The Beatles: A Legendary Band In The 20th Century
Almost everyone knows The Beatles as a legendary band in the 20th century . The Beatles line-up included John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. John met Paul back in 1957 and noticed his mastery at acoustic guitar, Paul was then invited to join The Quarrymen with John. In 1958, George Harrison the joined The Quarrymen as lead guitar and vocalist. They had many other band names before they became the Beatles like, “Johnny and the Moondogs", "Long John and The Beetles", "The Beatals" and "The Silver Beatles" and "The Beetles”. The band wasn’t quite complete and they changed their band name to The Beatles, formed in 1960 at Liverpool, England. They got that band name from John Lennon’s dream, a mix of beat with beetles.
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The clubs didn’t pay well, but bands played 8 hours a day, 7 days a week. By 1964 the Beatles had played over 1200 times, which is unbelievable compared to how many times bands play live now. This put the Beatles on an almost definite path to a successful career in music. April 4th, 1964 The Beatles had the top 5 slots of the billboard's chart with the songs “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “Twist and Shout”, :She Loves You”, “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and “Please Please Me.” They sold over a billion records in their time. They had a huge influence on the rock n’ roll genre, an example being that they made writing a song ‘expected’ instead of ‘exceptional.’ They also showed the world that rock n’ roll could have so many harmonies, structures, and sounds. The Beatles influenced both Europe and America in many different ways. When they came over to America during the British invasion, they came over as pretty much the leader of it. Millions of kids and plenty of adults were taken over by this invasion. It was so popular that people named the term “Beatlemania” after them, which told about the outbursts of enthusiasm in
The clubs didn’t pay well, but bands played 8 hours a day, 7 days a week. By 1964 the Beatles had played over 1200 times, which is unbelievable compared to how many times bands play live now. This put the Beatles on an almost definite path to a successful career in music. April 4th, 1964 The Beatles had the top 5 slots of the billboard's chart with the songs “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “Twist and Shout”, :She Loves You”, “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and “Please Please Me.” They sold over a billion records in their time. They had a huge influence on the rock n’ roll genre, an example being that they made writing a song ‘expected’ instead of ‘exceptional.’ They also showed the world that rock n’ roll could have so many harmonies, structures, and sounds. The Beatles influenced both Europe and America in many different ways. When they came over to America during the British invasion, they came over as pretty much the leader of it. Millions of kids and plenty of adults were taken over by this invasion. It was so popular that people named the term “Beatlemania” after them, which told about the outbursts of enthusiasm in