Merseybeat

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music scene pop music genre rock music genre

Merseybeat was a vibrant early-1960s British rock and pop music scene centered in Liverpool, best known for launching bands like The Beatles and shaping the sound of the British Invasion.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Merseybeat canonical	13
Merseybeat scene	8
Madchester	1
Mersey Beat (music paper)	1
Merseybeat movement	1
Merseybeat music scene	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	music scene ⓘ pop music genre ⓘ rock music genre ⓘ
associatedWith	The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years ⓘ surface form: Beatlemania British Invasion ⓘ
characteristic	catchy melodies ⓘ prominent electric guitars ⓘ simple song structures ⓘ strong vocal harmonies ⓘ up-tempo rhythms ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalOrigin	Liverpool ⓘ early 1960s ⓘ
derivative	British Invasion ⓘ jangle pop ⓘ power pop ⓘ
influenced	1960s British rock ⓘ American rock music ⓘ global pop music ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Liverpool ⓘ Merseyside ⓘ North West England ⓘ
mediaCoverage	Merseybeat self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mersey Beat (music paper)
notableBand	Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas ⓘ Gerry and the Pacemakers ⓘ Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes ⓘ Rory Storm and the Hurricanes ⓘ The Beatles ⓘ The Big Three ⓘ The Fourmost ⓘ The Merseybeats ⓘ The Searchers ⓘ The Swinging Blue Jeans ⓘ The Undertakers ⓘ
notableVenue	The Casbah Coffee Club ⓘ The Cavern Club ⓘ The Iron Door Club ⓘ
peakYears	1962 ⓘ 1963 ⓘ 1964 ⓘ
stylisticOrigin	doo-wop ⓘ pop music ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ skiffle ⓘ
timePeriod	1960s ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation	bass guitar ⓘ drum kit ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paul McCartney → movement → Merseybeat ⓘ

River Mersey → associatedWith → Merseybeat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merseybeat music scene

Tony Wilson → genreSpecialization → Merseybeat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madchester

Merseybeat → mediaCoverage → Merseybeat self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mersey Beat (music paper)

Love Me Do → genre → Merseybeat ⓘ

Pete Best → associatedWith → Merseybeat ⓘ