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The Beatles Were An English Rock Band That Formed in Liverpool

The Beatles were a highly influential English rock band formed in 1960 in Liverpool. Originally playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg, they gained popularity in the UK and US in the early 1960s. Considered one of the greatest and most influential acts in rock music, the Beatles experimented with various genres on innovative albums that shaped pop music in the 1960s before breaking up in 1970.

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The Beatles Were An English Rock Band That Formed in Liverpool

The Beatles were a highly influential English rock band formed in 1960 in Liverpool. Originally playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg, they gained popularity in the UK and US in the early 1960s. Considered one of the greatest and most influential acts in rock music, the Beatles experimented with various genres on innovative albums that shaped pop music in the 1960s before breaking up in 1970.

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The Beatles were an English rock band that formed in Liverpool, in 1960.

With John
Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as
the greatest and most influential act of the rock era. the Beatles later experimented with
several genres, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelic and hard rock,
often incorporating classical elements in innovative ways. The Beatles built their reputation
playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period from 1960. They gained
popularity in the United Kingdom after their first hit, "Love Me Do", in late 1962. and by
early 1964 they had become international stars, leading the "British Invasion" of the United
States pop market. From 1965 onwards, the Beatles produced what many critics consider
their finest material, including the innovative and widely influential albums Rubber Soul
(1965), Revolver (1966), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), The Beatles
(commonly known as the White Album, 1968) and Abbey Road (1969). After their break-up
in 1970, they each enjoyed successful musical careers. Lennon was shot and killed in
December 1980, and Harrison died of lung cancer in November 2001. McCartney and Starr,
the surviving members, remain musically active.

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