The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock and roll band from Liverpool, England, who dominated popular music through the 1960s. The four members, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, started out playing tight, energetic pop songs before expanding into folk, psychedelia, chamber pop, and beyond. Their output across a decade reshaped what a band could do in a recording studio and what songwriting could look like.