A Commonplace Book

Category: Beatles...

  • owning all the Beatles' recordings
  • walking down London's Abbey Road, visiting Strawberry Fields, Apple Studio, the Cavern Club, Liverpool
  • Instant Karma by John Lennon
  • The songwriting skills of John Lennon and Paul McCartney
  • Beatles memorabilia from Beatlemania
  • a global cynosure for the hopes and dreams of a generation
  • the band members' long hair, flip humor, and whimsical display of devil-may-care abandon, captured on film in A Hard Day's Night and Help!
  • the Beatles' reinvention of rock-and-roll as a cultural form, their dramatic expansion of the musical range and expressive scope of the genre
  • the Beatles' discography
  • John Lennon played rhythm guitar, Paul McCartney played bass, George Harrison played lead guitar, and Ringo Starr played drums.
  • The Beatles had 11 consecutive Top 10 albums from June 1965-March 1970.

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