THE BEATLES: UK, British beat (1962) and progressive rock (1967)
The Beatles had three lives in 10 years. In 1960-1962, they feature a stage band delivering traditional R&B and rock’n roll, appearing nearly 500 times on stage mostly in Hamburg and Liverpool Clubs. In 1963-1966, they convert into the world’s #1 pop-hits delivering machine, impersonating the British ‘beat-pop’ wave with 7 studio albums, 13 singles and buoyant international tours. In 1967-1970 the band stops touring but successfully releases another 7 singles and 6 LPs while shifting to a popular style of progressive rock, even with forays into psychedelic rock with its 1966 tracks ‘Rain‘ and ‘Tomorrow never knows‘. In just over 200 songs, the Beatles claim sales topping 500 million units and are the world’s best-selling musical act ever, together with Elvis Presley. From Uruguay to Russia, everyone loves the Beatles.
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∙ 1962 ∙ My Bonnie (Tony Sheridan with the Beatles) ∙ UNRELEASED ∙ One after 909 ∙ Take good care of my baby ∙ 1st SINGLE ∙ Love me do (Oct. 5, 1962) ∙
∙ 1963 ∙ Please please me (Jan. 1963) ∙ PLEASE PLEASE ME (March 1963) ∙ I saw her standing there ∙ Boys ∙ Twist and shout ∙ There’s a place ∙ SINGLES ∙ From me to you ∙ She loves you ∙ WITH THE BEATLES (Nov. 1963) ∙ All my loving ∙ Please Mr. Postman ∙ I wanna be your man ∙ SINGLE ∙ I want to hold your hand ∙
∙ 1964 ∙ Can’t buy me love ∙ You can’t do that ∙ A HARD DAY’S NIGHT (July 1964) ∙ A hard day’s night ∙ Tell me why ∙ I should have known better ∙ If I fell ∙ And I love her ∙ Can’t buy me love ∙ Things we said today ∙ SINGLE ∙ I feel fine ∙ BEATLES FOR SALES (Dec. 1964) ∙ I’m a loser ∙ Baby’s in black ∙ Kansas City/Hey, hey, hey, hey ∙ Eight days a week ∙ Words of love ∙ Everybody’s trying to be my baby ∙
∙ 1965 ∙ Help! ∙ I’m down ∙ HELP! (Aug. 1965) ∙ You’re going to lose that girl ∙ Ticket to ride ∙ Act naturally ∙ Yesterday ∙ SINGLES ∙ Day tripper ∙ We can work it out ∙ RUBBER SOUL (Dec. 1965) ∙ Nowhere man ∙ If I needed someone ∙ Norwegian wood ∙
∙ 1966 ∙ Paperback writer ∙ Rain ∙ REVOLVER (Aug. 1966) ∙ Eleanor Rigby ∙ Tomorrow never knows ∙
∙ 1967 ∙ SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (May 1967) ∙ Lucy in the sky with diamonds ∙ A day in the life ∙ THE MAGICAL MISTERY TOUR (Dec. 1967) ∙ Blue jay way ∙ Hello, goodbye ∙ Strawberry fields forever ∙ Penny Lane ∙ All you need is love ∙
∙ 1968 ∙ Hey Jude ∙ Revolution ∙ Lady Madonna ∙ THE WHITE ALBUM (Nov. 1968) ∙ Happiness is a warm gun ∙ Blackbird ∙ While my guitar gently weeps ∙
∙ 1969 ∙ YELLOW SUBMARINE (Jan. 1969) ∙ Yellow submarine ∙ Hey bulldog ∙ SINGLES ∙ Get back ∙ Don’t let me down ∙ The ballad of John and Yoko ∙ Old brown shoe ∙ ABBEY ROAD (Sep. 1969) ∙ Come together ∙ Something ∙ I want you (she’s so heavy) ∙ The end ∙
∙ 1970 ∙ LET IT BE (May 1970) ∙ Let it be ∙ Accross the universe ∙
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TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS
A precursor song of psychedelic rock, orignal by The Beatles (1966), covers by:
∙ 1968 ∙ Morgana King (USA) ∙ 1970 ∙ Little Junior Parker (USA) ∙ 1981 ∙ Phil Collins (UK) ∙ 1986 ∙ The Chameleons (UK) ∙ 1987 ∙ The Mission (UK) ∙ 1993 ∙ Los Lobos (USA) ∙ 2014 ∙ Inverness (UK) ∙ 2018 ∙ Fractal Cat (USA) ∙ 2020 ∙ Mellow Blues (Singapore) ∙
