The Beatles Come to America

The Beatles also inspired and brought to life a lot of music. Within two years such American bands as the Byrds and the Monkees, who owed their sound and their look to the Beatles, were climbing the charts.

The Beatles were great artists, and their most important influence was musical. To begin with, their sound and style represented a unique synthesis of many genres—from early rock ’n’ roll, blues, and country

But the Beatles were anything but normal; they were the greatest band and the most influential cultural force of the decade that became synonymous with their name.

Suddenly they seemed to be everywhere—on the airwaves, in the newspapers and magazines, and still very much on the road, performing for young audiences who, more and more, demonstrated just why the word fan derives from fanatic.

The Beatles were supreme artists who contributed a singular voice to an eloquent generation. They supplied hope and wonder and an unquenchable optimism to an age that, at its best, believed deeply in the perfectibility of humankind.

after ten short years, they passed into immortality.