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The Beatles
Formed during
the late 1950s in

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Liverpool. Founding

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members include
Face to Face

Paul McCartney and

John Lennon. Most
famous songs include
A Hard Day’s Night
and Love Me Do.

The Rolling
Stones
Formed in London
in 1962. Founding

The Beatles vs The Rolling Stones members include

Mick Jagger and Keith
Richards. Most famous
The Beatles they released the album Sgt. However, The Rolling Stones songs include Can’t Get
It was at the St. Peter’s church Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club continued to enjoy popular No Satisfaction.
hall fête in Woolton on 6th Band which has consistently success. In 2002, they released
July 1957 that Paul McCartney been voted as one of the top a “Best-of” album which
first met a young rock ’n’ roller albums of all time. The Beatles covered their work from the
called John Lennon. Before are regarded as one of the past forty years. It became one
long, McCartney and Lennon most innovative bands ever: of the biggest-selling albums of
had struck up a friendship they were the first group ever the year in both the US and the
and McCartney convinced to record guitar feedback, the UK. The Rolling Stones never
Lennon to allow his young first group to print the lyrics of stopped touring and you can
friend George Harrison to their songs on the back of the still see them playing live
join the band (which by this record sleeve, and one of the around the world.
time was known as The Silver first to use distortion.
Beetles). Over the next few The Verdict
years, the group played at the The Rolling Stones While The Rolling Stones GLOSSARY
Cavern Club in Liverpool and The Rolling Stones were are a great band, they fall a a church hall n
a church building with a large
spent time in the German city formed by Brian Jones in little short of The Beatles. room that is used for meetings/
of Hamburg. In 1963, the band London during 1962. Before The Beatles enjoyed a greater parties,
a fête n
etc

recruited the drummer Ringo long, the leadership of the deal of popularity and had an outdoor party often held in a
village
Star and recorded their first band was taken over by the a huge influence on music to strike up a friendship (with) exp
album Please Please Me, which singer Mick Jagger and the as an art form. Also, all the to start being friends with
a drummer n
instantly turned the band guitarist Keith Richards. Much members of The Beatles have the person who plays the drums
(the percussion instruments) in a
into a global phenomenon of the band’s early music was made an impact in areas of band
and its members into media dominated by early American society outside of music (John guitar feedback n
the loud noise produced when a
celebrities. During the mid- rock and roll, and the song Lennon for his humanitarian guitar is held near a guitar amp
1960s, Beatlemania swept which led to their worldwide work, and McCartney for (amplifier) with the volume turned
up high
the world and The Beatles fame Can’t Get No Satisfaction is championing animal rights). the lyrics n
the words to a song
went from success to success. a good example of this. Two of Whilst The Rolling Stones a record sleeve n
Lennon and McCartney’s song their albums, Beggar’s Banquet have undoubtedly influenced the paper or cardboard “envelope”
for a record or CD
writing partnership became and Let it Bleed, are generally musicians, Jagger and distortion n
known as one of the best in considered to be two of the Richards have never become the loud, rough sustained tone that
a guitar can produce
the history of popular music, best rock and roll releases of all iconic individuals in the touring n
travelling to many different
and they were responsible time. In 1969, Brian Jones died same way as McCartney and countries/cities in order to do
for classic songs such as A in mysterious circumstances Lennon. Therefore our scores concerts
to play live exp
Hard Day’s Night, Love Me Do, and he was replaced by a are as follows: The Beatles to play music in front of an
I Feel Fine, I Wanna Hold Your number of different guitarists 10/10; The Rolling Stones audience
to fall short of X exp
Hand and Hey Jude. In 1967, over the next few decades. 09/10. not to be as good as X

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