The Beatles

The Beatles wis an Inglis pop rock baund frae Liverpuil that's members wis John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, an Ringo Starr. They are ane o the maist commercially successfu an weel-respectit baunds in the history o popular muisic.^[1]

In the Unitit Kinrick, The Beatles releasit mair nor fowerty different singles, albums, an EPs that won til nummer ane. This commercial success wis repeatit in monny ither kintras: thair record company, EMI, estimatit that by 1985 they had selt ower ane billyon discs an tapes warldwide. The Beatles is the best-sellin muisical act o aw time in the Unitit States, gaun by the Recordin Industry Association o Americae.

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine rankit The Beatles nummer ane in its list o The 100 Greatest Airtists O Aw Time. Gaun by the selsame magazine, their innovative muisic an cultural impact helpit define the 1960s, an their influence on pop cultur is aye evident the day.

The Beatles led the mid-1960s muisical "British Invasion" in the the Unitit States.^[2] Awtho their ineetial muisical style wis ruitit in 1950s rock an rowe an hame-grown skiffle, the group explorit genres reenging frae Tin Pan Alley tae psychadelic rock. Thair claes, styles, an statements made thaim trend-setters, while their growin social awaurness shaws their influence extendit in tae the social an cultural revolutions o the 1962

1. ↑ "The Beatles: Biography". Rolling Stone. rollingstone.com. Archived frae the original on 20 Februar 2007. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2007.
2. ↑ The Beatles interviewed on the Pop Chronicles [en; ja] (1969)