A lokacin da Beatles'co-zauna 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, sau da yawa suna samun sababbin waƙoƙi da waƙoƙin waƙa ta hanyar sauraron abokan zaman su, ciki har da Bob Dylan, The Who, Frank Zappa, Lovin' Byron, Bob Spoon, da kuma Beach Boys, wanda ya yi wahayi zuwa ga Petta Boys da Sounds a shekarar 1966.
Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Little Richard da kuma Chuck Berry