Aqua (band)

The fourth release would be "My Oh My", which didn't hit number one in the UK but was still a hit. There had already been a clear trend towards progressively greater complexity both in technique and style, but this now accelerated noticeably, as was evident on "Revolver". The follow-up single "Doctor Jones" would also be a UK number one, as would the third release from Aquarium, "Turn Back Time". "Turn Back Time" was taken from the Sliding Doors soundtrack and featured a less 'helium-induced' sound, gaining a lot of radio airplay. Reportedly stung by criticism of "Paperback Writer", the Beatles poured their creative energies into the recording studio in a determined attempt to produce material they could be proud of. The single would hit number one across Europe and would also be successful Stateside, going platinum in the US and becoming a rare million seller in the UK. There was an abrupt change in direction due to the Beatles' decision to stop touring in 1966. The first single released from it was "Barbie Girl", a pop song seemingly about the children's toy but with 'double-meanings' which resulted in Barbie makers Mattel filing a lawsuit against the group (the lawsuit was dismissed in 2003). "Day Tripper" (1965) and "Hey Bulldog" (1969, recorded 1968) are among the exceptions.

In 1997 the group became known as Aqua and recorded the "Aquarium" album. Throughout their career, their songs were rarely riff-driven. The single performed poorly and the group decided to re-think their plans for success. Their earlier songs were often a bit faster paced. Originally known as Joyspeed, the group formed in 1995 and released a debut single called "Itzy Bitsy Spider" in Sweden and Denmark. "Penny Lane" (1967) is a good example of this style. Aqua was a Scandinavian pop-dance band which consisted of Lene Grawford Nystrøm (born 2 October 1973, Tønsberg, Norway), René Dif (born 17 October 1967, Copenhagen, Denmark) and Claus Norréen (born 5 June 1970, Charlottenlund, Denmark) and Søren Rasted (born 13 June 1969, Blovstrød, Denmark). In the Beatles' later music, the pace of the songs tends to be moderate, with more of the interest usually (but not always) coming from the melody and the orchestration than the rhythm.

Get All "Aqua" Lyrics here (http://www.geocities.com/lleonardpler/play_aq.htm). While he is mostly appreciated for his gentle comic baritone ("Yellow Submarine" 1966, "Octopus's Garden" 1969), steady drumming, and everyman image, he was likely responsible for the group's occasional interest in surprisingly authentic country sounds ("What Goes On" 1965; "Don't Pass Me By" 1968) and his own performance on Buck Owens' "Act Naturally". "Aqua" committed fansite still updated today (http://www.aquarama.tk). Ringo Starr's contributions to The Beatles' sound are less known compared to the other Beatles, as Starr himself rarely actually wrote songs. Around The World (2000). His later guitar style, while not displaying the virtuosity of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, became distinctive with its use of clear melodic lines and subtle fills ("Something" [1969], "Let It Be" [1970]) in contrast to the increasingly distorted riffs and rapid-fire guitar solo work of his contemporaries. Cartoon Heroes (2000). Harrison retained Western musical forms in his later compositions, where he emerged as a significant pop composer in his own right, occasionally reprising major themes that indicated his new relationship with Hindustani music and the Hindu god Krishna.

Good Morning Sunshine (1998). Indian music and culture also influenced the band as a whole, with the use of swirling tape loops, droning bass lines, and mantra-like vocals on "Tomorrow Never Knows" (1966) and "Dear Prudence" (1968). Turn Back Time (1998). A result of his long and continued collaboration with Sri Ravi Shankar, a famous Hindustani musician, many of his following compositions were based on Hindustani forms, most notably "Love You To" (1966), "Within You, Without You" (1967), and "The Inner Light" (1968). Doctor Jones (1998). In 1965, George Harrison broke new ground in the West by recording with an Indian sitar on "Norwegian Wood". Barbie Girl (1997). "All My Loving" (1963) and "She's A Woman" (1964) are prime examples of Harrison's early rockabilly guitar work.

Itzy Bitsy Spider (1995). George Harrison derived his early guitar style from 1950s rockabilly greats such as Carl Perkins, Scotty Moore (who worked with Elvis Presley), and Duane Eddy. Aquarius (2000). "Helter Skelter" (1968) — arguably an early heavy metal song — is a McCartney composition. Aquarium (1997). Meanwhile, McCartney maintained an affection for the driving R&B of Little Richard in a series of songs which John Lennon dubbed "potboilers", from "I Saw Her Standing There" (1963) to "Lady Madonna" (1968). Paul McCartney is perhaps best known as the group's romantic balladeer: beginning with "Yesterday" (1965), he pioneered a modern form of art song, exemplified by "Eleanor Rigby" (1966) and "She's Leaving Home" (1967).

Lennon played the major role in steering the group toward psychedelia "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "I Am the Walrus" from 1967), and renewed his interest in earlier rock forms at the close of the Beatles' career ("Don't Let Me Down" from 1969). After becoming acquainted with the work of Bob Dylan, Lennon became influenced heavily by folk music ("You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" and "Norwegian Wood" from 1965). John Lennon's early style owed a huge debt to Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison ("Misery" from 1963 and "Please Please Me" from 1963). Individually, the four Beatles drew further inspiration from different sources.

Lennon and McCartney's songwriting partnership had initially been inspired by Goffin and King; Lennon and McCartney's goal when they started was to become the next Goffin and King. The song-writing of Gerry Goffin and Carole King was yet another influence upon the Beatles, and it could be said that one of the Beatles' many achievements was to marry the relative sophistication of Goffin and King's songs (which used major-seventh chords, for example) with the simplicity of Buddy Holly, Berry and the early rock-and-roll performers. The Everly Brothers were another major influence on the Beatles, with Lennon and McCartney consciously trying to copy Don and Phil Everly's distinctive two-part harmonies. Another example is the song "Back in the USSR", which contains an overt allusion to the Beach Boys' "California Girls".

Chuck Berry's influence is also heard, in an altered form, in later songs such as "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me And My Monkey" (1968) and "Come Together" (1969) (when "Come Together" was released, Chuck Berry sued John Lennon for copyright infringement of his song "You Can't Catch Me", after which the two reached an amicable settlement, the terms of which including that Lennon cover some Chuck Berry songs as a solo artist). Chuck Berry was perhaps the most fundamental progenitor of the Beatles' sound; the Beatles covered "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Rock And Roll Music" early in their careers on record (with most other Berry classics heard in their live repertoire). Their distinctive vocal harmonies were influenced by early Motown artists in the U.S. Though they drew inspiration from an eclectic variety of sources, their home idiom was closer to pop music.

Unlike their contemporaries the Rolling Stones, the Beatles were seldom directly influenced by blues. The following is a partial list. Throughout their relatively short time recording and performing together, the Beatles set a number of world records — most of which have yet to be broken. Finally, the documentary of a band in terminal decline, Let It Be was shot over an extended period in 1969; the music from this formed the album of the same name, which although recorded before Abbey Road, was (after much contractual to-ing and fro-ing and significant tinkering by producer Phil Spector) their final release.

In 1965 came Help!, a Technicolor extravaganza shot in exotic locations in the style of a James Bond spoof. It was a comic farce (often compared to the Marx Brothers) directed in a black-and-white documentary style by the up-and-coming Richard Lester, then known for directing the television version of the Goon Show. The Beatles also had a limited film career, beginning with A Hard Day's Night (1964).
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By 1970, the band had split, with each of the members going on to solo careers with varying degrees of success. The stress of their fame was beginning to tell and the band was on the verge of splitting at the time of the release of The Beatles ("The White Album"), with some tracks recorded by the band members individually, and Starr taking a two-week holiday — sometimes reported as a temporary break-up — in the middle of the recording session. The group were increasingly taking charge of their own production, and Paul McCartney's increasing dominance in this role played its part in the tensions that eventually split the group. Particularly notable, along with the use of studio tricks such as sound processing, unconventional microphone placements, and vari-speed recording, was the Beatles' use of unconventional instruments for pop music, including string and brass elements, Indian instruments like the sitar, tape loops and early electronic instruments.

Martin's connection with the Goons had been impressive to the group, who were fans. His earlier experience of producing recordings by acts ranging from Jimmy Shand to the Goons prepared him for the open-minded, experimental approach to the studio which the group began to develop as they became more experienced. He used his experience to bring out the potential in the group, where a lesser producer would have imposed his views and inhibited the creativity he recognised and nurtured. The role of producer George Martin was one of the crucial elements in the success of the Beatles.

Only primary instruments are listed; at one time or another, each of the four Beatles played other instruments on record as well. Earlier, in June 1961, original bass player Stu Sutcliffe had decided to leave the band and remain in Hamburg, Germany where the Beatles had played several long engagements; McCartney took over the bass role. Original drummer Pete Best was asked to leave the group in August 1962 just before it started recording, and was replaced by Starr. Ringo Starr - drums, vocals (1962 - 1970).

Pete Best - drums (1960 - 1962). Stu Sutcliffe - bass, vocals (1959 - 1961). George Harrison - guitar, vocals (1958 - 1970). John Lennon - guitar, vocals (1957 - 1970).

Paul McCartney - bass, piano, guitar, vocals (1957 - 1970). Three albums of unreleased material and studio outtakes were also released, as well as a documentary and television miniseries, in a project known as The Beatles Anthology. However, a virtual reunion occurred in 1995 with the release of two original Lennon recordings which had the additional contributions of the remaining Beatles mixed in to create two hit singles: "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love". The band officially broke up in 1970, and any hopes of a reunion were crushed when Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman in 1980.

In the same year, the 'Paul Is Dead' hoax sprang up. In 1969 they recorded their last album, Abbey Road (although in 1970 various songs recorded earlier were compiled into Let It Be). Their actual "last" concert is considered to be a live appearance on the roof at the Apple studios in London in January 1969, which was known as the "Get Back" sessions and featured on the "Let it Be" album. The various members began to pursue their individual interests and got together less often.

However, the Beatles' financial fortunes took a turn for the worse when their manager, Brian Epstein, passed away on 27 August 1967, and the band's affairs began to unravel. They then concentrated on recording and their compositions and musical experiments raised their artistic reputations remarkably while still being tremendously popular. The Beatles performed their last concert before paying fans in Candlestick Park in San Francisco, on 29 August 1966. Lennon caused a great backlash against the Beatles the following year when in an interview he claimed that Christianity was dying and he lamented that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus." Eventually he apologised, after being slammed by many religious groups, including the Holy See, having Beatles' records banned or burned across the American South, and receiving threats from groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.

In 1965 they were instated as Members of the Order of the British Empire, but Lennon and Harrison also began experimenting with LSD in that year, and McCartney would do the same near the end of 1966. In 1964 they held the top five places on Billboard's Top Pop Singles Chart, a feat which has never been repeated. At any rate, it was regarded by the band members with both awe and resentment. Some of this criticism arose from confusion over the sources of their music (a similar confusion was evinced in 1956 over Elvis Presley by commentators who were unaware of the tradition of blues, R&B, and Gospel out of which Presley emerged), and some of it was simply an incredulous reaction to the length of their hair.

The pop-music band became a worldwide phenomenon with worshipful fans, hysterical adulation, and denunciations by culture commentators and others such as Frank Sinatra. Beatlemania began in Britain on 13 October 1963 with a televised appearance at the London Palladium, and then exploded in the United States following three appearances of the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, on 9 February, 16 February, and 23 February 1964. The Beatles' first full-length album, Please Please Me, was recorded within twelve consecutive hours. In 1962 they joined the EMI's Parlophone label.

After going through several changes in name and band members, it finally became the Beatles in 1960. The band briefly split before regrouping. McCartney met Lennon at a garden fete on 6 July 1957, and joined his band, The Quarrymen, into which McCartney also recruited Harrison, his 15 year old school chum. Main article: History of the Beatles.

The classic Beatles lineup consisted of John Lennon (guitar), (James) Paul McCartney (bass), George Harrison (guitar), and Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) (drums), all from Liverpool, Merseyside, in England. They achieved an iconic status with far reaching effects. They were more than recording artists, influencing fashion and culture and branching out into film and sometimes political activism. While they were originally famous for what some labelled light-weight pop music (and the extreme hysterical reaction they provoked in young women), their later works achieved a combination of popular and critical acclaim perhaps unequaled in the 20th century.

They affected the post-war baby boom generation of Britain, the United States and many other countries during the 1960s. Certainly they are the most popular group in rock history, with global sales exceeding 1.1 billion records. The Beatles were one of the most influential popular music groups of the rock era. ISBN 0811702251. Cameron House.

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Beatles bootlegs. The parody began as part of the British comedy television series Rutland Weekend Television.. Neil's capacity to parody particular Beatles songs with lyrics only marginally less believable than those of the Fab Four is remarkable, and the pastiche always sounds affectionate. George Harrison cooperated with Eric Idle and Neil Innes in authoring and filming (for television) the fictitious story of the Rutles, a Merseybeat group whose evolution mirrored that of the Beatles quite closely. The main differences are that firstly the Rutles don't take themselves quite so seriously, and secondly that they still perform—albeit on an occasional basis.

This makes The Simpsons the only non-variety show to feature all the surviving Beatles. Ringo Starr, Paul and Linda McCartney, and George Harrison all guest starred on The Simpsons although not at the same time. No other group appears more than twice. The Beatles appear five times in the top 100 best-selling singles in the UK.

They performed five times in three days gathering audiences of about 10,000 per performance. On 30 June 1966, the Beatles became the first musical group to perform at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo. On 12 June 1965, the Beatles were made Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen. Crime reportedly fell by a third during the duration of the transmission, although this eventually turned out to be false.

with their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show with over 70 million people viewing. The Beatles broke television ratings records in the U.S. This was the first time in the history of popular music anyone had played in a proper stadium as opposed to a theatre or concert hall. With their performance at Shea Stadium in 1965, The Beatles set new world records for concert attendance (55,600+) and revenue.

The largest number of advance orders for a single, at 2.1 million copies in the U.S. It sold over 13 million copies in four weeks. The Beatles have the fastest selling CD of all time with 1. (Additionally, it sold 10,000 copies per hour in New York City alone for the first 20 days.).

The song sold 250,000 units within three days in the U.S., one million in 2 weeks. The Beatles had the fastest selling single of all time with "I Want To Hold Your Hand". It is also the most played song in the history of international radio. The Beatles' "Yesterday" is the most covered song in history, appearing in the Guinness Book of Records with over three thousand recorded versions.

Boyz II Men and Elvis Presley have succeeded themselves on the chart, but the Beatles are the only artist to 'three-peat'. The Beatles are the only artist to have 'back-to-back-to-back' number one singles on Billboard's Hot 100. Before the Beatles, the highest number of concurrent singles by one artist on the Hot 100 was nine (by Elvis Presley, 19 December 1956). The next week, 11 April 1964, the Beatles held fourteen positions on the Billboard Hot 100.

The songs were "Can't Buy Me Love", "Twist and Shout", "She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", and "Please Please Me". No one had ever done anything like this before, and it is doubtful that the conditions will ever exist for anyone to do it again. During the week of 4 April 1964, The Beatles held the top five positions on the Billboard singles chart. Lennon was responsible for 29 Number One singles in the UK, and McCartney was responsible for 28 (25 of which were written together).

for McCartney, and 26 for Lennon (23 of which were written together). In terms of charting positions, Lennon and McCartney are the most successful songwriters in history, with 32 number one singles in the U.S. from 21 November to 28 November 1995). The most successful first week of sales for a double album (The Beatles Anthology Volume 1, which sold 855,473 copies in the U.S.

The Beatles spent the highest number of weeks at number one in the albums chart (174 in the UK and 132 in the U.S.). and 15 in the United Kingdom). The Beatles have had more number one albums than any other group (19 in the U.S. They even managed to hold separate releases by themselves off the top of the British chart in 1967 with Hello Goodbye at number 1 and Magical Mystery Tour E.P at number 2.

Even so, they reached number two with the singles. For example, the Beatles' "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" were released as a "double A"-sided single, which caused sales and airplay to be divided between the two songs instead of being counted collectively. Ironically, the Beatles could easily have had even more number ones, because they were often competing with their own singles. The Beatles have had more number one singles than any other musical group (23 in Australia, 23 in The Netherlands, 22 in Canada, 21 in Norway, 20 in the U.S., and 18 in Sweden).

The Beatles have notched up the most multi-platinum selling albums for any artist or musical group (thirteen in the U.S. alone). The Beatles are the best-selling musical group of all time, estimated by EMI to have over one billion discs and tapes sold worldwide.