tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70782852346716994132024-03-19T03:34:57.517-06:00The Best Beatles ClubThe Beatles Anthology - Without Any Question The Most Popular, Most Influential Of All Rock Groups.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299570102163564951noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078285234671699413.post-52229612798678610982013-01-10T22:27:00.002-06:002013-01-20T20:52:59.167-06:00<div style="text-align: left;">
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">The Beatles</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> were an English </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="Rock music">rock</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> band formed in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> in 1960. They became the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed act in the history of popular music. The group's best-known lineup consisted of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">, and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Starr" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="Ringo Starr">Ringo Starr</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">. Rooted in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiffle" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="Skiffle">skiffle</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> and 1950s </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">, the Beatles later utilized several </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="Music genre">genres</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">, ranging from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="Pop music">pop</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballad" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="Ballad">ballads</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> to </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="Psychedelic rock">psychedelic rock</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">, often incorporating </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="Classical music">classical</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> and other elements in innovative ways. In the early 1960s, their enormous popularity first emerged as "</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatlemania" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="Beatlemania">Beatlemania</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">", but as their songwriting grew in sophistication, they came to be perceived by many fans and cultural observers as an embodiment of the ideals shared by the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: initial;" title="Counterculture of the 1960s">era's sociocultural revolutions</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The band built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> over a three-year period from 1960. Manager <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Epstein" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Brian Epstein">Brian Epstein</a>moulded them into a professional act and producer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Martin" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="George Martin">George Martin</a> enhanced their musical potential. They gained popularity in the United Kingdom after their first modest hit, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Me_Do" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Love Me Do">Love Me Do</a>", in late 1962. They acquired the nickname the "Fab Four" as Beatlemania grew in Britain over the following year, and by early 1964 they had become international stars, leading the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Invasion" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="British Invasion">British Invasion</a>" of the United States pop market. From 1965 on, the Beatles produced what many critics consider their finest material, including the innovative and widely influential albums <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_Soul" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Rubber Soul">Rubber Soul</a></i> (1965), <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver_(album)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Revolver (album)">Revolver</a></i> (1966), <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band">Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</a></i> (1967), <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_(album)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="The Beatles (album)">The Beatles</a></i> (1968), and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Abbey Road">Abbey Road</a></i> (1969). After their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles%27_break-up" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="The Beatles' break-up">break-up</a> in 1970, they each enjoyed successful musical careers. Lennon died in 1980 after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_John_Lennon" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Death of John Lennon">having been shot</a> by a deranged former fan, and Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001. McCartney and Starr remain active.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They have had more number-one albums on the British charts and sold more singles in the UK than any other act. According to the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>, as of 2012 the Beatles have sold 177 million units in the US, more than any other artist. In 2008, the group topped <i>Billboard</i>magazine's list of the all-time most successful "<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100_All-Time_Top_Artists" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists">Hot 100</a>" artists. As of 2012, they hold the record for most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart with 20. They have received 7 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a> from the American <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Academy_of_Recording_Arts_and_Sciences" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences">National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences</a>, an<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a> for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Music_(Scoring)#1970s" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Academy Award for Best Music (Scoring)">Best Original Song Score</a> and 15 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Novello_Awards" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Ivor Novello Awards">Ivor Novello Awards</a> from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy_of_Songwriters,_Composers_and_Authors" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors">British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors</a>. Collectively included in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine's compilation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_100:_The_Most_Important_People_of_the_Century" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century">the 20th century's 100 most influential people</a>, the Beatles are the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="List of best-selling music artists">best-selling band</a> in history, with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMI_Records" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="EMI Records">EMI Records</a> estimating sales of over one billion units.</span></div>
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