https://padlet.com/hunter_tauferner/g0xyymtdd8m1 en-us 2017-11-03 14:56:47 UTC 2017-11-04 16:22:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png hunter_tauferner https://padlet.com/hunter_tauferner/g0xyymtdd8m1/wish/203324211 The Beatles first formed in March 1957, but not under the name the Beatles. They first formed as The Quarrymen, and eventually changed to The Beatles. The founders were John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and later band members, George Harrison and Ringo Starr joined. They played mostly covers in the beginning. Mainly their idols like Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Buddy Holly. Later in the bandś years they started writing original songs. They eventually got their first big gig in Hamburg Germany,]]> 2017-11-03 14:59:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hunter_tauferner/g0xyymtdd8m1/wish/203324211 hunter_tauferner https://padlet.com/hunter_tauferner/g0xyymtdd8m1/wish/203328057 The Beatles got their first big gig in Hamburg, Germany. They played long 6 hour shows, and had few breaks. This made them play hundreds of songs a week. All this practice playing and being in front of crowds, got them prepared for the fame. ]]> 2017-11-03 15:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hunter_tauferner/g0xyymtdd8m1/wish/203328057 hunter_tauferner https://padlet.com/hunter_tauferner/g0xyymtdd8m1/wish/203546933 The Beatles were performing at The Cavern Club when a wealthy man, Brian Epstein, saw them and was impressed. He asked them if they needed a manager. After a while of searching, he finally got a recording job with EMI, with George Martin as the producer. This came with a cost. Martin did not think that Pete Best, the Beatles current drummer, was talented enough. They got Ringo Starr to fill in as drums. Many fans were mad at this decision and they would often hear Pete's name being chanted at concerts.]]> 2017-11-04 16:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hunter_tauferner/g0xyymtdd8m1/wish/203546933 hunter_tauferner https://padlet.com/hunter_tauferner/g0xyymtdd8m1/wish/203547407 Soon after getting a recording job, they started releasing big hits. The band released many songs like Love me Do, Please Please Me, and From me to You. Most of their songs did great and got on the charts, even though most of them were bubblegum sounding songs that mainly talked about love and girls. There was talk about them doing a tour in America, but there was so much history with failing British artists in America. The Beatles said they would go to America if they had a #1 song on the American Charts. They did this with their song "I Want to Hold Your Hand", so they flew to America. There was an instant craze in America that was already happening in Britain, which was Beatlemania. When they arrived in America they were already being attacked by teenage girls, this showed them they were there to stay.]]> 2017-11-04 16:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hunter_tauferner/g0xyymtdd8m1/wish/203547407 hunter_tauferner https://padlet.com/hunter_tauferner/g0xyymtdd8m1/wish/203548058 The Beatles finally reached what we know them as today. They played on the Ed Sullivan Show and got over 70 million viewers. This is a huge amount of people watching even in today's current numbers. There was so many people watching the crime rate dropped while the Beatles were aired on TV. The Beatles changed the way music is today. They releases constant #1 hits. They set the format for how rock n roll will happen for the next few decades. With band members writing their own songs, and a producer. They were the only thing that was on the mind of kids in terms of music, and any noise they made could probably reach the top 10 charts. The Beatles were short lived, but they were extremely influential.]]> 2017-11-04 16:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hunter_tauferner/g0xyymtdd8m1/wish/203548058