Cultural+impact+of+The+Beatles

The Beatles were a group formed in Liverpool, England 1957 as The Quarrymen. They are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music. Their innovative music and cultural impact helped define the 1960s. Their clothes, styles, and statements made them trend-setters and is still evident in pop culture today. Over the years many other popular artisits covered Beatles songs sch as Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, David Bowie, Keith Moon, Peter Sellers, and many other artists. Another big aspect of the image of the Beatles is their fashion. The Beatle haircut, also known as the mop-top, is a mid-length hairstyle named after and popularised by the Beatles. After their suit wearing Beatlemania years they popularised bright colours, and wore paisley suits and shirts and trousers with floral patterns. The Beatles also popularised Indian-influenced fashions such as collarless shirts and sandals. Along with their influences on artists and fashion styles they are also prevelent on TV and in movies. Shows like The Simpsons, Family Guy, Saturday Night Live, Sesame Street, and many others often have spoofs or refrences to the Beatles. Along with TV apperances are their many movies made about them or are refrence to them like A Hard Day's Night, Yellow Submarine, Let It Be, Across the Universe, Goldfinger, and numerous amounts of others. Through these contributions to society you are able to see the impacts the Beatles have had on our culture in the 1960s to now. media type="youtube" key="enFLAjhZxic&hl=en" height="355" width="425" The Beatles in Family Guy From this to

A movie that incorporates 34 compositions written by members of The Beatles

A picture of the Simpsons spoofing the cover of Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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