The Beatles

The above statement came out of John Lennon's mouth in America during one of the Beatles tours in 1966. Before we draw any presumptuous conclusions about the egoism of the statement, let's take a look at some facts that make it easier to understand why the co-leader of the Beatles might have uttered such a statement, "In January, 1964, �I Want to Hold Your Hand' arrived on American charts. One week later, �She Loves Your' careened onto the charts---wooo! The week after that came the headlong rush of �Please Please Me,' and by April, the top five singles in the country were all Beatles records. By year's-end they had logged a head-spinning 29 hits on the U.S. charts" (Loder 1). It is a feat that has never been close to being challenged and likely may stand forever. Beatlemania had already gripped Europe, but the Fab Four arrived in America in February of 1964. They arrived here on the invitation of Ed Sullivan who had seen the furor they created in England firsthand. The Sullivan broadcast was seen by a then record 73 million Americans and the Beatles began their first U.S. tour the week after (Hirshberg 5). Yet, six short years later the Beatles would be no more. While the hysteria their presence and sound created had a great deal to do with their breakup and dissolution, there were other crucial factors that attributed to the end of the band. This analysis will discuss the affect Beatlemania among U.S. fans a

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acker goes off during the show, they think they're being shot at. The next day in Cincinnati a concert promoter who has failed to provide a stage canopy can't understand why the Beatles are unwilling to play electric guitars in a rainstorm. Thirty-five thousand hysterical fans are shown the door, and Paul is so agitated he becomes ill. On August 28, at Dodger Stadium, L.A. cops are seen beating teenage girls. Dozens are trampled in the chaos. At the final stop, Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Brian tells a friend, �This is the last one ever.' The Beatles know it too. John and Paul bring cameras to document an historic event-the last concert they will ever play. (Hirshberg 7) While the Beatles did not play another concert as a group after this date, they did create some of their most acclaimed music in the years after the Candlestick Part concert. The next three years would see respectively, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "The Beatles" (White Album), "Abbey Road". Despite this productivity the band was continuing to have creative differences and was experiencing quite a bit of infighting. There was always an ongoing battle between John and Paul as to whose talent was more responsible for the band's succe

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