MUS 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Early Music, Love Me Do, The Beatles' Rooftop Concert
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Played n clubs as a cover band for six or seven hours a night. +reined performing skills and repertoire (learned their craft) Ringo didn"t join until a little later on so he could make enough money to open his own hair styling place. I wanna hold your hand, was their first huge hit. Played at the cavern nearly 300 times through 1962. +first single love me do goes to 17 on british charts. Beatles learned much from covering songs at start of their careers. Influenced by first wave rockers: elvis presley, chuck berry, little richard. Stopped playing live concerts at the end of 1965. +last live public performance was the rooftop concert in 1969. +performed on ed sullivan"s tv show on february 9, 1964. 30 top 10 pop hits between 1964 and 1966. All studio albums went #1 in the united kingdom and the united states. Controversy over bigger than jesus remark in 1966.
