There are places I remember all my life, though some have changed. Some forever, not for better, some have gone and some remain.

“There are places I remember all my life, though some have changed. Some forever, not for better, some have gone and some remain.”  This is a quote from one of my favorite songs by this band.  This band’s first album stayed number 1 on the U.K. charts for 31 weeks until it was replaced by their next album.  This band is arguable, the most influential band to rock the music world.  They would be the Beatles.   

                I’ve been listening to The Beatles since I was born.  I have memorized almost all of the bands lyrics and own everything from their albums to mugs, movies, and shirts.  This band hasn’t just made a huge impact on the music industry but my life.

                I could spill the facts of how many number one albums the band created but that doesn’t even begin to show the change they made to music.  Their rugged (at the time) and long haired look was so different from everything that was going on at the time.  Parents didn’t understand the attraction but the younger crowd was intrigued.  Girls would flock to see the 4 boys play and they began to take over the air waves.  Their sounds was something people had never heard of but they wanted more. 

                The Beatles began to take over the world.  They would be chased on the streets and on some occasions were even grabbed and scratched by girls.  When you watch clips of the band playing you see young girls screaming and some fainting because they got to see the band in concert!  One fan even went as far as climbing a ladder to the second story and climbing through a bathroom window just to meet the boys.  This was their inspiration for the 1969 song “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window”.  This craze spread all around the world, from The U.K. to America even to China.

                The band used inspirations from all different genres to create a new sound.  They channeled inspirations from Reggae, Jazz, Country, Blues, Rock, and even Psychedelics.  Now many bands use the Beatles sounds and inspiration in their own work. 

                This band had 21 Number singles in the United States alone.  They were constantly working on new sounds and perfecting albums in the recording studio.  They created a standard of work for other artist to match at the time and nobody came close to beating them.  The drive these 4 men had were part of the reason for their popularity. People never knew what would be next for them. 

                John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Star created something that still to this day is the most influential music career to walk the earth.  Beatle mania took the world by storm and even today it’s hard to find a person who doesn’t know who they were.