Musical Style and Development

In Icons of Rock: An Encyclopedia of the Legends Who Changed Music Forever, Schinder and Schwartz sum up The Beatles' musical evolution in these words: In their initial incarnation as cheerful, wisecracking moptops, the Fab Four revolutionized the sound, style, and attitude of popular music and opened rock and roll's doors to a tidal wave…

The Beatles biography on Rolling Stone, your go to source for artist bios, news, and reviews.

Read The Beatles 1960-1970 from the story Rock Development by accesstomusic (Megan) with 547 reads.Formed in Liverpool during 1960, The Beatles were an English...

The Beatles history, discography, lyrics, shop, CDs

An English summary of the book by Ger Tillekens on the relations between the music of the Beatles and the cultural revolution of the sixties.

The Beatles is one of the most important bands in the history of music. The band was formed in 1960 in Liverpool, England.

A lot of bands and musicians say one of their biggest influence musically was The Beatles and contribute the founding of rock and roll to them. Who musically influenced The Beatles though?

A Book on the Aesthetics of Rock Music

The Beatles certainly didn’t invent the music business, but like Beethoven, they had an undeniable steamroller effect that forced everyone to completely and permanently change nearly everything about the way the industry functioned.

Since The Beatles eventually incorporated the influences of so many genres in their work it is hard to place them into a particular genre. As others have sai...

Their success in the U.S. 'changed not only their perception of themselves, it changed everybody's perception of them,' one expert tells U.S. News.

What's That Sound?

Jon Number 8 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop music

As we celebrate 50 years of the Beatles in America, we look at seven ways the lads changed our cultural landscape.

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