The Beatles

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The Beatles were a groundbreaking British rock band from Liverpool whose innovative songwriting, studio experimentation, and cultural impact helped redefine popular music in the 1960s and beyond.

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The Beatles Story 1
The Fab Four 1
references The Beatles 1

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British band
musical group
rock band
activeYearsEnd 1970
activeYearsStart 1960
alsoKnownAs The Beatles
surface form: The Fab Four
associatedAct Plastic Ono Band
Traveling Wilburys
Wings
Yoko Ono
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
formedIn 1960
formerMember Pete Best
Stuart Sutcliffe
genre baroque pop
beat music
experimental rock
folk rock
hard rock
pop music
psychedelic rock
rock music
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionYear 1988
hasAward Academy Award for Best Original Score
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Song Score

BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music
Grammy Award
hasCulturalImpact 1960s counterculture
British Invasion
hasGenreInnovation studio experimentation
hasInfluenceOn fashion
music production techniques
popular music
psychedelic culture
youth culture
influenced ELO
Nirvana
Oasis
Radiohead
The Byrds
language English
leadSongwriter Lennon–McCartney
member George Harrison
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
notableSong Come Together
Eleanor Rigby
Help!
Hey Jude
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Let It Be
Love Me Do
Penny Lane
She Loves You
Strawberry Fields Forever
Yellow Submarine
Yesterday
notableWork A Hard Day's Night
Abbey Road
Beatles for Sale
Help!
Let It Be
Magical Mystery Tour
Please Please Me
Revolver
Rubber Soul
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
surface form: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles (White Album)
With The Beatles
Yellow Submarine
origin Liverpool
recordLabel Apple Records
Capitol Records
Parlophone
soldRecordsEstimate over 600 million

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The Beatles alsoKnownAs The Beatles
this entity surface form: The Fab Four
A Hard Day's Night artist The Beatles
subject surface form: A Hard Day's Night (album)
Beatles for Sale artist The Beatles
Eleanor Rigby artist The Beatles
Hey Jude artist The Beatles
Let It Be artist The Beatles
subject surface form: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Strawberry Fields Forever artist The Beatles
Carl Perkins associatedAct The Beatles
George Harrison associatedAct The Beatles
Harry Nilsson associatedAct The Beatles
John Lennon associatedAct The Beatles
Paul McCartney associatedAct The Beatles
Ringo Starr associatedAct The Beatles
The Fireman associatedAct The Beatles
Wings associatedAct The Beatles
Beatrice McCartney associatedWith The Beatles
MPL Communications associatedWith The Beatles
Strawberry Fields associatedWith The Beatles
Yoko Ono associatedWith The Beatles
Liverpool birthplaceOf The Beatles
George Martin collaboratedWith The Beatles
Jeff Lynne collaboratedWith The Beatles
Yoko Ono collaboratedWith The Beatles
The Quarrymen evolvedInto The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night features The Beatles
Yesterday featuresMusicBy The Beatles
Merseyside hasCulturalAttraction The Beatles
this entity surface form: The Beatles Story
Garden Party hasNotableLyric The Beatles
this entity surface form: references The Beatles
The Cavern Club hostedBand The Beatles
The Garden hostedPerformer The Beatles
subject surface form: Boston Garden
Bob Dylan influenced The Beatles
Zimmerman influenced The Beatles
subject surface form: Bob Dylan
Brian Wilson influenced The Beatles
Buddy Holly influenced The Beatles
Carl Perkins influenced The Beatles
Chuck Berry influenced The Beatles
Elvis Presley influenced The Beatles
Little Richard influenced The Beatles
Marx Brothers influenced The Beatles
The Beach Boys influenced The Beatles
The Quarrymen influenced The Beatles
Billy Joel influencedBy The Beatles
Bruce Springsteen influencedBy The Beatles
Elton John influencedBy The Beatles
Harry Nilsson influencedBy The Beatles