The Beatles's Impact On Music, Culture And Popular Culture

In 1960, Paul McCarthy, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, created a rock band in Liverpool named The Beatles, which without them knowing, would become the most successful and popular rock band in the 20th century. Popular enough that the group was the first group ever to perform at a sports arena because they needed a large enough space for all the people that bought the tickets. The Beatles became so powerful that contributed to a movement called “the British invasion”. Before The Beatles, all the musicians that made it

The Beatles are one of the most innovative rock bands of all time. They have not only changed the way rock and roll is looked at, but also the way that the music is recorded. They have influenced the artists of the 60s and the 70s, and also many generations later and to come. Originating from Liverpool, England, the Beatles, or the Fab Four, consists of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Topping the charts in ’63 with “Love Me Do,” and bringing in the highest rated viewing in history while performing on the Ed Sullivan Show, the Beatles are definitely a band that broke the sound barrier of rock

Laurie Dickinson has served as the Music Theory Chairperson at the Boston University Conservatory of Music. In this article, Dickinson takes an investigative look into the rhythms of Hughes’s poetry. Although many people know Hughes was deeply inspired by jazz music, Dickinson uses many of Hughes’s works, including five of Hughes’s lesser-known pieces.

What lasting affect did loosing Buddy Holly, Little Richard joining the ministry, Elvis going into the military, and the many other problems with Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis have on American Pop Culture?

After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and other accounts of tragedy, America was in deep melancholy and needed the void filled. When the Beatles stepped off the plane in ’64, they unknowingly initiated the revolution that sent vulnerable Americans out of the depths of

Before researching, I already knew a lot about the Beatles. I knew that the band was made up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They started the famous "British Invasion" of the 1960's on American pop/rock music, and they started a craze that

The fifties and sixties were completely different in so many ways; the times had changed a lot in the transition of decades. The types of music, for one, were in great contrast. By the sixties the rock-'n'-roll and pelvic thrusting of the fifties had transformed into the pop, rock and folk music of the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. Teenagers changed a lot over the two decades a lot, too. The tight pant, leather jacket bodgies, with their greased hair, and the widgies, with their rope petticoats and flared dresses, were replaced by the teenagers of the Psychedelic era. These teenagers preferred the swirled shapes and bright colours, with their newly found mini-skirts, and for the guys it was paisley shirts.

Beatlemania broke out in Britain in late 1963 with the release of the songs “She Loves You” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand” with each single selling over a million copies (Unterberger, 2005). The “British Invasion” in the United States began in late 1963 when Capitol records first released “I Want to Hold Your Hand”. In a short time the song was at the top of the record charts. Many would say that Beatlemania officially occurred in the United States when the Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 (Unterberger, 2005). It didn’t take long for their popularity to soar in the U. S. with best-selling singles and albums. This dominance of the music industry was unparalleled by any artist at the time and probably even today.

The Beatles were more than their music. They influenced the lives of millions of people unlike any musicians before them. They were the first and most popular band in one of the most important music movements in American history, the British Invasion. The year 1964 was the year both the British Invasion and “Beatlemania” came to America and forever changed the landscape of music in the United States by introducing the genre of pop, as it is today. The Beatles changed the rules of music. Many things that are considered normal now were pioneered by the Beatles such as: creating compilation albums, expressing their views on world happenings through the media, musicians in movies, and even mass media advertising. The beatles

First, the Beatles are pretty known for their thoughts on segregation. In 1964, the Beatles came to America. They saw there was lots of segregation going on and they weren't happy about it. They decided to make all of their concerts from there on non-segregated and refused to play in front of segregated audiences. “"We never play to segregated audiences and we aren't going to start now," said John Lennon.

Youth culture in the nineteen fifties was a time that opened up the world to be integrated for whites and blacks. In this paper the fifties are analyzed through the clothing, styles, cars, family life, and most importantly entertainment.

Perhaps the most celebrated and most known musical group ever known "The Beatles" changed the way the world viewed rock music for generations to come. Comprised of four members; John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, "The Beatles" rose to stardom in England. With hits such as "Love me do" The Beatles quickly grew a fan base in the United Kingdom. By the mid-1960s the Beatles were taking the world by storm and leading the British invasion of the United States ' music industry. Till this day the Beatles ' music is still being played around the world today.

The Beatles were one of the most influential music groups of the rock era. They were able to conquer and influence pop culture with their music. Initially they affected the post-war baby boom generation of Britain and the W.S. during the 1960s, and later the request of the world. Certainly they were the most successful group, with global sales exceeding 1.3 billion albums. During the sixties, The Beatles using revolutionary ideas in their music inspired a generation of young adults across the globe to look at life from their perspective.

The Beatles are known to many as one of the greatest bands of all time. Their music has

Before the Beatles, music and television were heavily censored. There was still segregation in many parts of the country, and rock and roll music was in its infancy. The Beatles admired their mentor Bob Dylan and were little known in America. The critics called them the “ Yeah, Yeah, Yeah boys”(Hill) to mock them and make fun of them. The Beatles got no more than decent reviews from other countries they played for. Just before the Beatles came to America, critics and other professionals were not impressed. They believed the Beatles would only last a few months before turning into another Failed band. Newsweek magazine reported in late 1963 that the Beatles music was “A near disaster” and their