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The Beatles; the authorized biography ; Publication date: 1968 ; Topics: Beatles ; Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co ; Collection.
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The Beatles: Will You Read My Book?

Bibliographic Essay he Beatles: Will You Read My Book? By Paul O. Jenkins T he Beatles redeined popular music. Between 1962 and 1970, they released thirteen albums and twenty singles. hey are the most popular, critically respected, and inluential band to ever enter the recording studio. Forty-ive years after their breakup, millions of Beatles albums and tracks are sold via iTunes. hough the Beatles built on the output of their heroes (notably elvis, Buddy holly, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, the everly Brothers, and Carl Perkins), creating music that had elements of rock, pop, blues, folk, jazz, and Motown, the sound the Beatles created was entirely original. heir inluence on musicians who have recorded after them is staggering. if the Beatles were an extraordinary group, they also lived and recorded during extraordinary times. Nearly every discussion of the quartet touches in some way on the 1960s, the turbulent decade with which they have become so closely associated. As Aaron Copland (among others) is reported to have written, “if you want to

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The Beatles

English rock band (1960–1970)

This article is about the band. For their eponymous album, see The Beatles (album). For other uses, see Beatles (disambiguation).

"Beatle" and "Fab Four" redirect here. For the insect, see Beetle. For other uses, see Fab Four (disambiguation).

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the most influential band in Western popular music and were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and the recognition of popular music as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock 'n' roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways. The band also explored music styles ranging from folk and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionised many aspects of the music industry and were often publicised as leaders of the era's youth and sociocultur

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Almost as long as I’ve been a fan of The Beatles, I’ve longed for a big, all-encompassing book covering every facet of their lives and careers. Ideally, this would also include the post-split story, but – as this would have to span more than 80 years and involve two solo careers which are still unfolding – I have begrudgingly accepted that a tome focusing just on their time together, the time when they changed not just music but the world, is more feasible and saleable. Still, for a long time, despite the wealth of biographical and musical material to work with, no one seemed inclined or able to do it. Sure, there were plenty of books out there – since the early 1980s, the stream of Fab Four publications has turned into a gushing torrent, which shows no sign of drying up – but fully comprehensive, detailed bios? Not so much. The two go-to books when I first got into the band, and which remained so for many years, were Hunter Davies’ Authorised Biography, from 1968, and Shout!, the controversial best-seller by Philip Norman published in 1981. Both are very good and remain