The Beatles: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time
The principal members were Paul McCartney (b. June 18, 1942, Liverpool, Merseyside, Eng.), John Lennon (b. Oct. 9, 1940, Liverpool, Merseyside, Eng.—d. Dec. 8, 1980, New York, N.Y., U.S.), George Harrison (b. Feb. 25, 1943, Liverpool, Merseyside, Eng.—d. Nov. 29, 2001, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.), and Ringo Starr (b. July 7, 1940, Liverpool, Merseyside, Eng.). Other early members included Stuart Sutcliffe (b. June 23, 1940, Edinburgh, Scot.—d. April 10, 1962, Hamburg, W. Ger.) and Pete Best (b. Nov. 24, 1941, Madras [now Chennai], India).
The Beatles were a British musical quartet and a global cynosure for the hopes and dreams of a generation that came of age in the 1960s.
Formed around the nucleus of Lennon and McCartney, who first performed together in Liverpool in 1957, the group grew out of a shared enthusiasm for American rock and roll. Lennon, a guitarist and singer, and McCartney, a bassist and singer, were largely self-taught as musicians.
Precocious composers, they gathered around themselves a changing cast of accompanists, adding by the end of 1957 Harrison, a lead guitarist, and then, in 1960 for several formative months, Sutcliffe, who brought into the band a brooding sense of bohemian style. After dabbling in skiffle, a jaunty sort of folk music popular in Britain in the late 1950s, and assuming several different names (the Quarrymen, the Silver Beetles, and, finally, The Beatles), the band added a drummer, Best, and joined a small but
booming “beat music” scene.
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| Aebersold vol 1 Cómo improvisar y tocar JAZZ Spanish edition – Español |
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| Aebersold Vol. 01 – Jazz improvisation A New Approach To Jazz Improvisation |
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| Aebersold Vol. 60 Dan Haerle & Mark Levine – Jazz Piano Voicings |
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| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 02 – Nothin’ But Blues | Jazz Play Along Vol 002 – [Nothin’ But Blues] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 03 – The II-V7-I Progression | Jazz Play Along Vol 003 – [The II-V7-I Progression] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 04 – Movin’ On | Jazz Play Along Vol 004 – [Movin’ On] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 05 – Time To Play Music! | Jazz Play Along Vol 005 – [Time To Play Music!] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 06 – Charlie Parker | Jazz Play Along Vol 006 – [Charlie Parker – All Bird] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 07 – Miles Davis |
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| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 08 – Sonny Rollins | Jazz Play Along Vol 008 – [Sonny Rollins] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 09 – Woody Shaw | Jazz Play Along Vol 009 – [Woody Shaw] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 10 – David Baker | Jazz Play Along Vol 010 – [David Baker] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 100 – St. Louis Blues | Jazz Play Along Vol 011 – [Herbie Hancock] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 101 – Secret of the Andes | Jazz Play Along Vol 012 – [Duke Ellington] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 102 – Jerry Bergonzi | Jazz Play Along Vol 102 – [Jerry Bergonzi] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 103 – David Sanborn | Jazz Play Along Vol 103 – [David Sanborn] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 104 – Kenny Werner | Jazz Play Along Vol 104 – [Free Play – 13 Musical Landscapes] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 105 – Dave Brubeck | Jazz Play Along Vol 105 – [Dave Brubeck] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 106 – Lee Morgan | Jazz Play Along Vol 106 – [Lee Morgan] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 107 – STANDARDS FOR SINGERS | Jazz Play Along Vol 109 [Fusion] Jazz Play Along Vol 110 [When i Fall in Love] Aebersold – Vol 107 – IT HAD TO BE YOU | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 108 – Joe Henderson | Jazz Play Along Vol 108 – [Joe Henderson] – C-Bb | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 109 – Fusion | Jazz Play Along Vol 109 [Fusion] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 11 – Herbie Hancock | Jazz Play Along Vol 011 – [Herbie Hancock] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 111 – J.J. Johnson | Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 111 – J.J. Johnson | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 112 – [Cole Porter] |
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| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – vol 115 – Ron Carter | Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – vol 115 – Ron Carter | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 12 – Duke Ellington | Jazz Play Along Vol 012 – [Duke Ellington] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 13 – Cannonball Adderley | Jazz Play Along Vol 013 – [Cannonball Adderley] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 14 – Benny Golson | Aebersold – Vol 14 – Benny Golson | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 15 – Payin’ Dues | Aebersold – Vol 15 – Payin’ Dues | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 15 – Payin’ Dues – Complete Bass Lines | Aebersold – Vol 15 – Payin’ Dues – Complete Bass Lines | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 16 -Turnarounds, Cycles & II V7’s | Jazz Play Along Vol 016 – [Turnarounds, Cycles & II-V7’s] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 17 – Horace Silver | Jazz Play Along Vol 017 – [Horace Silver] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 18 – Horace Silver | Jazz Play Along Vol 018 – [Horace Silver] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 19 – David Liebman | Jazz Play Along Vol 019 – [David Liebman] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 20 – Jimmy Raney | Jazz Play Along Vol 020 – [Jimmy Raney] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 21 – Gettin’ It Together (& Supplement) | Jazz Play Along Vol 021 – [Gettin It Together] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 22 – Favorite Standards | Jazz Play Along Vol 022 – [Favorite Standards] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 23 – One Dozen Standards | Jazz Play Along Vol 023 – [One Dozen Standards] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 24 – Major and Minor | Jazz Play Along Vol 024 – [Major and Minor] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 25 – All Time Standards | Jazz Play Along Vol 025 – [All Time Standards] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 26 – Scale Syllabus | Jazz Play Along Vol 026 – [Scale Syllabus] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 27 – John Coltrane | Jazz Play Along Vol 027 – [John Coltrane] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 28 Jazz Play Along Vol 028 – [Giant Steps] | Jazz Play Along Vol 029 – [Play Duets With Jimmy Raney] Jazz Play Along Vol 028 – [Giant Steps] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 29 – Play Duets With Jimmy Raney | Jazz Play Along Vol 029 – [Play Duets With Jimmy Raney] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 30 – Rhythm Section Workout | Jazz Play Along Vol 030 – [Rhythm Section Workout] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 31 – Bossa Novas | Jazz Play Along Vol 031 – [Bossa Novas] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 32 – Ballads | Jazz Play Along Vol 032 – [Ballads] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 33 – Wayne Shorter | Jazz Play Along Vol 033 – [Wayne Shorter] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 34 – Jam Session | Jazz Play Along Vol 034 – [Jam Session] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 35 – Cedar Walton | Jazz Play Along Vol 035 – [Cedar Walton] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 36 – Bebop & Beyond | Jazz Play Along Vol 036 – [Bebop & Beyond] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 37 – Sammy Nestico | Jazz Play Along Vol 037 – [Sammy Nestico] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 38 – Blue Note | Jazz Play Along Vol 038 – [Blue Note] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 39 – Swing Swing Swing | Jazz Play Along Vol 039 – [Swing, Swing, Swing] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 40 – ‘Round Midnight | Jazz Play Along Vol 040 – [‘Round Midnight] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 41 – Body and Soul | Jazz Play Along Vol 041 – [Body and Soul] | Jazz Play Along Vol 041 – [Body and Soul – Jazz Piano Voicings] |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 42 – Blues in All Keys | Jazz Play Along Vol 042 – [Blues In All Keys] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 44 – [Autumn Leaves] | Jazz Play Along Vol 044 – [Autumn Leaves] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 45 – Bill Evans – COMPLETE | Jazz Play Along Vol 045 – [Bill Evans] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 46 – Out Of This World | Jazz Play Along Vol 046 – [Out Of This World] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 47 – Rhythm changes in all keys | Jazz Play Along Vol 047 – [I Got Rhythm Changes In All Keys] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 48 – In a Mellow Tone | Jazz Play Along Vol 048 – [In A Mellow Tone] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 49 – Sugar | Jazz Play Along Vol 049 – [Sugar] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 50 – The Magic Of Miles | Jazz Play Along Vol 050 – [The Magic of Miles] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 51 – Night And Day | Jazz Play Along Vol 051 – [Night and Day] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 52 – Collector’s Items | Jazz Play Along Vol 052 – [Collector’s Items] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 53 – Clifford Brown | Jazz Play Along Vol 053 – [Clifford Brown] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 54 – Maiden Voyage | Jazz Play Along Vol 054 – [Maiden Voyage] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 55 – Yesterdays -Jerome Kern | Jazz Play Along Vol 055 – [Yesterdays – Jerome Kern] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 56 – Thelonious Monk (Book Cd) | Jazz Play Along Vol 056 – [Thelonious Monk] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 57 – Minor Blues in All 12 Keys | Jazz Play Along Vol 057 – [Minor Blues In All Keys] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 58 – Unforgettable Standards | Jazz Play Along Vol 058 – [Unforgettable Standards] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 59 – Invitation | Jazz Play Along Vol 059 – [Invitation] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 60 – Freddie Hubbard | Jazz Play Along Vol 060 – [Freddie Hubbard] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 61 – Burnin’!!! | Jazz Play Along Vol 061 – [Burnin’] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 62 – Wes Montgomery | Jazz Play Along Vol 062 – [Wes Montgomery] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 63 – Tom Harrel | Jazz Play Along Vol 063 – [Tom Harrell] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 64 – Salsa, Latin Jazz | Jazz Play Along Vol 064 – [Salsa, Latin Jazz] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 65 – Four & More | Jazz Play Along Vol 065 – [Four and More] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 66 – Billy Strayhorn | Jazz Play Along Vol 066 – [Billy Strayhorn] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 67 – Tune Up | Jazz Play Along Vol 067 – [Tune Up] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 68 – Giant Steps | Jazz Play Along Vol 069 – [Bird Goes Latin] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 69 – Bird Goes Latin | Jazz Play Along Vol 069 – [Bird Goes Latin] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 70 – Killer Joe | Jazz Play Along Vol 070 – [Killer Joe] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 71 – East of the Sun | Jazz Play Along Vol 071 – [East Of The Sun] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 72 – Street of Dreams | Jazz Play Along Vol 072 – [Street of Dreams] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 73 – Oliver Nelson – Stolen Moments | Jazz Play Along Vol 073 – [Oliver Nelson (Stolen Moments)] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 74 – Latin Jazz | Jazz Play Along Vol 074 – [Latin Jazz] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 75 – Countdown To Giant Steps | Jazz Play Along Vol 075 – [Countdown to Giant steps] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 76 – How To Learn Tunes | Jazz Play Along Vol 076 – [How to Learn Tunes] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 77 – Paquito D’Rivera | Jazz Play Along Vol 077 – [Paquito D’Rivera] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 78 – Jazz Holiday Classics | Jazz Play Along Vol 078 – [Jazz Holiday Classics] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 79 – Avalon | Jazz Play Along Vol 079 – [Avalon] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 80 – Indiana | Jazz Play Along Vol 080 – [Indiana] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 81 – Standards And Originals | Jazz Play Along Vol 081 – [Contemporary Standards & Originals] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 82 – Dexter Gordon | Jazz Play Along Vol 082 – [Dexter Gordon] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 83 – Brecker Brothers | Jazz Play Along Vol 083 – [Brecker Brothers] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 84 – Dominant 7th Workout | Jazz Play Along Vol 084 – [Dominant Seventh Workout] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 85 – Tunes You Thought You Knew | Jazz Play Along Vol 085 – [Tunes You Though You Knew (Reharmonized Standards)] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 86 – Shoutin Out – Horace Silver Tunes (Book+CD) | Jazz Play Along Vol 086 – Shoutin’ Out – Horace Silver Tunes | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 87 – When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter | Jazz Play Along Vol 087 – [When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 89 – Darn That Dream | Jazz Play Along Vol 089 – [Darn That Dream] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 90 Odd Times | Jazz Play Along Vol 090 – [Odd Times – Odd Time Signature Songs] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 91-Players Choice | Jazz Play Along Vol 091 – [Player’s Choice] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 92-Lennie Neihaus | Jazz Play Along Vol 092 – [Lennie Neihaus] | |
| Aebersold, Jamey Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 – Vol 93 What’s new | Jazz Play Along Vol 093 – [What’s New] | |
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In autumn 1961, Brian Epstein, a local Liverpool record store manager, saw the band, fell in love, became their manager, and proceeded to bombard the major British music companies with letters and tape recordings of the band. The group finally won a contract with Parlophone, a subsidiary of the giant EMI group of music labels.
The man in charge of their career at Parlophone was George Martin, a classically trained musician who from the start put his stamp on the Beatles, first by suggesting the band hire a more polished drummer (they chose Starr) and then by rearranging their second recorded song (and first big British hit), “Please Please Me.”
Throughout the winter and into the spring of 1963, the Beatles continued their rise to fame in England by producing spirited recordings of original tunes and also by playing classic American rock and roll on a variety of
radio programs. In these months, fascination with the Beatles breached the normal barriers of taste, class, and age, transforming their recordings and live performances into matters of widespread public comment.
In the fall of that year, when they made a couple of appearances on British television, the evidence of popular frenzy prompted British newspapermen to coin a new word for the phenomenon: Beatlemania. In early 1964, after equally tumultuous appearances on American television, the same phenomenon erupted in the United States and provoked a so-called British Invasion of Beatles imitators from the United Kingdom.
Beatlemania was something new. Musicians performing in the 19th century certainly excited a frenzy, but that was before the mass media created the possibility of collective frenzy. Later pop music idols sold similarly large numbers of records, but without provoking anything approaching the hysteria caused by the Beatles. By the summer of 1964, when the Beatles appeared in A Hard Day’s Night, a movie that dramatized the phenomenon of Beatlemania, the band’s effect was evident around the world.
The popular hubbub convinced Lennon and McCartney of their songwriting abilities and sparked an outpouring of creative experimentation all but unprecedented in the history of rock music. Between 1965 and 1967 the music of the Beatles rapidly changed and evolved, becoming ever more subtle, sophisticated, and varied.
Their repertoire in these years ranged from the chamber pop ballad “Yesterday” and the enigmatic folk tune “Norwegian Wood” (both in 1965) to the hallucinatory hard rock song “Tomorrow Never Knows” (1966), with a lyric inspired by Timothy Leary’s handbook The Psychedelic Experience (1964). It also included the carnivalesque soundscape of “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!” (1967), which featured stream-ofconsciousness lyrics by Lennon and a typically imaginative arrangement (by George Martin) built around randomly spliced-together snippets of recorded steam organs.
In 1966, the Beatles announced their retirement from public performing to concentrate on exploiting the full resources of the recording studio. A year later, in June 1967, this period of widely watched creative renewal was climaxed by the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, an album avidly greeted by young people around the world as indisputable evidence not only of the band’s genius but also of the era’s utopian promise. More than a band of musicians, the Beatles had come to personify, certainly in the minds of millions of young listeners, the joys of a new counterculture of hedonism and uninhibited experimentation.
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In those years, the Beatles effectively reinvented the meaning of rock and roll as a cultural form. The American artists they chose to emulate—including Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, the rock composers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and, after 1964, folksinger Bob Dylan, among others— became widely regarded as canonic sources of inspiration, offering “classical” models for aspiring younger rock musicians. At the same time, the original songs the Beatles wrote and recorded dramatically expanded the musical range and expressive scope of the genre they had inherited.
After 1968, and the eruption of student protest movements in countries as different as Mexico and France, the Beatles insensibly surrendered their role as de facto leaders of an inchoate global youth culture. They nevertheless continued for several more years to record and release new music and maintained a level of popularity rarely rivaled before or since. The band continued to enjoy widespread popularity. The following year Abbey Road went on to become one of the band’s best-loved and biggest-selling albums.
Meanwhile, personal disagreements magnified by the stress of symbolizing the dreams of a generation had begun to tear the band apart. Lennon and McCartney fell into bickering and mutual accusations of ill will, and in the spring of 1970 the Beatles formally disbanded. In the years that followed, all four members went on to produce solo albums of variable quality and popularity. Lennon released a corrosive set of songs with his new wife, Yoko Ono, and McCartney went on to form a band, Wings, that turned
out a fair number of commercially successful recordings in the 1970s. Starr and Harrison, too, initially had some success as solo artists.
In 1980, Lennon was murdered by a demented fan outside the Dakota, an apartment building in New York City known for its celebrity tenants. The event provoked a global outpouring of grief. Lennon is memorialized in Strawberry Fields, a section of Central Park across from the Dakota that Yoko Ono landscaped in her husband’s honour.
In the years that followed, the surviving former Beatles continued to record and perform as solo artists. McCartney in particular remained musically active, both in the pop field, producing new albums every few years, and in the field of classical music—in 1991 he completed Liverpool Oratorio; and in 1999 he released a new classical album, Working Classical. McCartney was knighted by the queen of England in 1997. Starr was also very visible in the 1990s, touring annually with his All-Star Band, a rotating
group of rock veterans playing their hits on the summertime concert circuit.
Beginning in 1988, Harrison recorded with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison in a loose amalgam known as the Traveling Wilburys, but, for most of the 1980s and ’90s, he had a low profile as a musician while acting as the producer of several successful films. After surviving a knife attack at his home in 1999, Harrison succumbed to a protracted battle with cancer in 2001.
Early in the 1990s, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr had joined to add harmonies to two previously unreleased vocal recordings by Lennon. These new songs by “the Beatles” served as a pretext for yet another publicity blitz, aimed at creating a market for a lavishly produced quasi historical series of archival recordings assembled under the supervision of the band and released in 1995 and 1996 as The Beatles Anthology, a collection of six compact discs that supplemented a 10-hour-long authorized video documentary of the same name.
A compilation of the band’s number one singles, 1, appeared in 2000 and enjoyed worldwide success, topping the charts in such countries as England and the United States.
The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, and Lennon (1994), McCartney (1999), and Harrison (2004) were also inducted as solo performers. In April 2009, it was announced that on September 9 there would be a simultaneous release of specially packaged,
digitally remastered versions of the Beatles’ entire catalog and a Beatles’ version of the popular electronic music game Rock Band.
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Track List:
00:00 – Let it Be 03:18 – Hey Jude 08:03 – A Day in the Life 11:46 – Yesterday 13:55 – Here Comes the Sun 16:54 – Strawberry Fields Forever 21:02 – In My Life 23:59 – Something 27:04 – Here Comes the Sun 30:04 – Strawberry Fields Forever 34:03 – Penny Lane 37:30 – Let it Be 40:55 – A Day in the Life 1:19:39 – We Can Work it Out
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