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Liverpool , in North West ___MASK23___ , 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 . ___MASK8___ million in 2011 . The local authority is Liverpool City Council , which is the most populous local government district within the metropolitan county of Merseyside and the largest within the Liverpool City Region . ___MASK75___ were an ___MASK39___ ___MASK66___ 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 ___MASK66___ era . Rooted in skiffle , beat , and 1950s ___MASK66___ and roll , the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles , ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard ___MASK66___ , often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways . In the early ___MASK91___ , their enormous popularity first emerged as " ___MASK32___ ", 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 ___MASK91___ . John Winston Ono Lennon , ( born John Winston Lennon ; 9 ___MASK80___ 19408 ___MASK62___ 1980 ) was an English singer and songwriter who co - founded the Beatles , the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music . With fellow member Paul McCartney , he formed a celebrated songwriting partnership . Sir James Paul McCartney , ( born 18 ___MASK71___ 1942 ) is an English singer - songwriter , multi - instrumentalist , and composer . With John Lennon , George Harrison , and Ringo Starr , he gained worldwide fame with the ___MASK66___ band the Beatles , largely considered the most popular and influential group in the ___MASK76___ 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 . A Beatle boot is a style of boot that has been worn since the ___MASK91___ made popular by the English rock group The Beatles , for whom they were originally made . The boots are a variant of the Chelsea boot : they are tight - fitting , Cuban - heeled , ankle - high boots with a sharp pointed toe . The style can feature either elastic or zipped sides . Beatle boots saw the reintroduction of high - heeled footwear for men . A ballad is a form of verse , often a ___MASK92___ 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 ___MASK31___ of the ___MASK49___ 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 . Hard ___MASK66___ is a loosely defined subgenre of ___MASK54___ that began in the mid - 1960s , with the garage , psychedelic and blues ___MASK66___ movements . It is typified by a heavy use of aggressive vocals , distorted electric guitars , bass guitar , drums , and often accompanied with pianos and keyboards . Richard Starkey , ( born 7 ___MASK61___ 1940 ), known professionally as Ringo Starr , is an ___MASK39___ musician , singer , songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles . He occasionally sang ___MASK86___ vocals , usually for one ___MASK31___ on an album , including " With a Little Help from My Friends ", " Yellow Submarine " 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 ". Chelsea boots are close - fitting , ___MASK98___ - high boots with an elastic side panel . They often have a loop or tab of fabric on the back of the boot , enabling the boot to be pulled on . The boot dates back to the Victorian era , when it was worn by both men and women . ___MASK66___ and roll ( often written as ___MASK66___ & roll or ___MASK66___ ' 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 ___MASK66___ and roll 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 . George Harrison , ( ___MASK26___ February ___MASK29___  29 November 2001 ) was an English guitarist , singer , songwriter , and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles . Often referred to as " the quiet Beatle ", Harrison embraced Hindu mythology and helped broaden the horizons of his fellow Beatles as well as their Western audience by incorporating Indian instrumentation in their music . 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 . " ___MASK32___ " is a term that originated and was coined during the early 1960s to describe the intense fan frenzy directed towards the English rock 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 . Skiffle is a ___MASK89___ genre with jazz , blues , 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 ___MASK94___ , it became popular again in the UK in the ___MASK73___ , where it was associated with artists such as Lonnie Donegan , The Vipers Skiffle Group , Ken Colyer and Chas McDevitt . Skiffle played a major ___MASK1___ in beginning the careers of later eminent jazz , pop , blues , folk and ___MASK66___ musicians and has been seen as a critical stepping stone to the second British folk revival , blues boom and British Invasion of the US popular ___MASK89___ scene . The counterculture of the ___MASK91___ 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 ___MASK91___ and the mid - 1970s , with London , ___MASK79___ 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 government ' s extensive military intervention in Vietnam . As the ___MASK91___ 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 counterculture of the ___MASK91___ .