Pop Rock has been around for decades with different cultural bands across the world. Back in the 1960's a British Pop Rock group from Liverpool hit top charts and number one hit singles with their albums. This band was named The Beatles. They visited many countries and cities on tour all over the world. They put a big impact ... lot of number one hits like "Love Me Do," "From Me To You," and "She Loves You." All of these hit singles went straight to number one on single hit charts. Also their album "Please Please me" went to number one on the top selling album chart. These hit singles and al...

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With many hits skyrocketing through the billboard charts, The Beatles had over twenty-six singles and seven number one albums in the top forty. From the name "The Quarry Men- to "Johnny and the Moondogs- they finally simplified ... may have been a little nerdy but to the fans, The Beatles were their idols. Although The Beatles had a few hardships throughout their career they still had hits that climbed the charts. Being their original selves while doing what they loved was what people respected and enjoyed. People enjoyed them so much that they became one of the greatest rock-n-roll bands .....

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... Martin. It was released on October 5, 1962 and got to number 17 in a matter of two weeks. It sold over 100,000 copies. "Please Please Me" came next, topping the charts. The boys cleaned up their acts, started "to wash their mops more regularly" (Schaffner, 21), and dress more nicely. They then created their first ever full length record album. Titled ... ...

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... . Drummer Ringo Starr joined the band in 1962, right before Beatlemania began. This same year the Beatle's first single, "Love Me Do", was released and reached #17 on the British charts. The second and third singles released ("Please Please Me" and "From Me to You") were also successful in England. In 1963 when the single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was ... ...

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... swept the country. An incredible 73,000,000 people watched the Beatles first US appearance and their first album; Meet the Beatles quickly rose to the top of the album charts. Although the sixties music side of things was very much dominated by bands such as The Rolling Stones and The Beatles there were still a number of bands that became huge ... ...

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... It Be" were dropping, sales of "McCartney were booming. The album was composed of all of Paul's work that the Beatles had rejected, and it became No. 1 on the US charts for nearly a month. After his release of his second album "Ram", McCartney formed the band, Wings. In 1971, Wings released their first album, "Wild Life". Over the years members have ... ...

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... son. On December 8th, 1980, John Lennon was assassinationed. In the early sixties, rock and roll music was on a decline; it in fact began to flatten out'. On the Billboard charts, rock and roll was no longer the mainstream of music. It was shared with country, rhythm and blues, folk music and crooners such as Frank Sinatra. Some began to call ... ...

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