1. Lucy Pratt 12u 09/10/17
Fact-file for The Beatles
Name:
Members’ names: JohnLennon,Paul McCartney,RingoStarr,George Harrison
Age (when band formed- finished): ////theymeetintheirlate teens.
Active: 1960-1970
Genre of music: rock, pop
Their image/ style: range of styles popular with
youth all-over Europe
Their record label: apple records/EMI
How did they get signed?:theywere recognisedby
the label due totheirrise inmoneytheygotfrom small gigsinthe cavern in Liverpool whichleadto
themgettingBrianEpsteinastheirnewmanagerwhothenwenton tofindthe Beatlesa records
label.Theywere rejectedbyeverymajorrecordlabel inthe UK,suchas: Columbia,Philips,oriole,
Decca, Pye etc.There firstalbumwasrecordedat AbbyRoad studio.
What did they do before they were signed?: Paul McCartneyandJohnLennonwere teenagers
whentheyfirstmetandPaul had a band whichhe invitedJohntojoin- The Quarrymen.George
Harrisonjointhe band shortlyafterand theyplayedsmall gigsata club calledThe Casbah.They
were thenjoinedbyavocalist,StuartSutcliffe anddrummerPeterBest(whose motherownthe
club).The bandwentthroughseveral namesandsome nicknames;nameswere- The Quarrymen,
Johnnyandthe Mood Dogs,and the silverBeatles.Nicknamesincluded- The Fabfour.JohnLennon
thoughtup theirfinal name- the Beatles- amix of Beatand Beetles.Theywereeventuallyjoinedby
RingoStarr whoplayedpreviouslyforaband namedRoryStorm and the Hurricanes.The band’sfirst
studioworkwasafter theirfirsttourof Germany;theywere the backingbandfora studiorecording
of the singerTonySheridan.However,the creditslistedthe band’sname waslistedasThe Beat
Brothers.
Target audience: originallywrote forateenage girl audience asinthe 1960s there wasa large
percentage of teenagersastheywere the generationbornshortlyafterWorldWar2.
Awards and recognitions:
Table- awards and nominations (Wikipedia- list of awards and
nominations received by the Beatles)
Award wins Nominations
American music
awards
0 1
Brit awards 4 4
Grammy awards 11 28
Ivor Nevelloawards 15 21
NME awards 17 17
Worldmusic awards 3 3
( Some of my informationwasfoundon http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1397313/bio)
2. Lucy Pratt 12u 09/10/17
Fact-file for The Beatles
How did the Beatlesimpact popular culture?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_the_Beatles
The Beatle were inspiringchangestothe musicindustryastheywere writingtheirownmusicandat
the time artistsand bandshiredsongwriters.Thisinspirationthreatened professional songwriter’s
jobsas more and more artistswantedto write theirownmusic.
The Beatlesalsoinfluencedthe youth.“evidence suggeststhousands –if not hundredsof thousands
or evenmore – youngmusiciansacrossthe country formedbandsandproceededtoplay." They
were inspiringthe younggenerationwithmusicanditwasveryquickand clearas “"Withinweeksof
that, youcoulddrive throughliterallyanyneighbourhoodinGainesville andyouwouldhearthe
strainsof garage bandsplaying...I meaneverywhere.AndI'dsaybya yearfromthat time,
Gainesville probablyhad50 bands."”
“George Harrisonwas the personto owna Rickenbacker360/12, a
guitar” whichhe used “duringthe recordingof A Hard Day's Night
(1964)” Thissparkedup popularityforthe guitarwhich ledtoother
musiciansinotherbandssuchas ‘the EverlyBrothers’andthe
Searchers’lovingthe soundandusingitwithintheirsongs.These
bands“laidthe foundationsforjangle popinthe late 1950s to mid-
1960s”
“With the rise of the Beatlesin1963, the termsMerseysoundand
Merseybeatwere appliedtobandsandsingersfromLiverpool,and
thiswas the firsttime inBritishpopmusicthat a soundand a
locationwere linkedtogether.”
“Progressive rock(orart rock) grewoutof the classically-minded
strainsof British psychedelia. In1966, the level of social andartisticcorrespondence amongBritish
and Americanrockmusiciansdramaticallyacceleratedforbandslikethe Beatles,the BeachBoysand
the Byrds whofusedelementsof cultivatedmusicwiththe vernaculartraditionsof rock.”
“The Beatleswere the firstentertainmentactto stage a large stadiumconcert.”Thisishugely
significantforthe musicindustryandmusicculture aswhole asnow stadiumconcertsare a part of
musicperformancesand rise inpopularityinartistsandbands.
“The Beatlesstyle changesthroughoutthe yearsstartingoff in
all blackmatchingsuitsto goingcompletelypatternedin
paisleyclothingtowearingplainwhite tshirtsall styleswere
verypopularwiththeirfansandThe 4 were mostcertainly
trendsetters.”“Because of the immense popularityof the
Beatles,the haircutwaswidelyimitatedworldwidebetween
1964 and 1966. Theirhair-style ledtoymanufacturerstobegin
producingreal-hairandplastic"Beatle Wigs”.”The Beatles
bootswere alsoa trend-setterandare now knownas ‘Beatle
boots’
