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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Madchester 1
Mersey Beat (music paper) 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 (4)

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

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)
Paul McCartney → movement → Merseybeat ⓘ