MUS 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Chess Records, British Blues, Brian Epstein
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Beatles arrive at a time when the united states is still getting back on its feet after losing. +widens in 1965 with help! and the album. The beatles led the surge of british music into the united states in 1964. +groups were british, played guitars and had long hair. +two strains, modeled after beatles or rolling stones. They looked for beatles bands in the first wave. Gerry and the pacemakers were the second group from liverpool and did literally the same thing as the beatles, played the same, played at the same places. Brian epstein signed and managed them, george martin produced them. +brian epstein managed the beatles and george martin produced the beatles for their entire career. These beatles bands copied the way they played instruments, fashion, felt kitschy/contrived which is why they never caught on. The rolling stones were bad boys in contrast to the beatles image.
