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The Beatles shaped not only music but ... an entire generation. People mimicked all that they did, including haircuts, clothing, and outlook. Their style and innovative music set the standard for all musicians to follow.
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In this year The Beatles have both revitalized the memories of millions and attracted the new interest of those too young to remember. And as always -- as Beatles press officer Derek Taylor notes -- their music preserves their role and influence "intact to infinity."
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WORLDSPACE will kick off "Honours Week" with its own inaugural satellite radio awards show, WORLDSPACE Honours, on Feb. 12 live from Studio 2 at Abbey Road, the legendary recording studio of The Beatles. WORLDSPACE Honours will be the first satellite radio award show to recognize music and artistic contribution by artists from more than 20 musical genres represented on WORLDSPACE channels ranging from Up Country to Jhankaar and The System to Shruti. The honorees will be chosen by WORLDSPACE's executive selection committee made up of programming staff from each of the 20 channels represented.
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Beatles receive MBE (Member of the Order of British Empire) medals at Buckingham Palace. Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson (Member of Parliament for Liverpool), in 1982 interview with author Ray Coleman, had this to say: "I saw the Beatles, as having a transforming effect on the minds of youth, mostly for the good. It kept a lot of kids off the streets. They introduced many many young people to music, which in itself was a good thing. A lot of old stagers might have regarded it as idiosyncratic music, but the Mersey sound was a new important thing. That's why they deserved such recognition."
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It is a commonplace of pop-music commentary to point out that at the time of the Beatles' first appearance on the Sullivan show, the U.S. was a country uniquely in need of some cheering up. The assassination of a young and charismatic President little more than two months earlier had cast a pall on the national mood; and of course there were rumors of war. Certainly the moment was propitious for the four lads from Liverpool.
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Historical Footnote for Guitar Players: Ever wonder why you can't faithfully reproduce on your guitar the same sound the Beatles used for the opening chord on A Hard Day's Night? It is because three instruments are used together at the same time. In 2001, Walter Everett, professor of music for Michigan University, published on page 236 from his book - The Beatles As Musicians: The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul -
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