beatles

Few artists have impacted music and culture like The Beatles. Consisting of George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr, the band spearheaded the 1960s British Invasion. From 1963-1970, The Beatles racked up numerous number one hits as well as commercially and critically successful albums such as Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Abbey Road.

From 1964-1966, Beatlemania dominated the music world; female fans followed them everywhere, screaming so loudly at concerts that they drowned out the music. Their “mop top” haircuts, matching suits, and Liverpudlian slang greatly influenced mid-60s popular culture. By 1967, their landmark album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band provided the soundtrack for the burgeoning psychedelic movement.

Throughout their career, The Beatles experimented with new recording techniques and expanded the rock genre with their use of orchestration, different chord changes, and poetic lyrics. Years of internal strife led to their disbanding in 1970; debate still rages as to the exact cause of the breakup. All four members went on to establish successful solo careers, but the group's influence lives on through the Cirque du Soleil show Love, the 90s documentary series Anthology, and several CD reissues that consistently reach the top of the charts.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “beatles”

• in Business
  Five Business Tips From The Beatles
  Fabulous Business Lessons From The Fab Four
  by johngreathouse / on Feb 27, 2012
• in Celebrity
  Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher & The Beatles
  It is probable that both Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher were both singing “The Beatles” classic “Can't Buy Me Love."
  by stephengfm / on Nov 22, 2011
• in Celebrity
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  Now that the event, having successfully concluded is reported to have raised a staggering $3 million.
  by chakma / on Nov 6, 2011

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• The Beatles - The Beatles aka The White Album

  
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  I remember around high school there was a sudden thing where musicians couldnt seem to resist name dropping this album as being really influential on them. Im sure thats true, but for me, this album is a mess.  Its a double album solely because they were reaching a point where they all wanted to do something ...
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• Beatles Rarity Of The Week – “Somedays” (early sampler mix)

  
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  Welcome to The Beatles Rarity of the Week. As someone who makes a wholehearted effort to collect every single bit of released music by each of the four Beatles, I can tell you that there is no bigger challenge than to keep up with one Sir Paul McCartney. This week’s BROW is one that I almost missed. Back in January ...
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• Beatles guitar sells for £269k at auction

  
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  Filed under: Investing Sean Dempsey/PA A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison has sold for $408,000 (£269,000) at auction. The custom-made instrument (pictured), made by the VOX company in 1966, was bought by an anonymous US buyer in New York. Harrison played the guitar while practicing I am the ...
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• ABBA’s ‘Gold’ overtakes The Beatles to become second biggest selling UK album

  
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  ABBA‘s ‘Gold‘ collection is now the second biggest selling album in the UK, trailing only Queen‘s own singles compilation ‘Greatest Hits‘. ‘Gold’ has moved past The Beatles‘ ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band‘, though the Fab Four’s all-time classic 1967 LP still holds the distinction ...
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• A SPY FOR DIXIELAND

  
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  Ian Fleming never gave me a thought.  I never had a specially-equipped car, dangerous gadgets.  But I was a spy for Dixieland. In a recent seminar with one of my mentors, Prof. Figg, he asked the question, “What are your secret guilty musical pleasures?” I think the Professor expected that I was listening to ...
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• "We had to have them all pulled out after the Savoy Truffles."

  
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  Mystery solved.
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• Hendrix And Davis Almost Formed A Super Band

  
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  LONDON – In 1969, jazz legend Miles Davis and guitarist virtuoso Jimi Hendrix almost formed a super band with then Beatles member Paul McCartney. The duo sent McCartney a
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• Let It

  
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  Having established a stable orbit and allowing for the radio delay from Saturn, we resume our old habit of Radio Free Toulouse Street.
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• Rewind Radio: Dont Log Off; Beatles Brunch with Geoff Lloyd; Geoff Lloyds Hometime Show – review

  
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  Alan Dein enjoys Skype interviews with random strangers around the world, while Geoff Lloyd fixates on the Fab Four Dont Log Off (R4) | iPlayer Beatles Brunch with Geoff Lloyd (Absolute 60s) Geoff Lloyds Hometime Show (Absolute Radio) Life is random and people are strange. Behind closed doors everyones ...
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• The History of Rock and Roll: The Beatles and the British Invasion

  
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  The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show , 1965     The Beatles  Its impossible to overstate how influential the Beatles were on rock and roll, but that point has been made millions of times, so Ill focus on a couple of things that I learned while reading my textbook (look to the right to find out what Im ...
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• John Lennon’s Ferrari To Be Auctioned Off

  
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  LONDON – Ex Beatles John Lennon’s very first car will be auctioned off on July 12 during the Goodwood Festival of Speed, held in Chichester, UK. Bonhams auction house
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• Kolkata Traffic Police : Beatles

  
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• Paul McCartney Swarmed By Grasshoppers In Brazil [Video]

  
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  Do grasshoppers love Sir James Paul McCartney music? Here is the proof. The incident happened when a swarm of grasshoppers invaded the stage while the 70-year-old former the Beatles icon was performing at the Serra Dourada Stadium in Goiania, Brazil. Paul McCartney, who is also an animal rights activists was ...
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• John, Paul, George and ?

  
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  “There is no way I’d be doing what I do now if it wasn’t for The Beatles. I was watching the Ed Sullivan show and I saw them. Those skinny little boys, kind of androgynous, with long hair like girls. It blew me away that these four boys in the middle of nowhere could make […]
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• Paul McCartney & Wings: ‘Band on the Run’ to be Reissued November 2

  
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  Paul McCartney & Wings‘ iconic Band on the Run will be re-released on November 2nd, 2010. Heralded as one of the greatest albums of all time, the GRAMMY winning, smash # 1 album – originally released December of 1973 – yielded the immortal title track and world-wide hit “Jet” becoming Wings’ most ...
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• The Breeders Cover The Beatles

  
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  Last night, The Breeders’ Last Splash 20th Anniversary Tour found itself in the band’s hometown of Boston. While the band’s current line-upis certainly the most known line-up, it is not actually the band’s original line-up, as the band’s most dedicated fans may know. Co-founder of The Breeders, Tanya ...
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• Abbey Road Zombie Shirt

  
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  While not the first take of Zombifying The Beatles it’s one of the first time I’ve seen a Beatles Zombie Shirt. Sure there’s been a book, an audiobook, even tattoos. Shirts? Few and far between so we’re happy to share another one with you fans of the fabulous undead four! Why did the Zombie Cross Abby Road? ...
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• Blue McCartney Experience: The Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney and Miles Davis-Supergroup that never was…

  
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  Im Hardrock Café in Prag hängt ein Telegram von Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis und Tony Williams an Paul McCartney, die den Beatle für die Aufnahme einer Platte haben wollten. Wäre wahrscheinlich die interessanteste Supergroup aller Zeiten geworden, kam aber leider nie zustande. The telegram, sent on October 22 1969, ...
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• Best Footage Yet of Paul McCartney Being Swarmed By Grasshoppers

  
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  The very original “OMG Paul McCartney trades The Beatles for The Grasshoppers LOL” tweets wrote themselves after a swarm of grasshoppers interrupted Macca’s show in front of 47,000 people in Brazil this week. McCartney’s people released an official video, and it’s adorable: SEE ALSO: • ...
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• Experience the Beatles with RAIN in Los Angeles!

  
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  If you’re a fan of The Beatles, and you live in Los Angeles, you can’t miss Experience the Beatles with RAIN which is now playing at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood! There’s only five performances left, so get your tickets now! I saw the show the other night and I thought RAIN did a fantastic MORE
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