A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles, a group of four young men, were the most popular Rock 'n' Roll band in Great Britain by 1963. With two albums each with number one hits, crowds of screaming teenage girls would follow them around and their popularity grew with teenagers everywhere around the world.
They played many shows in the U.S. including Kansas City, where they were paid $150,000. This was six times greater than they normally received, and they were thrilled to earn $5,000 per minute for that concert.
The Beatles were taking over the music industry, and their style was influencing young people. In 1962 and 1963, high school yearbooks typically displayed young men with suits, ties, and short haircuts. Young women wore blouses and skirts, and dresses below their knees. Looking at a yearbook five years later was extremely different. Boys had hair below their ears, sometimes past their shoulders, and both men and women wore t-shirts and jeans. The youth culture did not want to conform to adults' rules of style, and rebelled by creating their own style.
At the height of their popularity, products were made with The Beatles on them, including lunchboxes, figurines, and hair spray! Girls would always try to decide which Beatle they thought was cutest, creating disagreements in many girls' social circles. Youth in America were so eager to connect with the Beatles, that when George explained that he liked jelly beans, in seconds, stores were sold out of jelly beans.
The Beatles became so popular that John said that they "were more famous than Jesus Christ". In a teenage magazine, this statement was incorrectly paraphrased, stating "The Beatles were more important than Jesus Christ". People became riotous, burning The Beatles' records and memorabilia, but The Beatles still had a large following.
While the reporter tried to clear the air, the distortion was never fully cleared and between the concert industry being immature and the disruption to their image, The Beatles decided to only play in the studio.
They played many shows in the U.S. including Kansas City, where they were paid $150,000. This was six times greater than they normally received, and they were thrilled to earn $5,000 per minute for that concert.
The Beatles were taking over the music industry, and their style was influencing young people. In 1962 and 1963, high school yearbooks typically displayed young men with suits, ties, and short haircuts. Young women wore blouses and skirts, and dresses below their knees. Looking at a yearbook five years later was extremely different. Boys had hair below their ears, sometimes past their shoulders, and both men and women wore t-shirts and jeans. The youth culture did not want to conform to adults' rules of style, and rebelled by creating their own style.
At the height of their popularity, products were made with The Beatles on them, including lunchboxes, figurines, and hair spray! Girls would always try to decide which Beatle they thought was cutest, creating disagreements in many girls' social circles. Youth in America were so eager to connect with the Beatles, that when George explained that he liked jelly beans, in seconds, stores were sold out of jelly beans.
The Beatles became so popular that John said that they "were more famous than Jesus Christ". In a teenage magazine, this statement was incorrectly paraphrased, stating "The Beatles were more important than Jesus Christ". People became riotous, burning The Beatles' records and memorabilia, but The Beatles still had a large following.
While the reporter tried to clear the air, the distortion was never fully cleared and between the concert industry being immature and the disruption to their image, The Beatles decided to only play in the studio.