genre please please me
" Beatlemania " is a term that originated and was coined during the early 1960s to describe the intense fan frenzy directed towards the English ___MASK30___ band the Beatles . The phenomenon began in 1963 and continued past the group ' s break - up in 1970 , despite the band ceasing public performances in 1966 . The term public domain has two senses of meaning . Anything published is out in the public domain in the sense that it is available to the public . Once published ___MASK65___ and information in books is in the public domain , although they may also be copyrighted . In the sense of intellectual property , works in the public domain are those whose exclusive intellectual property rights have expired , have been forfeited , or are inapplicable . For example , the works of Shakespeare and Beethoven , and most of the early silent films , are all now in the public domain by either being created before copyrights existed or leaving the copyright term . Examples for works not covered by copyright which are therefore in the public domain , are the formulae of Newtonian ___MASK82___ , cooking recipes and all software before 1974 . Examples for works actively dedicated into public domain by their authors are ___MASK63___ implementations of cryptographic algorithms , NIH ' s ImageJ , and the CIA ' s " World Factbook ". The term is not normally applied to situations where the creator of a work retains residual rights , in which case use of the work is referred to as " under license " or " with permission ". The Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom . As Columbia Records , it became a successful label in the 1950s and 1960s , but was eventually replaced by the newly created EMI Records , as part of an EMI label consolidation . This in turn was absorbed by the Parlophone Records unit of Warner ___MASK59___ Group . Richard Starkey , ( born 7 July 1940 ), known professionally as Ringo Starr , is an English musician , singer , songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles . He occasionally sang lead vocals , usually for one ___MASK49___ on an album , including " With a Little Help from My Friends ", " Yellow ___MASK51___ " and their cover of " Act Naturally ". He also wrote the Beatles ' songs " Don ' t Pass Me By " and " Octopus ' s Garden ", and is credited as a co - writer of others , including " What Goes On " and " Flying ". ___MASK64___ is a music genre with jazz , ___MASK56___ , folk and American folk influences , usually using homemade or improvised instruments . Originating as a term in the United States in the first half of the 20th century , it became popular again in the UK in the 1950s , where it was associated with artists such as Lonnie Donegan , The Vipers ___MASK64___ Group , Ken Colyer and Chas McDevitt . ___MASK64___ played a major part in beginning the careers of later eminent jazz , pop , ___MASK56___ , folk and rock musicians and has been seen as a critical stepping stone to the second British folk revival , ___MASK56___ boom and ___MASK76___ of the US popular music scene . Please Please Me is the debut studio ___MASK54___ by the English rock band the Beatles . Parlophone rush - released the ___MASK54___ on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of the singles `` Please Please Me '' ( No . 1 on most lists but only No . 2 on Record Retailer ) and `` Love Me Do '' ( No . 17 ) . Of the ___MASK54___ ' s 14 songs , eight were written by Lennon -- McCartney ( originally credited `` McCartney -- Lennon '' ) , early evidence of what Rolling Stone later called `` ( their invention of ) the idea of the self - contained rock band , writing their own hits and playing their own instruments . '' In 2012 , Please Please Me was voted 39th on Rolling Stone magazine ' s list of the `` 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . '' A ___MASK61___ is a form of verse , often a ___MASK6___ set to music . Ballads derive from the medieval French " chanson balladée " or " ballade ", which were originally " danced songs ". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of the British Isles from the later medieval period until the 19th century . They were widely used across Europe , and later in the Americas , Australia and North Africa . Ballads are 13 lines with an ABABBCBC form , consisting of couplets ( two lines ) of rhymed verse , each of 14 syllables . John Winston Ono Lennon , ( born John Winston Lennon ; 9 October 19408 December 1980 ) was an English singer and songwriter who co - founded the Beatles , the most commercially successful band in the ___MASK23___ of popular music . With fellow member Paul McCartney , he formed a celebrated songwriting partnership . Record Retailer was a trade newspaper for the UK record industry . It was founded in August 1959 as a monthly newspaper covering both labels and dealers . Its founding editor was Roy Parker ( who died on 27 December 1964 ). The title changed to " Record Retailer and ___MASK59___ Industry News " shortly after launch . A record label or record company is a brand or trademark associated with the ___MASK31___ of ___MASK59___ recordings and ___MASK59___ videos . Often , a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks , coordinates the production , manufacture , distribution , ___MASK31___ , promotion , and enforcement of copyright for sound recordings and ___MASK59___ videos ; conducts talent scouting and development of new artists (" artists and repertoire " or " A & R "); and maintains contracts with recording artists and their managers . The term " record label " derives from the circular label in the center of a vinyl record which prominently displays the manufacturer ' s name , along with other information . Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - ___MASK71___ Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . Germany ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . ___MASK48___ ( often written as rock & roll or rock ' n ' roll ) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s , from African - American musical styles such as gospel , jazz , boogie woogie , and rhythm and blues , with country . While elements of ___MASK48___ can be heard in blues records from the 1920s and in country records of the 1930s , the genre did not acquire its name until the 1950s . The Beatles were an English ___MASK30___ band , formed in Liverpool in 1960 . With members John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr , they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the ___MASK30___ era . Rooted in skiffle , beat , and 1950s ___MASK48___ , the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles , ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard ___MASK30___ , often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways . In the early 1960s , their enormous popularity first emerged as " Beatlemania ", but as the group ' s music grew in sophistication , led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney , they came to be perceived as an embodiment of the ideals shared by the counterculture of the 1960s . Liverpool , in North West England , is a major city and metropolitan borough with an estimated population of 478 , 580 in 2015 within the City of Liverpool . Liverpool and its surrounding areas form the fifth largest metropolitan area in the UK , with an estimated population of over 2 . 24 million in 2011 . The local authority is Liverpool City Council , which is the most populous local ___MASK85___ district within the metropolitan county of Merseyside and the largest within the Liverpool City Region . Parlophone Limited ( also known as Parlophone Records ) is a German - British record label that was founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon . The British branch of the company was formed in 1923 as The Parlophone Co . Ltd ., which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a leading ___MASK15___ record label . In 1926 , the Columbia Graphophone Company acquired Parlophone ' s business , name and releases . Columbia Graphophone later merged with the Gramophone Company in 1931 to become Electric & ___MASK100___ Industries Limited ( EMI ). George Martin joined EMI in 1950 as assistant label manager , taking over as manager in 1955 . Martin produced and released a mix of product including comedy recordings of the Goons , the pianist Mrs Mills , and teen idol Adam Faith . A pianist is an individual musician who plays the piano . Most forms of ___MASK71___ music can make use of the piano . Consequently , pianists have a wide ___MASK5___ of repertoire and styles to choose from , including traditionally classical music , Jazz , blues and all sorts of popular music , including rock music . Most pianists can , to a certain extent , play other keyboard - related instruments such as the synthesizer , harpsichord , celesta and the organ and keyboard . Perhaps the greatest pianist of all time was Franz Liszt , whose piano mastery was described by Anton Rubinstein : " In comparison with Liszt , all other pianists are children ". In a modern sense , ___MASK69___ ( from the , " kmidía ") refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter , especially in theatre , ___MASK1___ , film , and stand - up ___MASK69___ . The origins of the term are found in Ancient Greece . In the Athenian democracy , the public opinion of voters was influenced by the political ___MASK52___ performed by the ___MASK91___ poets at the theaters . The theatrical genre of Greek ___MASK69___ can be described as a dramatic performance which pits two groups or societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict . Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a " ___MASK98___ of Youth " and a " ___MASK98___ of the Old ". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of ___MASK69___ as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions that pose obstacles to his hopes . In this struggle , the youth is understood to be constrained by his lack of social authority , and is left with little choice but to take recourse in ruses which engender very dramatic irony which provokes laughter . Gladys Mills , née Gladys Jordan ( 29 August 1918  24 February 1978 ), known as Mrs Mills , was an English pianist who was active in the 1960s and 1970s , and who released many records . Her repertoire included many sing - along and ___MASK57___ tunes made popular in the ___MASK59___ hall . Sir George Henry Martin ( 3 January 19268 ___MASK84___ 2016 ) was an English record producer , arranger , composer , conductor , audio engineer and musician . He was referred to as the " Fifth Beatle ", including by Paul McCartney , in ___MASK63___ to his extensive involvement on each of the Beatles ' original albums . Martin had 30 number - one hit singles in the United Kingdom and 23 number - one hits in the United States . Sir ___MASK95___ Paul McCartney , ( born 18 June 1942 ) is an English singer - songwriter , multi - instrumentalist , and composer . With John Lennon , George Harrison , and Ringo Starr , he gained worldwide fame with the rock band the Beatles , largely considered the most popular and influential group in the ___MASK23___ of pop music . His songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most celebrated of the post - war era . After the band ' s break - up , he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife , Linda , and Denny Laine . The ___MASK68___ of the 1960s refers to an anti - establishment cultural phenomenon that developed first in the United Kingdom ( UK ) and the United States ( US ) and then spread throughout much of the Western world between the early 1960s and the mid - 1970s , with London , New York City , and San Francisco being hotbeds of early countercultural activity . The aggregate movement gained momentum as the American Civil Rights Movement continued to grow , and became revolutionary with the expansion of the US ___MASK85___ ' s extensive ___MASK3___ intervention in Vietnam . As the 1960s progressed , widespread social tensions also developed concerning other issues , and tended to flow along generational lines regarding human sexuality , women ' s rights , traditional modes of authority , experimentation with psychoactive drugs , and differing interpretations of the American Dream . Many key movements related to these issues were born , catalyzed , or advanced within the ___MASK68___ of the 1960s . " ___MASK77___ Me Do " is the Beatles ' first single , backed by " P . S . I ___MASK77___ You ". When the single was originally released in the United Kingdom on 5 October 1962 , it peaked at No . 17 ; in 1982 it was re - promoted ( not re - issued , retaining the same catalogue number ) and reached No . 4 . In the United States the single was a No . 1 hit in 1964 . In 2013 , recordings of the ___MASK49___ that were published in 1962 entered the public domain in Europe . EMI ( officially EMI Group Limited , originally an initialism for Electric and ___MASK100___ Industries and often known as EMI Records and EMI Music ) was a British multinational conglomerate founded in March 1931 and was based in London . At the time of its break - up in 2012 , it was the fourth - largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and was one of the big four record companies ( now the big three ). Its EMI Records Ltd . group of record labels included EMI Records , Parlophone , Virgin Records and Capitol Records . EMI also had a major publishing arm , EMI Music Publishing  also based in London with offices globally . Terence " Terry " Nelhams - Wright ( 23 June 1940  8 ___MASK84___ 2003 ), known as Adam Faith , was a British teen idol , singer , actor and financial journalist . He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s . He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5 . He was also one of the first UK acts to record original songs regularly . George Harrison , ( 25 February 1943  29 November 2001 ) was an English guitarist , singer , songwriter , and ___MASK59___ and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles . Often referred to as " the quiet Beatle ", Harrison embraced ___MASK66___ and helped broaden the horizons of his fellow Beatles as well as their Western audience by incorporating Indian instrumentation in their ___MASK59___ . Although most of the Beatles ' songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney , most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions . His songs for the group included " Taxman ", " Within You Without You ", " While My Guitar Gently Weeps ", " Here Comes the Sun " and " Something ", the last of which became the Beatles ' second - most covered song . The Gramophone Company , based in the United Kingdom , was one of the early recording companies , and was the parent organisation for the famous " His Master ' s Voice " ( HMV ) label . Although the company merged with the Columbia Graphophone Company in 1931 to form Electric and ___MASK100___ Industries Limited ( EMI ), its name " The Gramophone Company Limited " continued in the UK into the 1970s , appearing on sleeves and labels of records ( such as " The Dark Side of the Moon " by Pink Floyd , vinyl copies of which bear the copyright notice "© 1973 The Gramophone Company , Ltd ."). ___MASK15___ is a ___MASK59___ ___MASK27___ that originated amongst African Americans in New Orleans , United States , in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . Since the 1920s jazz age , jazz has become recognized as a major form of ___MASK100___ expression . It emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular ___MASK100___ styles , all linked by the common bonds of African American and European American ___MASK100___ parentage with a performance orientation . ___MASK15___ is characterized by swing and blue notes , call and response vocals , polyrhythms and improvisation . ___MASK15___ has roots in West African cultural and ___MASK100___ expression , and in African - American ___MASK59___ traditions including blues and ___MASK2___ , as well as European military band ___MASK59___ . Although the foundation of jazz is deeply rooted within the Black experience of the United States , different cultures have contributed their own experience and styles to the art form as well . Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as " one of America ' s original art forms ". ___MASK97___ is a loosely defined subgenre of ___MASK70___ that began in the mid - 1960s , with the garage , psychedelic and blues rock movements . It is typified by a heavy use of aggressive vocals , distorted electric guitars , bass guitar , drums , and often accompanied with pianos and keyboards .