This is a short biography of The Beatles done in a layout form.

1. A revolution for Rock ‘n Roll,The Beatles set the bar
that bands of modern music still look to . 1964 Beatlemania is upon us.
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison
“I Want To Hold Your Hand”
formed the Beatles in 50’s and their legend has lived on.
Really becoming something in 1963, the Beatles moved on It was the beginning of a movement that still lasts today. The song was
through the years, becoming the best dressed, most famous the rst made for the American market. By 1964, the band occupied the
top 5 spots on Billboards Top 100. By this time, they had also topped The
young men in decades.
King himself, Elvis Presley.
Since then, the Beatles have in uenced music by the generations, from
band to solo albums, everyone knows the legend.
Dangerous In uences
The Beatles in uenced more than just music. I’m Followers said that Manson would often quote written by Paul McCartney and played on his
certain we’ve all heard of, researched or even the Beatles, their lyrics and say that the Beatles rooftop to fans sitting outside his home.
listened to the work of Charles Manson. were “it” they knew “what was coming.” For
instance, Manson said that Blackbird’s lyrics Revolution (1968) was another well received
Songs known to have in uenced the mind of indicated that the “black men will rise up.” track. It appeared on the Hey Jude album. The
Manson are “Revolution (White album version)” track was the most “heavy or hard” sound the
“Blackbird” and “Piggies”. Personally, I believe music can only in uence Beatles had created.
those who need a reason to be in uenced.
Blackbird is my favorite of all Beatles songs. It was
In uential Style
The Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 and “70 million”
The beatles led a revolution through music but that wasn’t the only in uence they made on the
viewers tuned in. Just two months prior to the performance, JFK was Boomer generation. The hair alone was cause for question, when the style was at the time above the
assassinated so the nation as a whole was in need of “cheering up.” The ears for men. John, Paul, Ringo and George sported that of a moptop-shag. I found it amusing to
Beatles was the thought to be saviors of Rock ‘n Roll of the time, after Elvis discover that what the article I found was true, the Beatles wig was an accessory that many people
who had been drafter for the war in 1958. He even gave encouraging coveted. This came from my grandmother, a Beatles follower up to today. And along with change, as
did the style of the times and that of each individual Beatle. Each man had his own style, usually the
words to the group before their performance on the Sullivan show. It was cleancut and collected Paul, amboyant Ringo, earthy George and then you had John, his style
looked at as “the passing of the torch.” changing with each new stand he took.
The revolution,
style and in uence
Of
The
Beatles
Alicia Williams