After taking the UK by storm, The Beatles decided it was time take on the the fast life with tours, star power, and of course, music. With Please Please Me reaching number 2 on the UK charts after the dropping on March 22 1963, the team thought it was time to reach out with a nationwide tour. Even after years later a allmusic reviewer said that the album is simply "timeless". Lennon said little thought went into the making of the album Please Please Me. He said "McCartney and I were just writing songs to make no more then a sound." 
The Beatles toured the UK three times in the beginning half of the year in 1963. A Four week tour that began in February preceded with three week tours in March , May and June. As word got out and as the four took every stage another crowd was pleased and had falling in love and in the swirl of there musical takeover. As there popularity spread a name got out that was fitting for the grouple, "Beatlemania." Although not yet being tour leaders, they overshadowed other acts that they would follow such as Tommy Roe, Chris Montez, who both had a strong UK following from performing. During Beatles performances cops thought it was necessary to use high pressure water hoses to control the crowds. When the Beatles would perform it was like nothing that ever has happened with the crowds screaming outrageously and cops putting there lifes in danger it was clear to all that the Beatles were the next huge thing.
With the Beatles returning back to UK in the late 1963, all the way up to 1966 they were met every time by thousands of friends that one officer said he could describe it as "a scene similar to a shark-feeding frenzy."By the time they would get home to the UK, they would already be making there plans for the next tour, an by this time there was no telling who the headliners were. Please Please Me stayed at the top charts for thirty weeks but only to be replaced by the album "With the Beatles" , which held the top spot for 21 weeks showing the influence the Beatles had on the 60's music. Sources:
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Good blog Zach. I think it is amazing how fast the beetles blew up. It is also pretty wild that they had to use high pressure water hoses to control the crowds. And that Please Please Me stayed at the top of the charts for 30 weeks only to be replaced by With the Beatles is another amazing fact.
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ReplyDeleteYou have a lot of good information with some nice pictures to support it. Anything that has to do with the Beatles is very interesting to me. They were just a fascinating group of people. Also, I like the layout of your blog too. Nice job Zach!
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