Rock n Roll Icons

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Rock n Roll Icons
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Beatlemania

• It all began
• Late 1963 in the United Kingdom
• Early 1964 in North America
• and they never looked back!
• Video

The Beatles rose to instant success and the whole
phenomena was dubbed Beatlemania, which was
best demonstrated by the large number of
screaming and swooning young women who followed
the group.
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The Fab Four

• John Lennon (1940 - 1980)
• Lead singer
• Rhythm guitar
• Songwriter
• Paul McCartney (Born 1942)
• Lead singer
• Bass guitar
• Songwriter
• George Harrison (1943 - 2001)
• Lead guitar
• Ringo Starr (Born 1940)
• Drums

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The Founder I John Lennon

• John Winston Lennon
• Born Oct. 9, 1940 (Liverpool, England)
• Moved to the United States in 1971
• Writer of many Beatles songs
• "Help!" (1965)
• "All You Need Is Love" (1967)
• "A Day in the Life" (1967)
• Marriage Yoko Ono in 1969
• Release solo album, Double Fantasy, in 1980
• On December 8, 1980, Lennon was shot to death
  outside his New York City apartment by Mark David
  Chapman
• John Lennon is a historical figure that still
  influences the music of present generations.

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The Founder II Paul McCartney

• Paul McCartney
• Born June 18, 1942 (Liverpool, England)
• Writer of many Beatles melodic songs
• "Yesterday" (1965), "Hey Jude" (1968), and "Let
  It Be" (1970)
• Continued as solo artist after The Beatles
  disbanded in 1970
• Wings (1971-1981) included his former wife, Linda
  Eastman
• McCartney married Heather Mills in 2002 and
  separated in 2006
• Popular albums/works since the Beatles
• Band on the Run (1973)
• Tug of War (1982)
• Flowers in the Dirt (1989)
• Liverpool Oratorio (1991)
• Behold My Heart (2006)
• Blackbird Singing Poems and Lyrics 1965-1999
• High in the Clouds (2005) Childrens book
• Paul McCartney is still a figure in music today
  and his invaluable
• accomplishments throughout his life are
  demonstrated through his
• appointment as a knight in 1997.

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The Guitarist George Harrison

• George Harrison
• Born February 25, 1943 (Liverpool, England)
• Introduced concepts of Eastern music during the
  group's final years
• After the Beatles, a career as a soloist and
  composer began
• 1974 Tour with Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar
• Later hits
• "Give Me Love" (1973)
• "This Song" (1976)
• "Crackerbox Palace" (1976)
• "All Those Long Years Ago" (1981)
• "Got My Mind Set on You" (1987)
• Activist
• Helped organize a concert in NYC to raise money
  for Bangladesh
• Record and motion-picture producer
• Produced and performed in the film Monty Python's
  Life of Brian (1979) and produced Time Bandits
  (1981), Privates on Parade (1983), Mona Lisa
  (1986), and Nuns on the Run (1990)
• Though George Harrison passed away in November of
  2001, he will always
• be known for bringing a unique influence to the
  Beatles and the music world.

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The Drummer Ringo Starr

• Richard Starkey
• Born July 7, 1940 (Liverpool, England)
• Attracted fans with his good natured personality
  and charm
• He was a skilled comic actor in the group's hit
  movies
• A Hard Day's Night (1964)
• Help! (1965).
• Developed his film talent
• Candy (1968)
• The Magic Christian (1969)
• Born to Boogie (1972)
• That'll Be the Day (1973)
• Caveman (1981)
• Led own rock band, which had hits including, "It
  Don't Come Easy" (1971), "Photograph" (1973), and
  "Only You" (1974)
• Though Ringo Starr turned his career to movies,
  he still had a great influence on music
  throughout history with his talent as a drummer
  for the Beatles.

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A Shift in Rock n Roll

• Before the Beatles, rock music was based on a
  strong beat
• Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley - 1957)
• The Beatles' music introduced a new sense of
  melody with chord progressions being more complex
  and lyrics having more meaning
• "Yesterday" (1965)

Though their music was innovative, the topics
they wrote about were regularly thought to be
"inappropriate" for popular music. The new themes
went against what was acceptable in the music
industry, and the masses welcomed the Beatles
because of this. However, their record labels,
EMI and Capitol, did not. Nonetheless, Rolling
Stone Magazine (www.rollingstone.com), in a
recent 2007 article, stated, their innovative
music and cultural impact helped define the
1960s, and their influence on pop culture is
still evident today.
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And the Hits Keep Coming (UK Singles)
Total Weeks at Number One 69
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End of the Road

• All good things
• Amid group friction in 1970, Abbey Road, the
  last album by the Beatles, was completed and
  released
• must end.