Influence of the Beatles on Music
...He was then dismissed from the group. Pete Best stepped in to take over as drummer. They continued on to Germany where they played gigs in small bars and clubs, but that didn't last long. John and Pete were deported for an incident involving fire and wallpaper of their hotel room. George was then asked to leave the next day for being 'too young.' In returning to Liverpool, they had become a "much better band" and played eight hours on stage (Carr, Tyler. 8). On September 11, 1962, the Beatles recorded 'Love Me Do' at the EMI recording studios in London. When this single went on the radio and came out in record stores, it was an immediate hit. This is what started the Beatles sensation. On August 16, 1962, Pete Best was "sacked from the group" and Richard Starkey stepped in. Starkey then became known as Ringo Starr. While recording the B-side of the 'Love Me Do' record, Andy White was asked to step into Starr's place because George Martin, their manager, didn't believe that Starr could play well enough. Sorting through the many attempts at getting the song perfect, the finished track that was selected was of the few that Ringo had provided. Their first single reached the low twenties in the nationwide charts. From then on, their music was enjoyed more and more by a wider variety of people. Their music spread across Europe and into America. The first single released in America was Please, Please Me. It was an instant hit. The Beatles music was an inspiration to all. The chords, key shifts, and guitar patterns are sometimes hard to recognize. Once the Beatles became the 'famous' Beatles, they began to disgregard their public image and focus on what they wanted to sound like. They became more intune with themselves and their desires which made their music even better and even more theirs. No one could copy or attempt to copy their sound, this is what made them legendary. Happening upon drugs is what made the Bealtes famous. They were into pot and LSD or acid. They would write about the things they saw and what they felt like afterwards. The things they would write were amazing notes and keys that no one could fathom. Most people thought that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was about an LSD trip that John Lennon once took. They believed that when he sang "...where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies..." or "...newspaper taxis appear on th...