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BEATLES, uncl., (colloquial) BEATLES, ov and BEATLES, ov. Popular English vocal-instrumental quartet. Explanatory dictionary of Ozhegov. S.I. Ozhegov, N.Yu. Shvedova. 1949 1992 ... Explanatory dictionary of Ozhegov

The Beatles- (eng. The Beatles), an English ensemble of rock musicians. How the quartet was formed in 1961 (another name is the "Liverpool Four"), has been leading the story since 1956. Composition: John Lennon (Lennon, 1940 1980), Paul McCartney (McCartney, b. 1942), George Harrison ... ... encyclopedic Dictionary

THE BEATLES- "The Beatles" (Beatles), English rock (see ROCK MUSIC) group. It was formed in Liverpool in 1959. Composition: Paul McCartney (see Paul McCartney) (James Paul McCartney) (b. June 18, 1942; vocals, bass guitar, keyboards), John Lennon (see John LENNON) (John ... ... encyclopedic Dictionary

THE BEATLES- (English Beatles) English vocal instrumental quartet, created in Liverpool in 1956: P. McCartney (P. McCartney), J. Lennon (J. Lennon), J. Harrison (G. Harrison), Ringo Starr (Ringo Starr) (since 1962, real name and surname Richard Starkey, ... ... Big Encyclopedic Dictionary

The Beatles- non-cl. m.; = The Beatles Members of the popular in the 1960s 1970s. The Liverpool Four of Rock Musicians, who performed songs to their own accompaniment on electric guitars and big beat drums (leading history since 1956, but as an English quartet from ... ... Modern explanatory dictionary of the Russian language Efremova

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THE BEATLES- (Eng. The Beatles) English vocal instrumental quartet, undoubtedly the most popular musical ensemble of the 1960s. Ensemble members John Lennon (October 9, 1940 December 8, 1980), Paul McCartney (b. June 18, 1942), George Harrison (b ... Collier Encyclopedia

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Fact #5037

In Texas in 1966, religious groups staged a public burning of the Beatles' records in response to a phrase John Lennon had thrown in an interview: Lennon declared that "Christianity is in decline and the Beatles have become more popular than Jesus Christ."

On Saturday, August 13, 1966, one of the first record bonfires was held in Longview, Texas, and hosted by local radio station KLUE.

The next day, August 14, lightning struck the tower of this radio station. A large amount of equipment was damaged by a lightning strike, and the director of the news department was taken to the hospital.

Fact #5096

In 2009 Liverpool's Hope University opened a specialization called The Beatles, Popular Music and Society. The curriculum states the history of the group in the context of world history. The training consists of four 12-week semesters, and at the end of it the student defends his thesis and receives a master's degree. "Thousands of books have been written about The Beatles, but there is not a single serious scientific study among them. Now that forty years have passed since the breakup of the group and passions have subsided, it's time to start studying The Beatles. Liverpool is the right place for this, because all musicians were born and raised here," comments Michael Broken, Senior Lecturer in the Popular Music course at Hope.

Source: article by Pavel Filippov, Rolling Stone magazine, April 2009

Fact #5514

British scientists have proven that the British loved the Beatles because they sang about ... the weather. So says The Telegraph, referring to the findings of experts from Oxford and Southampton universities. Scientists examined 308 Beatles songs and found that 48 works mention the weather; thus, the share of songs about the weather in their work was 16%.

People in the UK love to talk about the weather, and the Beatles were no exception: they wrote the most songs on this topic among more than 900 songwriters and performers whose work was studied in this scientific work.

The study was published in the journal Weather. Experts analyzed texts, musical genres, tonality and connection with certain weather phenomena. It turned out that out of the 500 greatest songs of all time (according to Rolling Stone magazine), 7% of the songs are about the weather. Of the 190 songs, 86 are about the sun, and 74 are about rain. The Beatles' "Here Comes The Sun" is also mentioned there: the authors were inspired by the first spring sunny day after a long cold winter.

THE BEATLES

(Eng. The Beatles) - an English vocal-instrumental quartet, undoubtedly the most popular musical ensemble of the 1960s. Ensemble members - John Lennon (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980), Paul McCartney (b. June 18, 1942), George Harrison (b. February 25, 1943) and Ringo Starr (real name Richard Starkey, b. July 7, 1940) - natives of Liverpool and people from the proletarian environment. The Beatles (Lennon, McCartney and Harrison - guitars and vocals, Starr - drums) created a style characterized by a loud sound (achieved by using instruments with electric amplifiers) and a pronounced beat (rhythmic pulsation).

The ensemble was born in 1956 at the joint performances of Lennon and McCartney, soon joined by Harrison. Drummer Peter Best played with them for two years, but Starr replaced him in 1962. The name "Beatles" established itself behind the group, displacing other names: "Quarriman", "Moon Dogs", "Moonshines" and "Silver Beatles". The punning name of the quartet, which evokes associations with the name of an insect (beetle - "beetle") and the designation of rhythmic pulsation (beat - "bit"), owes its birth to both Lennon's witty invention and Buddy Holly's group "Crickets" ("Crickets").

At first, the Beatles, like other Liverpool bands, played in small clubs. Their music was not original: a traditional mix of British and American rhythms - rock and roll, skiffle (improvisational music performed by English amateur artists on unusual instruments: washboard, children's pipe, square guitar, etc.) and a simple variety of jazz 1920-1930s, which was the basis of rock and roll and skiffle. But the main attention of the public was attracted by the young performers themselves. Teenagers terribly liked the mischievous wits Lennon and McCartney, the authors of most of the songs of the ensemble, the sad clown Starr, who loved rings and therefore chose the pseudonym "Ringo" for himself, and the quiet with an impenetrable face Harrison, the lead guitarist who composed several "Beatle" hits.

In 1961 Brian Epstein, a young record dealer, became their manager. He began by changing their image (in particular, expensive formal suits appeared instead of leather jackets). After the Beatles performed at London's Palladium Variety Theater in 1963, they became famous throughout the country, and a sensational success on American television a year later brought them international fame.

In the films A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (Help! 1965), the cinematic fantasies of the American director Richard Lester, combined with the Beatles' inherent craving for irony and farce, created an atmosphere close to the comedies of the Marx Brothers In these by no means sentimental films, there was a place for a skillfully made sentimental hit (for example, the song I want to hold your hand) - here Lennon and McCartney were simply virtuosos.

The album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released in 1967, showed that the Beatles had entered a time of musical maturity. Apparently, this was the first rock album based on some a cross-cutting theme, it commented with gentle irony on life in modern industrial society - the conflict of fathers and children, the influence of drugs, the culture of the middle class. The melodic songs are marked by a clear rhythmic pattern and innovative richness of arrangement. Original electronic noises were used. The sitar, an Indian stringed instrument, moaned ( Harrison took sitar lessons from the famous Ravi Shankar.) The imagination of the arranger and conductor George Martin appeared, the leadership of the manager B. Epstein, who from 1963 until his death in 1967 was a co-author of their success, was guessed.

The album Sergeant Pepper proved that the Beatles were a phenomenal phenomenon, and not a one-day sensation that arose on the crest of "Beatlemania". Experimenting with classical, oriental and electronic music, the Beatles brought a lively searching spirit to popular music, while expanding their audience of fans, among whom emerged young intellectuals and businessmen. The list of hits "The Beatles" is very extensive: Michelle (Michelle), Yesterday (Yesterday), Eleanor Rigby (Eleanor Rigby), Help! Help!, Nowhere Man, A Day in the Life, Norwegian Wood, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Yellow Submarine ), Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields, The Fool on the Hill, Hey Jude! (Hey Jude).

In addition to joint participation in recordings, concert performances, films, two members of the ensemble, Lennon and McCartney, were engaged in individual creativity. Lennon wrote books In his own writing (In His Own Write, 1964), Spaniard at work (A Spaniard In the Works, 1965) - collections of prose and poetry with intricate puns. McCartney, remaining in line with purely musical creativity, wrote the music for the film Family Life (The Family Way, 1967). In 1970, the Beatles' last album, Let It Be, was released. In the same year, the group broke up, and each of the ensemble members went their own way. Lennon has released several albums with his wife, artist Yoko Ono. In 1980, he was shot dead by one of his fans in New York.

The three remaining Beatles reunited in 1995 to record The Beatles Anthology, a two-CD album featuring previously unreleased studio recordings and live performances. Of particular interest to this edition was the "new" Beatles song Free as a Bird (Free as a Bird), where McCartney, Harrison and Starr overdubbed their voices and instrumental accompaniment to a working recording made by Lennon shortly before his death. Since then, two more anthologies have been released (both in 1996), with the second also including another "new" song, Real Love, in which three Beatles sang Lennon's archival recording.

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