MUS 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Love Me Do, Skiffle, The Who
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Big companies influenced music the business more in great britain than they influenced the music business in the united states. The united states songs consistently topped the british charts while the british artists had lots of trouble even getting on the charts. The beatles were originally a skiffle band called the quarrymen when they were still performing in liverpool. Being a liverpool band, the beatles had lots of exposure to american pop but they were far from the music business in london. The beatles started to achieve lots of success when love me do made the british charts and british audiences were more exposed to their music. The beatles" first ed sullivan appearance was huge for the beatles" career in america because they were given instant exposure to the national teenage audience. At first the music of the beatles was very simple musically and most songs had no lyrical density compared to their later work.
