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Originally Posted by jhrc4
I happen to have been living in England when the Beatles were becoming known. They happen to have lucked out. The filled a vacuum at the time, when their was a void.
The Beatles actually copied and recorded many songs that had already become hits in America by other recording artists.
If every song that the Beatles recorded were to be played one after the other it would take less than 24 hrs to play them all. Plain and simple they lucked out, and fell apart pretty quickly compared to many other groups.
The two main artists were McCartney/Lennon, the other two were marginal in particular
Ringo Starr who as a drummer is pretty basic.
The Beatles ?? Catchy name some pretty good tunes that's about it.
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Sorry you feel that way. I started a Beatles club here in the Villages and I was looking for people from L:iverpool who might like to come in and speak and help us with some of the history of the most influential band in history.
You know, the band that had thirty #1 hits in six years, the band that held the five top spots in the Billboard top 100 for several months in 1964, ( a feat that has never ben repeated), the band who had every single except for two that they ever released go to #1, the band that changed society, music, and culture world wide, the band that was the #1 selling artists of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90, and the 00s, the band that has more of their songs covered by other artists, you know the band that still has a following in the millions 43 years after they broke up.
If you know any Scousers that are not in denial about these four lads from Liverpool and their massive accomplishments, and who might be interested in speaking to our group, I'd appreciate you referring them to me.