Who did The Beatles inspire?

Answer 1

The Beatles grew up in post-war Liverpool, a busy shipping port on the west coast of England. Because of the shipping, sailors (known locally as Cunard Yanks) were constantly coming and going with goods they had brought home from, amongst other places, the USA. These goods were frequently American recordings of blues, jazz and rock and roll artists that were not available in England at the time, England still being in the grip of post-war rationing.

The US rock and roll imports had a great impact on the soon to be Beatles and they were listening to Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and others when the rest of the country was barely aware of their existence. Buddy Holly has also been cited as an early Beatles influence.

They found inspiration from their contemporaries as well. Bob Dylan heavily influenced Lennon during the 60's. Lennon often borrowed Dylan's songwriting formula, in which the songwriter writes very poetic, indirect lyrics, which leave the listener to interpret the true meaning of the song. Several Bob Dylan-influenced Beatles songs include "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away".

The Beach Boys also influenced the Beatles, especially Paul McCartney. The album Pet Sounds was a particular favorite of his.

Answer 2

Many musicians were inspired, directly, or indirectly by the Beatles. The Rolling Stones recorded a Lennon/McCartney song as an early single and it was seeing the speed and ease at which the song was written that made Jagger and Richards start writing themselves.

More generally, many top 70s band (10cc, Squeeze etc) have said that they were influenced by the Beatles.

Answer 3

Nature inspired George Harrison's; Life's beauty and simplicity, yet underlying features inspired Ringo; John and Paul... that's complicated. It depends on what song(s) you are talking about. A lot of the time it was love. A lot of the time it was drugs. The world inspired them! Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds was written by John, inspired by his son's drawing. Hey Jude was written by Paul. Its inspiration was John. Paul wrote it about John's life, and how much John meant to him. There is no simple answer.

Answer 4

Elvis - "without Elvis, there'd be no Beatles", John Lennon.

Buddy Holly - took their name from his band, The Crickets.

Little Richard - played together in Hamburg, "I taught Paul McCartney how to go *WOO-OOOOOOO*!!!"(on The Simpsons).

Bruce Channel - taught John Lennon how to play the harmonica.

Roy Orbison - 'Please Please Me', plus a few other songs, were inspired by him(try singing Please Please Me with Roy's characteristic voice and you'll hear exactly how similar it sounds...even without doing anything to the tone or tempo).

There's a bunch more, ray Charles, Gene Vincent, etc.

From other realms of "art", Yoko Ono definitely inspired at least John, who also took inspiration from literary artists such as Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear("it's based on a novel by a man named Lear", in 'Paperback Writer'), etc.

I can't cite specifics off my head for further influences, including painting, hairstyles(such as their moptop, which came from Astrid Kirshner and German "exi's", or existentialists), or other cultural influences(psychedelia, etc).

Answer 5

This is a tough question to answer, because the Beatles' have influenced so many people worldwide with their music. If you mean, "Which singers today get their inspiration from the Beatles" that would be a different question. But to answer yours, the Beatles' have pretty much influenced everyone who has ever heard one of their songs.

Answer 6

When they were teens, they were influenced by Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, The Everly Brothers and many other Rockabilly artists of the 50's.

Then it was their turn to influence new bands :)

Answer 7

They Inspired many artists including oasis

Answer 8

Bob Dylan, Rory Storm And The Hurricanes, Elvis, Coasters, Buddy Holly, Plus Anything Skiffle wise.

I Know Theres More But I Cant Remember Their Names.

Answer 9

All of them