Who Were The Beatles?
Well, were they for real, let me explain.
This is the first of a series of articles which will be trying to delve a little deeper into the life and times of the Beatles.
This series will throw light on many small, and possibly unknown little facts about their life and times in the Cavern Club, in Hamburg, in America, and other places they visited.
The word Iconic is often used too freely, but in the case of The Beatles it is absolutely true. Even though it is nearly 40 years since they split up their influence today is almost as strong as it was in their heyday.
I grew up during the Beatles era, and everywhere that I have travelled around the world they are known, and loved. I remember being in a small nightclub in Thailand where there was a Chinese Beatles tribute band playing, and although I personally did not appreciate the sound that they produced, particularly the singing, they were immensely popular with the locals.
On another occasion I was on holiday in Peru, and half way up a mountain I came across a bunch of Peruvians playing their type of music, on pipes, but the song they were playing was Love Me Do.
Back then to the question, Who were the Beatles?
I want to make sure that everybody has the basic information here, and I am reminded of the maxim "never assume anything". I am therefore going to say some things which will be old news to some of you, but to some of my readers it will help to fill in some of the gaps in their knowledge.
The Beatles were a pop group ( as they were called in those days) and they came from a city in the north of England known as Liverpool.
The members of the group were John Lennon, rhythm guitar, Paul McCartney,bass guitar, George Harrison, lead guitar and Ringo on drums. They all sang at various times.
There are two other former members that deserve mention, they are Pete Best on drums, and Stuart Sutcliffe on bass.
I think if you had asked The Beatles what was their style of music in the early days they would probably have told you that they were strongly influenced by rock and roll, and skiffle. Later on this style did change quite a bit, but that was their early influence.
But having said that, it has to also be said that they proved to be a strong influence on many other groups of the day.
And not just groups only, many a young person of the day had their style of clothes and even their way of life strongly influenced by the Beatles.
When the Beatles broke up, in 1970, John, Paul, George and Ringo all embarked upon successful solo careers. This article has just been an introduction, and in future articles we will be looking in more detail at both the Beatles, collectively, and the individual careers they all followed.
If you would like to be kept updated on future articles then please go to my website and near the bottom of the page you will find my email address. You simply need to email me and ask to be kept updated. - 18424
This is the first of a series of articles which will be trying to delve a little deeper into the life and times of the Beatles.
This series will throw light on many small, and possibly unknown little facts about their life and times in the Cavern Club, in Hamburg, in America, and other places they visited.
The word Iconic is often used too freely, but in the case of The Beatles it is absolutely true. Even though it is nearly 40 years since they split up their influence today is almost as strong as it was in their heyday.
I grew up during the Beatles era, and everywhere that I have travelled around the world they are known, and loved. I remember being in a small nightclub in Thailand where there was a Chinese Beatles tribute band playing, and although I personally did not appreciate the sound that they produced, particularly the singing, they were immensely popular with the locals.
On another occasion I was on holiday in Peru, and half way up a mountain I came across a bunch of Peruvians playing their type of music, on pipes, but the song they were playing was Love Me Do.
Back then to the question, Who were the Beatles?
I want to make sure that everybody has the basic information here, and I am reminded of the maxim "never assume anything". I am therefore going to say some things which will be old news to some of you, but to some of my readers it will help to fill in some of the gaps in their knowledge.
The Beatles were a pop group ( as they were called in those days) and they came from a city in the north of England known as Liverpool.
The members of the group were John Lennon, rhythm guitar, Paul McCartney,bass guitar, George Harrison, lead guitar and Ringo on drums. They all sang at various times.
There are two other former members that deserve mention, they are Pete Best on drums, and Stuart Sutcliffe on bass.
I think if you had asked The Beatles what was their style of music in the early days they would probably have told you that they were strongly influenced by rock and roll, and skiffle. Later on this style did change quite a bit, but that was their early influence.
But having said that, it has to also be said that they proved to be a strong influence on many other groups of the day.
And not just groups only, many a young person of the day had their style of clothes and even their way of life strongly influenced by the Beatles.
When the Beatles broke up, in 1970, John, Paul, George and Ringo all embarked upon successful solo careers. This article has just been an introduction, and in future articles we will be looking in more detail at both the Beatles, collectively, and the individual careers they all followed.
If you would like to be kept updated on future articles then please go to my website and near the bottom of the page you will find my email address. You simply need to email me and ask to be kept updated. - 18424
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