers of music all over the
world.