Beatle Mania Research Paper

Beatle mania The year is 1964. The place, the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England. The club is full to capacity. The room’s aroma is one of pure anxiety and excite. Beyond the empty stage there is an ear piercing sound coming from the crowd of people. The sound is both hysterical and joyous. With each passing minute the room’s apprehension gets stronger. As the certain rises and the lights begin to dim, the crowd’s sound increases. Finally, the awaiting moment arrives. When four shadows appear upon the stage the wild nature of the crowd greatly intensifies. Why is the crowd cheering this outrageously? Better yet, who could they possibly be this eager to see? It is none other than the newly famed and acclaimed British group known
The Beatles were composed of four young men from Liverpool, England, a port city in northern England. The members of the group included John Lennon, James Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Richard Starkey, better known as Ringo Starr. The group began with John Lennon who was the leader of a band called The Quarrymen. This band was known as a Skiffle Group, which Paul McCartney was also a member of. The two were introduced to George Harrison and they all collided together. They began playing together as a band and soon included Richard Starkey as the band’s drummer. The group continued to perform under the name The Quarrymen for a couple of years but a change soon came about. In the spring of 1960 the band changed their name to the Silver Beetles, which was soon shortened to be simply, the Beatles (Stark, Steven D. Meet the Beatles: A Cultural History of the Band that Shook Youth, Gender, and the
Initially, his concern was that he had subconsciously plagiarized someone else’s work. McCartney quotes that, “For about a month I went round to people in the music business and asked them whether they had ever heard it before. Eventually it became like handing something in to the police. I thought if no one claimed it after a few weeks then I could have it.” (Hertsgaard, Mark. A Day in the Life: The Music and Artistry of the Beatles. New York, Delacorte Press, 1995. P.131). Soon he was convinced that his melody was indeed an original one and began to write lyrics that suited it. It took him quite some time to find lyrics and a title that fit the melody. His initial working title was “Scrambled Eggs”, to complement his opening line, which stated, “Scrambled eggs, oh, baby how I love your legs.” McCartney finally had a breakthrough with the lyrics and centered them on the breakup between him and his girlfriend. “Yesterday” was the first song the Beatles released that did not feature the entire group, but only its composer, Paul McCartney. In spite of this fact, the song acquired very much success for the