Beatles the most popular group in rock history

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History of The Beatles

The Beatles became the most popular group in rock music history. This quartet of extremely talented musicians generated a phenomenal number of pieces that won gold records. They inspired a frenzy that transcended countries and economic strata. While all of them sang, John and Paul McCartney wrote the majority of their songs. Originally, Lennon and five others formed a group called the Quarrymen in 1956, with McCartney joining them later that year. George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, together with Stuart Surcliffe, who played the bass guitar, and Pete Best on the drums, performed together in several bands for a few years, until finally settled on the Silver Beatles in 1960.American rock musicians, such as Chuck berry and Elvis Presley, influenced Lennon's and McCartney's music, whose first hit consisted of simple tunes and lyrics about young love, “Love ME DO" and "Please Please Me."The Beatles U.S tour propelled them to stardom and led to two movies A Hard Day’s Night Help!, filmed in 1964 and 1965.The so-called British invasion of the United States was in full swing when they took the top five spots on the singles charts, followed by the release of their first film.

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During the 1960s, the music matured and acquired a sense of melody. The lyrics of their songs became deeper and gained in both imagination and meaning. Their popularity continued to grow as the Beatles turned their attention to social problems and political in sue in “Nowhere Man" and "Eleanor Rigby”. Loneliness and nostalgia come through in their ballads "Michelle" and "Yesterday>" which fully displayed the groups professional development and sophistication. Lennon’s sardonic music with lyrics written in the first person, and McCartney's songs that created scenarios with offbeat individuals, contributed to the character of the music produced by the group. In addition of their music, the Beatles set a social trend that popularized long hair, Indian music and mod dress.

For a variety of reasons, the musicians began to drift apart, and their last concert took place in San Francisco in 1966.The newspaper and tabloids publicized their quarrels and lawsuits, and the much idolized group finally disbanded in 1970.However, their albums had outsold those of any other band history. Although all of Beatles continued to perform solo or form new rock groups, alone, none could achieve the recognition and success that they had been able to win together.

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For the list of songs, their release date and other details you can visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_in_The_Beatles:_Rock_Band.

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saleheensblog Hub Author 20 months ago

oh, thnx that you stopped and commented.

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Aila Alive 20 months ago

ah, the Beatles are amazing. Funny, I was just looking at a Beatles poster on my wall just now. ;D

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saleheensblog Hub Author 21 months ago

Beatles rocks,thnx for reading

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RunAbstract Level 3 Commenter 21 months ago

I have always been a Beatles fan, and this article has alot of good Beatles history! I loved the videos, they brought back alot of young music loving memory! Thanks for a good read!

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