The Beatles

THE FOUR AND ONLY
It’s nearly impossible to overstate the magnitude of the Beatles’ infl uence—
not just on music, but upon virtually every aspect of popular culture in the
years since the band’s worldwide breakthrough in 1964. In their initial incarnation
as cheerful, wisecracking moptops, the Fab Four revolutionized the
sound, style, and attitude of popular music and opened rock and roll’s doors
to a tidal wave of British rock acts.