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The Beatles ' impact on America went far beyond commercial success, however, with the fact that the band wrote much of their own material being particularly influential on aspiring U. S. musicians.
In addition, the youthful exuberance of the band's music, the inventive melodies and harmonies that they utilized, and their image as four equal personalities — rather than the more usual star being backed by a group of anonymous musicians — were all revolutionary in terms of creating a new standard for musical groups.
Of particular importance to the development of folk rock were the subtle folk influences evident in such Beatles ' compositions as " I'll Be Back ", " Things We Said Today ", and " I'm a Loser ", with the latter song being directly inspired by folk singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.
These songs were all influential in providing a template for successfully assimilating folk-based chord progressions and melodies into pop music.
This melding of folk and rock ' n ' roll in The Beatles ' music became even more explicit during 1965, with the release of " You've Got to Hide Your Love Away ", a folk-derived song with introspective lyrics, again influenced by Dylan.
Although The Beatles themselves utilized folk as just one of many styles evident in their music, the underlying folk influences in a number of their songs would prove to be extremely important to folk rock musicians attempting to blend their own folk influences with beat music.

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