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The Beatles
Jonny Friedman & Daniel Palay Mr. Burkhart Honors American History May 16, 2011

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The Beatles are arguable one of the most well-known bands to have ever lived. They originated from Liverpool, England and consist of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. As a young teenager John Lennon created a band called the Quarrymen named after Quarry Bank School. Fifteen year old Paul McCartney joined as a guitarist after they met in July of 1957. Finally, George Harrison joined as lead guitarist after watching McCartney and Lennon perform. They formed officially in 1960 selling two top albums in England, and getting signed to an American record deal. They became perceived as the model of social and cultural revolutions of the 1960's.
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John Lennon's wit and sarcasm became the defining trademark of the band during The Beatles concerts and interview. The Beatles were put together and formed by John Lennon. He was an intelligent song writer that composed many of The Beatles most popular songs. Next, Paul McCartney was well known for being the other lead singer and song writer in the band. He is referred to as one of the most influential song writers in the history of rock music. George Harrison's gifted guitar role and talent helped shape the groups main sound and influenced many other rock musicians. Finally, Ringo Starr was picked up to replace the previous drummer, Pete Best, in 1962. The Beatles originally started in 1957 with only 3 members in the band. In 1960 they picked up well known drummer Pete Best. After 2 years things didn't work out and they acquired Ringo Starr the final member of the band. They played all the way through most of the 60's playing all over the world and making some of the most famous al bums off all time. They broke up in 1970 due to an accumulation of events in the past years such as the death of their manager,Brian Epstein and many financial and legal conflicts. Also, Both George Harrison and Ringo Starr left the group at various points during 1968–1969 and all four band members had begun working on solo projects by 1970.
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They are all originally for Liverpool, England. To start off their career's they blew up in the United Kingdom in late 1962. This is where they had the first single, "Love Me Do", which made them well known all across the globe. Next, in 1966 they began touring all over the world becoming the most popular band on earth at the time. A couple years later started getting into recording and hardly ever toured or played live shows. Also, this is what some of the band members used to have successful careers with after the break up.
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__** What **__ The Beatles changed every ones thoughts and feelings about many issues that were going on in the 1960s era. Also, they gave young teens hope and desire to be who they wanted to and to strive for you dreams. They experimented with rock, psychedelic music, and strange styles of music that revolutionized rock music as we know it as today.

__** Why **__ The Beatles formed because of one idea which is, looking for something that would change peoples feelings about different problems going on in the world. Also, they wanted to created a new style of music that would always be listened to and played for the years to come.

__** Impact **__ The Beatles were first to do a lot of things. People were attracted to them partly because they were English and different from American bands. Not to mention they had been together for years and they had a tight sound and when they covered some of the American music, everyone got a new look at the pop culture. They started writing their own music and through their originality a new sound happened. They were so successful, that in order to get noticed, other bands felt that they needed to fashion their music after to the sound of the Beatles. The clothes they wore influenced everybody. Bell bottoms were in, and people started cutting their hair in the same style. It was fashionable to take after the Beatles. the effect of The Beatles is everlasting on Music. Their sound was original and their look was different, this led to the outbreak of freedom during the sixties. Without The Beatles there wouldn't be metal, The Song "Helter Skelter" marked the beginning of Metal which would become more popular in the eighties. Another one of the reasons the Beatles were influential on society has to do with the time period in which they appeared. In the early '60s, teenagers were just beginning to use their voices as a whole and the Beatles were something of that voice. In addition, the Beatles appeared in the U.S. shortly after Kennedy was assassinated, so they were very optimistic for our nation.

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