Essay On The Beatles

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Marcial Cabrera
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The Beatles

The Beatles- members, John Lennon (vocals and rhythm guitar), Paul McCartney (Bass, vocals), Ringo Starr (Drummer, vocals), and George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals). The Beatles were mostly influenced Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Carl Perkins influenced the Beatles, and Buddy Holly covers. On July 6, 1957 John Lennon was performing his amateur *Skittle group at the church’s picnic in Liverpool suburb; that’s where Paul McCartney first saw John Lennon and invite him to join his band. Right after they started writing songs, one of songs they wrote was named “The One After 909”. As the year was ending Paul McCartney convinced John Lennon to let George Harrison join the band. George Harrison was influenced by rockabilly; he soon became the lead guitarist. The Beatles stared becoming popular in Europe and they decided to travel to United States where they had the first show that started all. The show was 8 o’clock on February 9th 1964 “The Beatles” first live performance on United States soil, on the “Ed Sullivan Show” (more than 70 million people watched the performance). That year they held the top five slots in the single billboard chart and sold more than a billion records. They made their first movie called “A Hard Day’s Night” directed by Richard Lester, it over 1.3 million dollars on its first week after the release. They saw he opportunity to take advantage of the fame so they started selling Beatle wigs, clothes, dolls, and lunch boxes. But fame comes with a prize because when they first came to America all there songs were about love and relationships, they dressed in suits and they were society approved. Soon after they started meeting other popular bands and they introduced him ...

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References http://www.biography.com/people/john-lennon-9379045 - http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-beatles/biography http://www.beatlesbible.com/1960/08/17/live-indra-club-hamburg/ http://www.tm.org/maharishi http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-lennon-is-assassinated-in-new-york-city *John Lennon quote got from (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-beatles/biography)
*Transcendental Meditation- is a simple, natural program for the mind, a spontaneous, effortless march of the mind to its own unbounded essence.
*Maharishi Mahesh Yogi- teaches transcendental meditation technique.

*Skiffle- is a type of popular music with jazz, blues, folk, and roots influences, usually using homemade or improvised instruments
*MBE- Members of the Order of the British Empire

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