The Ed Sullivan show on television helped get the Beatles music popular and get shown across the world.…
Ringo overdub drums in Abbey Road studio. “I, Me, My” He is the last Beatle to play at a Beatles recording session…
In late '65, the Beatles released their second film, shot across the globe, which featured several new songs and first exposed them to East Indian music. It is...…
“Best-selling band in the history of pop music, six Diamond albums, twenty-four multi-Platinum albums, thirty-nine Platinum albums, forty-five Gold albums, seven Grammys, fifteen Novellos, one Academy Award, ...” the list goes on and on (Weinstein). Accomplishments of this sort were no great feat for The Beatles. They were a great band to say the least, but ultimately they were regular people weathered from their years of being in the spot light. The ending of the Beatles was inevitable, they had gone trough too much as friends and as people to continue in the manner that they had in the old days of “Love Me Do”, but their final album “Abbey Road” is a testament to the greatness of this band who had achieved so much in their past. Critically acclaimed…
It has been 52 years since John, Paul, George, and Ringo landed on American soil, but they are still as popular today as ever. Their music, their words, and even and their fashion has become a part of our cultural fabric. In this class, we will learn about the history of the Fab Four from when they first met in Liverpool to their tumulus break up after the recording of Abbey Road. We will explore how the close bond between The Beatles led to some of the greatest songs in music history. We will dissect their lyrics and debate our interpretations of them. We explore the influence that the Beatles have had on music, and compare them with other acts throughout history. We will analyze the…
On February7th, 1964 four British musicians touched down in America and caused a cultural explosion that would make its presence known throughout the pages of musical history. Four men by the names of John, Paul, George, and Ringo came to America from Great Britain where a reputation for musical exports was not prominent. Although there were other influential musicians in American history such as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, etc. that caused and initial craze amongst music lovers, The Beatles were a cultural force that shaped the way people experienced pop music and their music reflected the era and coincided with one of the most socially turbulent periods in America.…
Imagine four teenagers who were determined to create a successful band regardless of the cost and work necessary to be successful. George Harrison, the lead guitarist, described this determination, "We're going to do it. I don't know why we were just cocky" (Spitz 120). These four teenagers who were determined to be successful, never even dreamed of how successful they were going to be. Six years after starting their band, they were not only successful, but they were loved by both England and the United States. Today, many people continue to love the Beatles and have fond memories of these creative four young people. The Beatles affected both England and the United States with their songs and albums beginning…
The Beatles were so popular partially because of their use of so many different instruments, and song forms. Some of the instruments that they use include the kazoo, banjo, recorder, and Choral Electric Sitar. Their song Revolution#9 has many different instruments and techniques. It was also a very experimental song as well, because of all of the techniques used in it. They did this so they would get a different, and unusual sound unlike any other. One of the techniques they would use is called looping. Looping is when you take a certain tape or audio file and you repeat it so that it sounds like you’re just repeating that phrase over and over again. They played around with playing tracks backward and combined 7 or 8 different songs together into one…
Woodstock was a rock music festival that took place near Woodstock, New York in a…
On February 7th, 1964, Great Britain was known for a lot of things: tea, spiffy tailoring, the Queen. “Exciting musical exports,” however, was not high on the list. Everything changed 50 years ago today when four young British musicians landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and detonated a cultural explosion. I refer, of course, to the thrilling arrival in America of that one-of-a-kind band that we have all come to know and love, this great band that transformed American music forever. The Beatles impacted the world culturally, three different included their persona, taste in clothing, and the types of songs they sang.…
People crowd around and run to their seats, even people that didn’t buy tickets still came hoping that they could hear the wonderful band play. But, of course they couldn’t, they just liked to think they could. The Beatles came to America for the first time in the fall of 1964, ahhhh, the good old days. They impacted the country the minute they started on that first note of their first performance here in America. Their first performance was on “The Ed Sullivan Show”, they had trouble getting her, but they eventually figured out the perfect plan to get here and as soon as they got here, they immediately realized that they were popular all around.…
Starting out during an era where groups such as “the Beatles”, the Beach Boys, and the Rolling Stones were dominating radio stations, they decided to change up their style from jug band into a rock’n’roll group. Originally trying to establish “psychedelic music” and being activists for the psychedelic movement, the boys started to try and fit their music to a more known and established category such as blues, folk, pop rock, country and genres that more fans could identify with, yet still labeling themselves as a rock group. Touring constantly throughout their career, they gained a powerful fan base that named themselves “The…
British Invasion refers to the boom popularity of British bands/music groups in America during the 60s. Beatles was one of the most famed band during the 1960s. There are many areas which the group has impacted and influenced Pop Music. Unlike other artistes, Beatles wrote their own songs and created their own record label. That really changed the direction of pop music.…
MacDonald, I (2005) Revolution In The Head- The Beatles records and the sixties 3rd ed Vintage…
February 7, 1964. A monumental date in the history of rock music. Why, you ask? Well, it was on this date that a band out of Liverpool, England came to the United States. This band was The Beatles, one of the most popular rock and roll sensations in history. The Beatles created a frenzy in the U.S. as they became a model for rock and roll. It was during this time period that the British seemed to claim rock music. However, from the music of the Beatles emerged a new type of rock music, which became known as folk rock. This type of music, also popularized by singers like Bob Dylan, put an emphasis on lyrics. The Beatles demonstrated this style as their music became more sophisticated, and their lyrics focused more on issues of the day.…