11; The British Invasion: The Beatles
McCartney
"Yesterday ♫" features only
Cavern Club
. At the same time, they were regulars at the ? in Liverpool, where they played nearly 300 shows in the early months of 1962;a club in Liverpool where the Beatles played frequently from 1961-1963 and where their manager, Brian Epstein, first discovered them
Starr and Harrison
? did occasionally contribute to the songwriting process.
British Invasion
After the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in February of 1964, the British presence in rock and roll was firmly established; aka the
jug band
American version of skiffle is called a
George Harrison
As skiffle was losing fashion, another guitarist, Paul's friend ?, joined the group
port cities
Both Liverpool and Hamburg were
Rubber Soul
By the release of ? in late 1965 and Revolver in 1966, the Beatles' style had changed drastically in form, production style, and instrumentation.
Britain
Dixieland and big band jazz had sold well earlier in the twentieth century, for example
1966
During this first American trip, the Beatles played only two live concerts, one at the Coliseum in Washington, D. C. and the other at Carnegie Hall in New York. They returned to the United States later in 1964 for a month-long tour. In 1965, they made a late summer tour and then went on a seventeen-day tour in ?, which ended up being their last
American Rock
Elvis Presley and Alan Freed, were example of rock n roll that did well in Britain. Though rhythm and blues did not do so well; ? inspired the British music industry to search for its counterpart to compete with rock and roll.
Capitol Records
Epstein had articles in Newsweek, Time, Life, and all the major newspapers. ? sent out a million copies of a seven-inch Beatles interview record that gave radio listeners the impression that the Beatles had personally talked with every disc jockey in the country
John, Paul, George, Ringo, Brian Epstein, and George Martin
For the November 1962 session, Martin insisted that Pete Best needed to be fired and replaced with another drummer. Richard Starkey was hired away from Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and became the Beatles' permanent drummer; the current band members were
Brian Epstein
He took them out of their leather jackets and put them in matching suits and ties, and he insisted on their matching Beatle haircuts. He also encouraged them to polish and solidify their playlists, which also lent their performances in increased sense of professionalism; IN 1961 visited Cavern club after unable to locate any of their albums, became their manager
London Palladium
In October of 1963, the Beatles performed at the ? while fifteen million television viewers watched and thousands of fans struggled to get in
Tony Barrow
In September of 1962, Epstein listened to the first joint effort between Martin and the Beatles, liked what he heard, and hired ? to arrange for marketing and distributing the release.
i want to hold your hand
It includes a verse-bridge structure (with no choruses), words and music by Lennon and McCartney, and a strong backbeat on beats 2 and 4. ; he lyrics are delivered both in unison and in harmony. The first bridge of the song is sung in unison, and the second iteration of the bridge is sung in two-part vocal harmony to add contrast
1980
It was not until after John Lennon's murder in ?, however, that the three remaining Beatles worked together again. They recorded a new version of "All Those Years Ago ♫" in Lennon's honor.
60%
January and February sales of "I Want to Hold Your Hand ♫" and "She Loves You ♫" were at the top of the American charts. ? of all the single records sold in American during the first three months of 1964 were Beatles recordings.
"Rock Island Line ♫"
Lonnie Donegan's ? was one of the first major skiffle hits in the UK, and it inspired a skiffle craze that lasted into the early 1960s.
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Love Me Do ♫" and its B side, "P. S. I Love You ♫," succeeded modestly in the UK, reaching No. ?on the British pop charts.
the Ed Sullivan show
On February 9, 1964, preformed All My Loving ♫, "Till There Was You ♫," a tune from Meredith Willson's musical The Music Man, "I Want to Hold Your Hand ♫," which was currently at the top of the American charts, "She Loves You ♫" and "I Saw Her Standing There ♫." (With the exception of "Till There Was You ♫," all of the other songs were Lennon-McCartney originals.
Pete Best
Stu Sutcliffe bought a bass and joined up, and then the group added ? on drums
bass
Stu Sutcliffe left the group to study art, so McCartney moved over to
BBC
The ? was owned by the government and had three channels, but only one of those channels ever played rock and roll
Saturday Club
The BBC's program that aired in 1958, and it became a major source of both rock and roll music and facts
Reeperbahn
The Indra was located at the tough end of Hamburg's red-light district, known as the ?
1964.
The Wall Street Journal estimated that the sale of combs, sweaters, sunglasses, pillows, girls' underwear, earrings, and other Beatles paraphernalia amounted to fifty million dollars, enough money to change the balance of trade between Great Britain and the United States for ?
Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, and the Everly Brothers.
The majority of rock and roll music that British audiences encountered at this time was performed by white artists such as
"In Spite of All the Danger ♫,"
The same record of their first recording includes an original tune called ? which Harrison and McCartney wrote in close imitation of Holly's style
"That'll Be the Day ♫."
The very first recording that the Beatles ever made (although they were recording as the Quarrymen at the time) was a 1957 cover of Buddy Holly and the Crickets'
A Hard Day's Night
Their first full-length film was 1964's ?, which was followed by Help! in 1965.
Allan Williams
Their first manager, Liverpool club owner ?, changed the "e" to an "a" in their name, and then, in 1960, he got them a two-month engagement at a club called the Indra in Hamburg, Germany
Decca, EMI, Philips, and Pye
There were only four major labels (?) in the UK
George Martin
When Decca Records rejected his group, Epstein went to his friend ?, who was a recording engineer with the EMI label. He landed a routine new act contract: one year and four songs, one cent per single, and six cents per album
Kennedy International AirporT
When the Beatles finally arrived at ? in New York on February 7, 1964, 25,000 screaming teens were there to greet them. Fifty thousand fans competed for 728 tickets for the group's two appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, and seventy million viewers tuned in at home to watch the performance.
With the beatles
With the Beatles shows the group's careful study of many different types of American popular music, including rock and roll, girl groups, Motown, and rhythm and blues; second album was released in 1963; included covers of "Money (That's What I Want) ♫" (written by Berry Gordy of Motown) and "Chains ♫" (written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin); also includes a number of Lennon-McCartney originals, such as "All My Loving ♫" and "It Won't Be Long ♫."
skiffle
a style of music that developed in Britain in the 1950s that blends elements of folk music, rock, and the British ballad tradition; bands often consisted of guitar, banjo, and improvised instruments such as washboard and washtub bass
Please Please Me
followed the single "Love Me Do ♫", which was released in March of 1963., was a mix of Lennon-McCartney songs, such as "I Saw Her Standing There ♫" and "Do You Want to Know a Secret ♫," and cover versions of American tunes, most notably the Isley Brothers' "Twist and Shout ♫." "Twist and Shout ♫" was the last recording made that day, but it was captured in a single take.
Quarrymen
in 1957. John Lennon and Paul McCartney teamed up as a skiffle band called the ?, named after John's Quarry Bank High School
1970
in ? Paul McCartney filed suit to dissolve the Beatles' contractual partnership
mersey beat
known as backbeat in the U.S., Mersey beat was the U.K. term for music with a strong accent on beats two and four
the BBC and Radio Luxembourg
only two radio stations (?) in the UK.
Mersey beat music
the group that made it popular was the Beatles
verse-chorus form
the songs were often in ?, simple verse form, or some variation, such as verse-bridge. Harrison played lead guitar, Lennon played rhythm guitar, McCartney was the bassist, and Starr was the drummer.
The Beatles
what band had the names of the Rainbows, the Moonshiners, the Nurk Twins, and Johnny and the Moondogs
