The Beatles became the most popular grouping rock music history. The (11) _______ of extraordinarily talented musicians generated a frenzy that transcended countries and economic strata. While all of them sang, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the majority of their songs.
(12) _______ , Lennon and five others formed a group called Quarrymen in 1956, with McCartney
joining them later that year. George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, together with Stuart Sutcliffe, who played the bass guitar, and Pete Best on the drums, performed together in several bands for a few years, until they finally settled on the Silver Beatles in 1960. American Rock musicians, such as Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley, influenced Lennon's and McCartney's music, whose first hits consisted of simple tunes and lyrics about young love. The Beatles' U.S. tour propelled them to (13) _______ and led to two movies filmed in 1964 and 1965. The so-called British (14) _______ of the United States was in full swing when they took the top five spots on the singles' charts, followed by the release of their first film.
During the 1960s, their music matured and (15) _______ a sense of melody. The lyrics of their song became deeper and gained in both imagination and meaning. Their popularity continued to grow as the Beatles turned their attention to social problems and political issues in "Nowhere Man" and Eleanor Rigby". (16) _______ and nostalgia come through in their ballad "Michelle" and 'Yesterday", which fully displayed the group's (17)_______ development and sophistication.
Lennon's sardonic music with lyrics written in the first person, and McCartney's songs that created scenarios with off beat individuals, contributed to the character of the music produced by the group. In addition to their music, the Beatles set a social trend that (18)_______ long hair, Indian music, and moss dress.
For a variety of reasons, the musicians began to drift apart, and their last concert took place in San Francisco in 1966. The newspapers and tabloids publicized their quarrels and lawsuits, and the much idolized group finally (19)_______ in 1970. However, their albums had (20) _______ those of any other bands in history. Although all of the Beatles continued to performed solo or form new rock groups alone, none could achieve the recognition and success that they had been able to win together.
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