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| 34 | <a name="RTFToC1">The
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| 35 | Beatles  The greatest artists of the vinyl era
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| 37 | <p>
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| 38 | The Beatles are the greatest artists of the vinyl era, and possibly the
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| 39 | greatest popular music artists of all time. Rock music was still in early days
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| 40 | at the time when The Beatles began recording in the early 60s, and they were
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| 41 | therefore able to make a large difference in the way that rock music was
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| 42 | shaped. They broke many new grounds with both their music and styles, and
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| 43 | created a previously unheard of mass hysteria in fans, often referred to as
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| 44 | Beatlemania. During their time together the released many singles which
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| 45 | topped the charts, and many albums which crossed a variety of styles.<p>
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| 46 | <p>
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| 47 | The Beatles were a phenomenon in popular music. What they did for popular
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| 48 | music, and their enormous worldwide popularity have never been seen repeated by
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| 49 | any other group. Although many other groups existed which were also
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| 50 | enormously popular, none had quite the same combination of musical talent, nor
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| 51 | accomplishments that the Beatles achieved. <p>
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| 52 | <p>
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| 53 | The group was only officially together between 1959 to 1970, but in this time
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| 54 | they managed to achieve what most groups could only dream of. They set many
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| 55 | new standards in both music and recordings, and their effect on society was
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| 56 | enormous.<p>
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| 57 | <p>
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| 58 | The Beatles phenomenon began in 1962, when four guys from Liverpool in England,
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| 59 | Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, released their
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| 60 | first single in Britain, called `Love Me Do.' `Love Me Do' reached the top 20
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| 61 | in the music charts in the UK, but it wasn't until later that year when the
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| 62 | single `Please Please Me' was released, that the phenomenon known as
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| 63 | Beatlemania began. `Please Please Me' reached number 2 on the UK pop charts.
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| 64 | <p>
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| 65 | <p>
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| 66 | During this time, a classical music critic from the London Sunday Times
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| 67 | declared them "the greatest composers since Beethoven."<p>
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| 68 | <p>
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| 69 | Beatlemania was enormous. Women would scream at the sight, and even mention, of
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| 70 | the Beatles, and men would wish they were one of them. Never before or after
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| 71 | in the history of popular music has their been such a large united following of
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| 72 | a popular group, then that of The Beatles. The Beatles eventually stopped
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| 73 | performing in live concerts, as the deafening screams from the crowd were too
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| 74 | loud to play over, and the hysteria of the crowd was unsafe for all involved.
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| 75 | Therefore, they concentrated their creativity in the music studios.<p>
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| 76 | <p>
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| 77 | In 1964, two years after first appearing in Britain, the group travelled to
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| 78 | America, where they appeared on the popular American television program, the
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| 79 | `Ed Sullivan Show'. They took America by storm, and began to spread
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| 80 | Beatlemania all over the world. <p>
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| 81 | <p>
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| 82 | Before The Beatles, American Recording Companies did not take British pop
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| 83 | seriously. Even The Beatles were not taken seriously at first, and their
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| 84 | earlier American released singles were released through independent recording
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| 85 | companies. The success in America of The Beatles paved the way for more
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| 86 | British groups to make their mark in America. This began the era known as the
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| 87 | `British Invasion.' Pop groups from Britain began to follow The Beatles'
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| 88 | success, and began to take over the American music charts. Popular and
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| 89 | largely successful groups, such as `The Rolling Stones.' were part of this
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| 90 | British Invasion. <p>
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| 91 | <p>
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| 92 | The success of The Beatles can be credited musically to the Lennon/McCartney
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| 93 | song writing team, who created the diverse style of songs recorded by The
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| 94 | Beatles during their time, and to the innovative management of Brian Epstein.
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| 95 | During their time together they managed to have 45 Top Forty chart hits in
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| 96 | America alone. Their biggest achievement in the charts was during the week of
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| 97 | April 4, 1964, when they occupied all of the top five positions in the
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| 98 | `Billboard' music charts. This achievement is one that is more then likely
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| 99 | never to be repeated by any other group again. 20 of their singles reached the
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| 100 | number one position in the American charts, which was even greater then Elvis
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| 101 | who had 17 songs reach number one. <p>
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| 102 | <p>
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| 103 | Their early music was influenced by the American Rock-n-Roll artists of the
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| 104 | 50s, such as Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry, and by the style of
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| 105 | music popular in the 20s and 30s called Tin Pan Alley. Their particular style
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| 106 | of rock was fairly unique when they began. The Rock-n-Roll styles and artists
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| 107 | popular in the 50s, were starting to lose their flare as they became older, and
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| 108 | rock at this time was said to be in `dire straits.' When The Beatles came onto
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| 109 | the pop scene with their fresh new type of Rock, it was just what the public
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| 110 | were looking for. There was nothing else like them around at the time, which
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| 111 | was a large reason for their success. They helped shape the type of music
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| 112 | created during the rest of the decade. <p>
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| 113 | <p>
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| 114 | Over the years they changed their musical style as they became more
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| 115 | experimental in the recording studio. They created their music in ways that
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| 116 | had never been attempted before, and the end result were more sophisticated
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| 117 | albums that were more lyrically based and had a wide range of musical styles
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| 118 | and sounds. The experimentation with music, was then copied by other
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| 119 | musicians, such as Bob Dylan, which in effect created many varying styles of
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| 120 | rock music throughout the following years.<p>
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| 121 | <p>
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| 122 | The image of The Beatles was another major part of their success. Their
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| 123 | manager, Brian Epstein, originally dressed them in `dapper collarless gray
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| 124 | suits' to make them appear more friendly to the audience. When Beatlemania
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| 125 | took hold, boys copied their dress style, and their mop-top haircuts. This
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| 126 | look became the fashion of the time, and a must have for any serious male fan.
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| 127 | <p>
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| 128 | <p>
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| 129 | Their album `Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band,' was the first rock concept
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| 130 | album ever made, that is, it had a theme which ran throughout the whole album.
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| 131 | It set new standards for studio recordings, and showed that rock musicians can
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| 132 | use creativity and artistry in their music. A mould was also broken in that no
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| 133 | songs were released from this album as singles, as the album was designed to be
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| 134 | heard in full from beginning to end. This concept was later followed by many
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| 135 | other groups, and is still used today.<p>
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| 136 | <p>
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| 137 | The Beatles also produced the first music video clip, that was more then just
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| 138 | pictures of the band playing the song. The clip was a reflection of the song,
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| 139 | played out in specially designed images and movie sequences. This clip was for
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| 140 | the song `Penny Lane.' They also made a few movies based on their music, and
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| 141 | acted in them. They were not the first group to make a movie, but it was still
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| 142 | an accomplishment to do so. These movies included `Yellow Submarine', `Magical
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| 143 | Mystery Tour,' and the documentary style movie `Hard Days Night.'<p>
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| 144 | <p>
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| 145 | On April 10, 1970 the group formally announced their split when Paul McCartney
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| 146 | announced his departure. Each member of the group went on to pursue solo
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| 147 | careers, each of varying success. After their split, fans kept trying to push
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| 148 | for a Beatles reunion, however it never occurred. Hope of a reunion was lost
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| 149 | after John Lennon was murdered by a crazed fan in December, 1980. The amount of
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| 150 | media attention that surrounded John Lennons' death was enormous. His death
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| 151 | made front page news all over the world, and caused much heartache and shock
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| 152 | for fans.<p>
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| 153 | <p>
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| 154 | The Beatles contribution to popular music was credited when they were inducted
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| 155 | into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. They also won the Grammy Trustees
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| 156 | award in 1972.<p>
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| 157 | <p>
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| 158 | In 1995, the remaining members of the group released a retrospective album of
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| 159 | their music called the `Anthology.' It included a previously unreleased track
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| 160 | written by John Lennon before his death, called `Free as a Bird.' The
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| 161 | remaining members of the group recorded this song during 1994, and released it
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| 162 | as a single from the `Anthology' album. This album became one of the
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| 163 | fastest-selling albums of all time, which shows that even 25 years after their
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| 164 | split, the fans still wanted more.<p>
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| 165 | <p>
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| 166 | The legacy of their popularity can still be seen today, as new generations of
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| 167 | fans discover The Beatles, and old fans never forget the them. Thousands of
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| 168 | books have been written about the group, and millions of albums have been sold
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| 169 | around the world. There are still monthly magazines published about the
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| 170 | happenings of the remaining members, and much memorabillia still being traded.
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| 171 | Movies have even been made about Beatlemania and the early days of the group,
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| 172 | such as `Secrets,' along with spoofs of their success such as `The Rutles.'<p>
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| 173 | <p>
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| 174 | No other group in the history of popular music can ever claim the same amount
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| 175 | of worldwide success, nor amount of innovation in music that The Beatles could.
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| 176 | This is why they are the greatest artists of the vinyl era, and the greatest
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| 177 | artists in the history of popular music as we know it.<p>
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| 178 | <p>
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