Beat Music, also known as Merseybeat (for bands from Liverpool), Brumbeat (for bands from Birmingham) etc., is a pop music genre that evolved in the UK in the early 1960s. Beat groups characteristically had simple guitar-dominated line-ups, with vocal harmonies and catchy tunes. Beat music has little to do with the Beat generation literary movement of the 1950s, and more to do with driving rhythms, which the bands had adopted from their R&B/soul influences. For the TV program please see Merseybeat Merseybeat, sometimes referred to as Merseysound, was a style of music popular during the 1960s. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... This article is about the city in England. ... For popular music (music produced commercially rather than art or folk music), see Popular music. ... Dr. Seuss Jean Shepherd Ringo Starr John Steinbeck Gloria Steinem Tom Stoppard Hunter S. Thompson Gore Vidal Peter Vincent Kurt Vonnegut Andy Warhol Alan Watts Bob Weir Brian Wilson Tom Wolfe There were six Olympics held during the decade. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Parts of the guitar. ... The human voice consists of sound made by a human using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, screaming. ... This article is about musical harmony. ... The Beat Generation was a group of American writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s. ... // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ... For the popular Tamil film, see Rhythm (film) Rhythm (Greek = flow, or in Modern Greek, style) is the variation of the length and accentuation of a series of sounds or other events. ... Rhythm and blues (aka R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences — first performed by African American artists. ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ...

In 1964, a British Invasion of acts led by The Beatles swept across the Atlantic Ocean and stormed the charts in North America, but most acts did not progress into the later Psychedelic era or 'rock' decade of the 1970s. The appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, was the breakthrough moment of the burgeoning British Invasion. ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool, comprised of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rock and roll. ...

[edit] See also

• A list of beat groups

[edit] Notable acts

• The Beatles
• The Dave Clark Five
• Gerry & The Pacemakers
• Herman's Hermits
• The Hollies
• The Searchers
• The Zombies