Passage: The band's earliest influences include Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Little Richard and Chuck Berry. During the Beatles' co-residency with Little Richard at the Star-Club in Hamburg, from April to May 1962, he advised them on the proper technique for performing his songs. Of Presley, Lennon said, "Nothing really affected me until I heard Elvis. If there hadn't been Elvis, there wouldn't have been the Beatles. "Other early influences include Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Roy Orbison and the Everly Brothers. The Beatles waliendelea kunyakua mvuto muda mrefu baada ya mafanikio yao ya awali, mara nyingi wakitafuta njia mpya za muziki na mashairi kwa kuwasikiliza wanamuziki wa wakati wao, wakiwemo Bob Dylan, The Who, Frank Zappa, Lovin' Byron, Spoon na The Beach Boys, ambaye albamu yake ya 1966 iliwashangaza na kuhamasisha Petney Boys.
Ravi Shankar