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Beatles Influence On The Americans

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Braxton Chavez Chavez 1
English 10A
Mrs. Younger
3/9/15
British Beatlemania My subject is the “Beatles” and they definitely started a fire worldwide over 50 years ago. The “Beatles” were an iconic band whose lyrics were very influential and were different. The “Beatles” were something we hadn’t seen here yet in the United States as they were from England. The Beatles were four British pop stars who started out in England and were a #1 hit in England for quite a while. Once America began to hear the “fab four” on American radio stations, America fell in love. The band started a “Fire” because they stepped onto new ground and broke the boundaries of music taking the industry to new heights. The Beatles arrived in the …show more content…

Epstein also convinced Capital Records to release “I want to hold your hand” in the U.S. with a 40,000 dollar promotional campaign according to (Beatles arrive in America on February 07, 1964). After the show with Sullivan, the Beatles went through the roof along with their first hit album. They made 5 more hit albums in only 12 months. The Beatles were a huge craze and were loved worldwide with a passion. They started off singing in clubs in England and finally got signed by George Martin of EMI parlophone label. When the Beatles hit it big, the amount of fans they had was incredible. Their manager seemed to know what he was doing and got them with Sullivan who really helped raise their ratings and the first ten years of the Beatles in America is when they really became big. The journey the group was about to go on was just beginning though. The British invasion exploded from here and started many trends as …show more content…

They performed “Let it be” witch was the last album ever recorded by the Beatles and was recorded before “Abbey Rd.”. The producers then finished the final touches on it 2 years after “Abbey Rd.” and the album was released on May 8, 1970. These albums were all great hits even through all the bickering and tension between the members. “Abbey Rd.” was especially famous for striking the controversy of “Paul is dead”. This was hinted in the album cover leaving little clues like the suits they are wearing and how Paul is not wearing shoes symbolizing his funeral. The dead are buried barefoot in England. The famous little yellow bug license plate says, “28IF” which the public took as another big hint to supposedly “Paul’s death”. This is because if Paul McCartney had truly died he would have been 28 years old the following year. We all know this was a hoax because Paul McCartney is still alive today. He is now called, “Sir Paul McCartney” because he was “Knighted” by the Queen Elizabeth II for his “services to music” on March 11, 1997. After the Beatles broke up, Paul McCartney started another band called “Wings”. John Lennon got into singing about politics losing a huge fan base. An example of a song he wrote about politics was “Imagine” about imagining a world with no war and being united as one. Even though the song was about a very sensitive topic, it was beloved by the people. He produced his last album in 1980 and in December 1980, he was shot outside

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