Proper nouns that are plural in form take a plural verb in both AmE and BrE ; for example, The Beatles are a well-known band ; The Saints are the champions, with one major exception: largely for historical reasons, in American English, the United States is is almost universal.

One such example is the a cappella release of Jay-Z's Black Album, which Danger Mouse mixed with The Beatles ' White Album to create The Grey Album.

During the January 1969 sessions for the Let It Be album, the Beatles played a slow impromptu version of " Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues " — although not written by Holly, it was popularized by him — with Lennon mimicking Holly's vocal style ; the recording was eventually released in the mid-1990s on Anthology 3.

Since diamond also consists of carbon arranged in a crystalline lattice ( though of a different configuration ), scientists have nicknamed this star " Lucy " after the Beatles song " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

This all changed with The Beatles ' most celebrated album Sgt.

However, in the original article on Young from the first edition of the Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll and a subsequent article in the 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide, critic Dave Marsh used this album to accuse Young of deliberately manufacturing a self-mythology, arguing that while his highlights could be seen to place him on a level with other artists from his generation like Bob Dylan or The Beatles, the particulars of his catalogue did not bear this out.

In 1964, he achieved that with the first live American appearance of The Beatles, on February 9, 1964, the most-watched program in TV history to that point and still one of the most-watched programs of all time.

Sullivan struck up such a rapport with the Beatles that he agreed to introduce them at their momentous Shea Stadium concert on August 15, 1965.

Category: People associated with The Beatles

Astronomers named this star " Lucy " after The Beatles ' song " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ".

Furthermore, according to RIAA he is the second best-selling solo albums artist in the United States of all time behind Elvis Presley ( overall is third to the Beatles and Elvis Presley ) with 128 million units sold.

Rock music in India has its origins in 1960s when international stars such as The Beatles visited India and brought their music with them.

Mercury was influenced early on by the Indian playback singer Lata Mangeshkar along with western influences such as Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and The Beatles.

Julian directly inspired three Beatles songs: " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ", " Hey Jude ", and " Good Night ".

However, in the Beatles Anthology series in 1996, the three surviving Beatles confirmed that there was never an idea of having Julian sit in for his father as part of a Beatles reunion, with McCartney saying " why would we want to subject him to all of this?

In the 1960s, designers Mary Quant and Pierre Cardin worked with the company, whose products graced the heads of the rich and famous, including the Beatles and Arnold Palmer, and later Princess Diana.

Category: People associated with The Beatles

Vit Wagner, writing for The Toronto Star in 2001 on the re-mastered edition of " Forever Changes ," said, "( It ) might not rank with the Beach Boys ' ' Pet Sounds ' and the Beatles ' ' Revolver ' and ' Sgt.

Once a normal wall, since the 1980s it has been filled with John Lennon-inspired graffiti and pieces of lyrics from Beatles songs.

* In 1967 Ivor Cutler recorded an album titled Ludo ( Ivor Cutler album ) with Beatles producer George Martin.

Two of these arranger / producers actually worked with Nirvana before working with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

* 1974 – Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40 % complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed " Lucy " ( after The Beatles song " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds "), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.

Similarly, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame stated that the band were " as influential in that decade 1970s as The Beatles were in the prior one ".

Ono appeared on-stage at Microsoft's June 1, 2009 E3 press conference with Olivia Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to promote The Beatles: Rock Band video game.

How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ' n ' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music.

At The Beatles ' 1988 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, George Harrison at one point stated that there were only two " fifth Beatles ": Derek Taylor and Neil Aspinall ( referring to the Beatles ' public relations manager and road manager-turned-business-executive, respectively ).

The remainder of the album consisted of cover versions, several of which had been staples of The Beatles ' live shows years earlier, especially in Hamburg, Germany and at The Cavern in Liverpool, including Chuck Berry's " Rock and Roll Music ", Buddy Holly's " Words of Love ", and two by Carl Perkins, " Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby ", sung by Harrison and " Honey Don't ", sung by Ringo Starr.

In May 1966 they filmed two sets of colour promotional clips for their current single " Rain "/" Paperback Writer " all directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who went on to direct The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus and The Beatles final film Let It Be.

An autographed pair of Smith's drumsticks can be found in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, right next to a pair of sticks used by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.

Although the appearances by The Beatles, Elvis and The Supremes are considered the most famous rock and roll performances on Ed Sullivan, several months before Elvis debuted, Sullivan invited Bill Haley & His Comets to perform their then-current hit " Rock Around the Clock " in early August 1955.

The song was generally well-received, Allmusic describing it as " funkier and more club-happy than The Beatles ' original " and was a commercial success on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching number three in the UK pop charts and number eleven on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.

The original recording can also be heard during the loading screen for the song if it is downloaded in the video game The Beatles: Rock Band.

Occasionally, he will listen to Southern Rock music and in one episode, remarks that he likes this " Zamfir fellow ," a joke towards Gheorghe Zamfir ( even believing his music was better than The Beatles ).

* January 20 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony inducts The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Drifters, Bob Dylan and The Supremes.

Part of the 1963 track is featured as an unlockable special feature on The Beatles: Rock Band.

Rock acts were not regularly booked at the Hall, however, until February 12, 1964, when The Beatles performed two shows during their historic first trip to the United States.

* The Beatles: Rock Band

Rock and roll first broke into Uruguayan audiences with the arrival of British band The Beatles in the early 1960s.

The original Beatles concert is heavily bootlegged on audio and video ; the first night's concert video was officially released by Apple in Japan only as Beatles Concert at Budokan 1966, and excerpts are shown in The Beatles Anthology, while the second Anthology album included the first show's performances of " Rock and Roll Music " and " She's A Woman ".

The venue is one of the stages in The Beatles: Rock Band video game.

He told Innes, however, that ‘ Get Up and Go ’ was too close to The Beatles ' " Get Back " and to be careful not to be sued by Paul McCartney.

* A version of the song entitled just ‘ My Bonnie ’ was arranged and recorded during 1961 by Tony Sheridan with musical backing by The Beatles ( at a time before they became famous and who were credited on the recording as the ‘ Beat Brothers ’).

# The Beatles – Yesterday and Today ( Capitol, US Album in ‘ butcher ’ sleeve, 1966 ).

An English website markets the album as ‘ the first release from England ’ s popular pup combo the Barkers ” called Meet the Barkers with a cover parody of the Beatles debut Meet The Beatles.

Alabama were like ‘ The Beatles ’ for me so working with him was definitely one of the highlights.