WITH MCCARTNEY JOINING THEM LATER THAT YEAR. GEORGE HARRISON, JO...

1956, with McCartney

joining them later that year. George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul

McCartney, together with Stuart Sutcliffe, who played the bass guitar, and

Pete Best on the drums, performed together in several bands for a few years,

until they finally settled on the Silver Beatles in 1960. American Rock

musicians, such as Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley, influenced Lennon's and

McCartney's music, whose first hits consisted of simple tunes and lyrics

about young love. The Beatles' U.S. tour propelled them to

(13) _______ and led to two movies filmed in 1964 and 1965. The so-called

British (14) _______ of the United States was in full swing when they took

the top five spots on the singles' charts, followed by the release of their first

film.

During the 1960s, their music matured and (15) _______ a sense of melody.

The lyrics of their song became deeper and gained in both imagination and

meaning. Their popularity continued to grow as the Beatles turned their

attention to social problems and political issues in "Nowhere Man" and

Eleanor Rigby". (16) _______ and nostalgia come through in their ballad

"Michelle" and 'Yesterday", which fully displayed the group's

(17)_______ development and sophistication.

Lennon's sardonic music with lyrics written in the first person, and

McCartney's songs that created scenarios with off beat individuals,

contributed to the character of the music produced by the group. In addition

to their music, the Beatles set a social trend that (18)_______ long hair,

Indian music, and moss dress.

For a variety of reasons, the musicians began to drift apart, and their last

concert took place in San Francisco in 1966. The newspapers and tabloids

publicized their quarrels and lawsuits, and the much idolized group finally

(19)_______in 1970. However, their albums had (20) _______ those of any

other bands in history. Although all of the Beatles continued to performed

solo or form new rock groups alone, none could achieve the recognition and

success that they had been able to win together.

VII. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

Rewrite the sentences with the given words or beginning in such a way

that their meanings remain unchanged.