A lokacin da Beatles co-zaune tare da Little Richard a Star-Club a Hamburg, daga Afrilu zuwa Mayu 1962, ya shawarce su a kan dace da dabara domin yin waƙoƙin. na Presley, Lennon ya ce, "Babu abin da gaske ya shafi ni har sai na ji Elvis. Idan ba a samu Elvis, ba zai kasance da Beatles. "Sauran farkon tasirin sun hada da Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Roy Orbison da Everly Brothers. The Beatles ci gaba da shawo kan tasirin dogon bayan nasarar da suka samu na farko, sau da yawa suna samun sabbin hanyoyin kiɗa da waƙoƙi ta hanyar sauraron takwarorinsu, gami da Bob Dylan, The Who, Frank Zappa, L'ovin' Byron, Bob Spoon da kuma Beach Boys, wanda kundin waƙarsa na 1966 ya ba da mamaki ga Petney Boys da kuma wahayi zuwa gare su.
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