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The Beatles
as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band The
Beatles were a British rock music band
formed in 1960, which became a major
part of the so-called "British
Invasion" of the United States by rock
bands from Britain in the 1960s. Along
with the
Rolling
Stones,
the Who, the Kinks, and others, the
Beatles became extremely popular with
young Americans when they first
appeared in the early 1960s. The
Beatles recorded their first songs in
1962 and 1963, and in early 1964,
embarked on their first tour of the
United States. They were greeted with a
certain degree of hysteria by teenaged
(female) fans, and this hysteria was
dubbed, "Beatlemania." From that point
on, the Beatles were celebrities, and
throughout the remainder of the 1960s,
the Beatles became trendsetters in
America and in their homeland in terms
of music, fashion, hair styles, and
what today would
be called "music videos." The
"Fab Four," as the Beatles were often
referred to, included guitarist John
Lennon, bassist Paul McCartney, lead
guitarist George Harrison, and drummer
Ringo Starr. All four Beatles sang,
though Lennon and McCartney sang lead
on most songs, both Harrison and Starr
usually sang lead on at least one song
each per album. With each new album,
the Beatles renewed their status as
musical trendsetters, moving from
American-influenced rock in the styles
of Chuck Berry, the Everly Brothers,
Little Richard, and other musicians of
the 1950s, to embrace more exotic
sounds, most notably musical rhythms
and instruments from India. The Beatles
move from rhythm and blues style music
to overtly drug-influenced psychedelic
rock, which was imitated by many other
bands. The Beatles are also credited as
one of the origin bands to record an
early heavy metal song, the fast-paced
rocker, "Revolution." The
Beatles' creativity and willingness to
experiment with different musical
styles kept them at the forefront of
the music scene, but internally, the
personality differences between the
four of them slowly tore the band
apart. The latter years of the 1960s
found the Beatles becoming increasingly
argumentative with each other, both
over personality issues, and musical
philosophies. By
1970, the Beatles, as a band, was
finished. Each Beatle went his separate
ways, and all recorded highly acclaimed
solo albums. As a business entity, the
Beatles continued, with various
projects through the years being
approved by the musicians or (later)
their widows. In 2006, the unique
The
Beatles: Love-Cirque du Soleil
show
opened at the Mirage in Las Vegas. The
latest of these projects is the
"Beatles: Rock Band" video game offered
by Xbox. The interactive musical game
was released on September 9, 2009, to
(typically Beatle-like) popular,
financial, and critical
acclaim. The popularity of the Beatles’
and John Lennon’s music spawned
many other ventures over the past four
decades including a number of popular
t-shirts. Beatles
t-shirts have been consistently
popular for many years and they
continue to be a hit with people of all
ages today. After
the breakup, each Beatle formed or
joined other bands. The Beatles
Successor Bands
include: Wings
(McCartney and his wife, Linda
McCartney: 1971-1981) The
Fireman (McCartney and Youth:
1993-Present) The
Traveling Wilburys (Harrison,
with Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom
Petty, and Jeff Lynne:
1988-1990) Ringo
Starr and his All-Starr Band
(Ringo, obviously:
1989-Present) The
Beatles as imagined on Rock Band
Game Videos
of the Beatles The
Beatles: Remasters of the universe
with sizzling
sales
--USA Today, Sept. 10,
2009 Fab
Four’s ‘Rock Band’
will induce new
Beatlemania--Herald.com,
Sept. 8, 2009 Abbey
Road Leads The Beatles Reissues By
Popularity
--
Undercover Music News 'The
Beatles: Rock Band' Does A Funny
Thing...
--Video
Game Review on MTV.com Beatles
leap into digital
age
--New Staits Times, Sept. 6,
2009 "Rock
Band" unveils 19 songs for new
Beatles
game--Reuters,
August 18, 2009 Lee,
R. "Biofiles: The Beatles" http://www.historyguy.com/biofiles/beatles.html
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(dates
indicate years in the
band) John
Lennon
-
Guitar, vocals, harmonica,
piano Paul
McCartney -Bass, vocals,
rhythm Guitar, piano Ringo
Starr - Drums and percussion,
vocals George
Harrison - Lead
guitar Pete
Best - Drums
(1960-1962) Stu
Sutcliffe -Bass
(1960-1961) (dates
indicate years in the
band) John
Lennon
-
Guitar, vocals,
harmonica, piano
(1960-1970) Paul
McCartney -Bass,
vocals, rhythm Guitar,
piano
(1960-1970) George
Harrison - Lead
guitar
(1960-1970) Ringo
Starr - Drums and
percussion, vocals
(1962-1970) Pete
Best
- Drums (1960-1962) Stu
Sutcliffe
-Bass (1960-1961) George
Martin
-Piano and other instruments
(1960-1970)-Martin was the
producer of all of the Beatles
albums, and often accompanied the
band on piano and other
instruments. Billy
Preston
(b.
1946-d. 2006)--Keyboards-- Played
keyboards on both the Abbey Road
and Let It Be albums in
1969. Links
and Resources on the
Beatles Beatles
T
Shirts
- Shop for unique and vintage
t-shirts Beatles
Rock
Band--Official
Game Website John
Lennon---Official
Website Paul
McCartney--Official
Website George
Harrison---Official
Website Ringo
Starr---Official
Website The
Beatles: Love-Cirque du Soleil
-Official
website of the popular Las Vegas
Beatles entertainment
experience. The
Evolution of the
Quarrymen Billy
Preston--Wikipedia
Article Billy
Preston Official
Website Site
Map--revision
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