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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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• Beatles News

  
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• The Beatles: Rock and Roll History

  
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  The Beatles caught my attention on this day in Rock and Roll History: 1965: The lads from Liverpool finished recording my Desert Island Disc, Rubber Soul . 1969: The Fab Four appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone. This is particularly notable because it was their final photo session as a band.
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• Fab Faux Concert – Montclair

  
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  December 12, 2009 20:00 to 23:00   SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2009 – 8 p.m. MONTCLAIR, NJ THE WELLMONT THEATRE — 5 SEYMOUR STREET SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND performed in its entirety! (Plus a mixed set of favorites.) Featuring the Creme Tangerine Strings and the ...
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• Paul McCartney on "Love Me Do"

  
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  "You get to the bit where you think, if were going to write great philosophy it isnt worth it. Love Me Do was our greatest philosophical song: Love me do/you know I love you/Ill always be true/So love me do/Please love me do. For it to be simple, and true, means that its incredibly simple."
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• Rolling Stones “Anybody Seen My Baby”…Plus Some Beatles, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart,

  
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  London, November 15 (ANI): Television actor Christopher Eccleston will soon be seen playing John Lennon in new BBC drama ‘John Lennon - Naked’.In fact, the first day of the shoot saw the filming of the event back in October 18, 1968, when the Beatles member and his girlfriend Yoko Ono were arrested following a ...
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• The Beatles Rock Band Game

  
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• Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 11/15/09

  
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• MP3: The Beatles, “Everyday Chemistry”

  
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• "Revolution 1" Lyrics

  
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• "Blue Jay Way"

  
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  "Blue Jay Way" is a song written by George Harrison; it was first recorded and released by The Beatles on their Magical Mystery Tour album and EP in 1967. Origins The name of the song comes from an actual street, high in the Hollywood Hills overlooking Sunset Boulevard, which affords panoramic views of Hollywood ...
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• The Beatles Never Broke Up – album story from another dimension

  
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• Time for a Beatles Mashup & Remix!!

  
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• Get the every released Beatles album in one USB thumb drive

  
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  Yes, you can get the entire Beatles catalog in one Apple-shaped thumb drive (get it? Apple-shaped? Apple Corps? Hahahahahahaha-hrrrn). The 16gb flash drive contains every Beatles U.K. album released in FLAC and MP3 format. Only 30,000 of these were made. They cost around $279.99 and will be available come December ...
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• The Beatles: Their Best 3 Albums

  
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  The Beatles made 12 official UK LPs from 1963 to 1970 and just about all of them were great which makes picking just three of their albums as the top three is a hard task. Why 12? You’ve probably heard that they had 13 albums. That 13th “album” was Magical Mystery Tour which was originally [...]
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