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Jun 19, 2017 · Kolassa, Telesca & Company have taken the heartfelt lyrics of one of the world’s most popular songwriting teams, and matched the music to their individual moods. We can’t imagine it being any better – unless of course, they come out with a sequel. Artist: Mick Kolassa & Mark Telesca. Title: You Can’t Do That! Acoustic Beatles Blues Tribute.
Dec 3, 2023 · Rock and Roll. Rock and roll was another major influence on the Beatles. Originating in the United States in the 1950s, rock and roll revolutionized popular music with its energetic and rebellious sound. Artists like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard pushed the boundaries of what was considered acceptable in mainstream music ...
Jan 18, 2024 · A: Blues influenced The Beatles’ music in various ways. They incorporated bluesy chord progressions, harmonies, and guitar solos into their songs. The band captured the emotional impact of blues music in their own original songs, exploring themes of love, heartbreak, and struggle.
Aug 2, 2021 · The Beatles’ Hamburg and early Liverpool sets were plastered with songs like “Til There Was You,” “Love Me Tender,” “Sheik of Araby” and “Ain’t She Sweet.”. These obvious ...
- Cliff Richard and The Shadows
- Bob Dylan
- Chuck Berry
- Buddy Holly
- Eric Clapton
- The Beach Boys
- The Everly Brothers
- The Byrds
- Ravi Shankar
- Elvis Presley
It’s fair to say that in Britain, before The Beatles, there was Cliff Richardand The Shadows. The group were the closest thing Britain had to a rock ‘n’ roll band and did draw on a lot of American inspiration with a slight British twist. While the band’s song ‘Move It’ and Richard’s performances definitely shaped some of their work, it was the way ...
Cliff Richard and the Shadows may have shaped the band’s early sound and vision but Bob Dylan arguably had the biggest influence on The Beatles. His style of songwriting was a keen influenceon all of the British groups at the time but his message of opening up oneself to your audience through personally reflective pop songs landed most heavily on J...
“If you had to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry,” John Lennon once said, and it’s hard to disagree with him. Without a doubt the forefather of modern rock ‘n’ roll, Berry’s ability to not only perform but write some of the most vibrant music the group had ever heard at the time. In fact, for much of The Beatles’ early ...
One of the saddest stories of music history, Buddy Holly and The Crickets were stopped in their tracks following Holly’s sad and tragic death. But before he perished he left behind an incredible array of songs which harmonised rock ‘n’ roll and laid the foundations for what pop music would become with a string of rhythmically blessed toe-tappers. T...
Perhaps a surprise inclusion for some of our readers is the iconic guitarist Eric Clapton. As well as being a part of one of the most influential bands of the decade in Cream – a group that would inspire countless heavy rhythm and blues acts to spring out of London in the mid-60s – Clapton’s influence on the band in the latter part of their career,...
The Beatles and The Rolling Stones may have been the tabloid’s favourite band rivalry but by insisting the two factions were warring with each other, it seems they missed the actual competition between Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson. The two mutually appreciative artists were consistently inspired by one another to push themselves creatively. Whet...
If there’s one band who can attest for being an integral part of The Beatles’ early vocal sound then it has to be The Everly Brothers. The group’s shudderingly beautiful vocals made the singing sensations one of music’s hottest properties in the early 1960s. It was a style that was undoubtedly borrowed or at least leaned upon when The Beatles began...
As you may have guessed by now, George Harrisonfelt pretty shunned by the strong songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. With Ringo Starr usually happy to float between all the different factions within the band’s set-up, it left Harrison looking for places he could fully express himself. Whether it was Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton or...
Ravi Shankar and George Harrison’s relationship quickly evolved from teacher and pupil to friends as Harrison threw himself deeply into the art of playing the classical Indian instrument, the sitar. Shankar, an undoubted master of the guitar-like instrument, took Harrison under his wing as the Beatles man explored India during the mid-sixties. The ...
“Before Elvis, there was nothing,” John Lennon once famously said of The King. To miss Presley off our list would be a horrendous mistake. The singer’s impact on British culture as a whole can hardly be understated so when a group of teenage boys who were about to call themselves The Quarrymen heard this new rock ‘n’ roll sound you can imagine the ...
Mar 15, 2024 · Buddy Holly, Little Richard & Carl Perkins. The Beatles loved 1950s/early 60s US rock & roll and several US artists influenced them. The Blues and rock & roll of this time can be traced back to the African music that arrived in the US through the slave trade and continues to have a great influence on US music and rock generally.
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Dec 1, 2016 · In this post I want to take a close look at how the Beatles changed the musical world in 1963-65, with a little help from their friends. Putting their heads together, 1964. The Beatles’ first album comes out in May 1963. Its impact is enormous: it reigns at no. 1 on the UK album charts until it gets toppled by, naturally, the Beatles ...
