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Mersey Beat was a music publication in Liverpool, England in the early 1960s. It was founded by Bill Harry, who was one of John Lennon's classmates at Liverpool Art College. [1] The paper carried news about all the local Liverpool bands, and stars who came to town to perform.
Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a British popular music genre that developed, particularly in and around Liverpool, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The genre melded influences from British and American rock and roll, rhythm and blues, skiffle, traditional pop and music hall.
Jul 7, 2021 · The headliners that night were Rory Storm And The Hurricanes, with one Ringo Starr on the drums, playing not jazz but an energetic, local take on American rock’n’roll and R&B that became known as Merseybeat. Gone was the acoustic instrumentation of its predecessor skiffle, and in came electric guitars and drumbeats designed for dancing.
Merseybeat: With John McArdle, Chris Walker, David Hargreaves, Jonathan Kerrigan. The trials and tribulations of a diverse group of police officers in a northern England town.
Merseybeat was the original sound of the British Invasion -- a driving, melodic sound that was hybrid of American rock & roll and R&B, and British skiffle.
Feb 27, 2017 · Merseybeat, also known as beat music or British beat, took over the world in the early ’60s thanks to the rise of a little band from Liverpool called The Beatles. Read on as we delve into the story of how Merseybeat took hold of the world of music.
Merseybeat was a British take on the Black and white musical mix of rock and roll: a basic lineup of lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, and drums (with shared vocals) provided local live versions of American hit records of all sorts.
