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Not by a longshot; Tommy Steele's Vipers and Cliff Richard's Shadows predated The Beatles by several years, among others. The Beatles were the first English rock group to gain wide acceptance outside Britain, however.

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They were English, so presumably it did. The Beatles were so influential that in a sense they defined what was English for that era. In another sense, popular music is so international that it's hard to know which English speaking country has produced something.

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No. The Tornados (led by Joe Meek) beat them to it, with their #1 hit "Telstar" (named after the first communications satellite) in August 1962.

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No, and not even close; records as early as the 1940s used the same styles.

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They were one of the first bands that became famous with Rock N Roll.

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The Beatles

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