The Beatles
The Beatles to this day are one of the most famous and popular
rock'n'roll groups in the world. The group shattered many sales
records and had more than fifty top hit singles. The Beatles started
a new era of music. Their music was unusual because most rock was
strong beat with no melody, and they added melody to the rock. The
Beatles also added strong and meaningful lyrics.
The group included George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney,
and Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr). All of the Beatles where born and
raised in Liverpool, England. John Lennon was the leader of the
band, one of the two lead singers, the rhythm guitarist and a song
writer. George Harrison was the lead guitarist. Paul McCartney was a
song writer, one of the two lead singers, and a bassist. Ringo Starr
played the drums.
The Beatles were discovered on November 9, 1961 by Brian Epstein,
a manager of a record store in Liverpool. The Beatles early music
was influenced by singers Bob Dilan, Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley.
Their first two song were Love Me Do and Please, Please Me. After a
while their own musical ideas started to emerge, and their music
developed from naive and simple to sophisticated. The Beatles
starred in two feature films, A Hard Days Night, which earned 1.3
million dollars in its first week, and Help. They also had their own
full length cartoon called Yellow Submarine.
In 1964 The Beatles came to New York City for the first time and
were an instant success. A couple of weeks later after their New
York appearance, the five best selling records were by The Beatles;
they became world-famous. They introduced a new style in clothing
and appearance, too. They wore their hair long and shaggy, and soon
all over the world people started wearing the Beatles haircut. They
were so popular that 'Beatlemania' emerged. In 1967 the Beatles
directed a movie Magical Mystery Tour about themselves, in which
they toured the English countryside in search of wonder, fun, and
magic.
In 1970 the world-famous and world-loved Beatles separated.
Thirty-five years later, in 2005, the American entertainment
industry magazine Variety named them the most iconic entertainers of
the 20th century.