Beatles

John Lennon

• Fab FourIconic sixties rock quartet
• Traveling WilburysLate-eighties rock supergroup

Paul McCartney · George Harrison · Ringo Starr · Yoko Ono · Linda McCartney · George Martin · Brian Epstein

Abbey Road

London recording studio street

• Rubber Soul1965 British Invasion LP
• White AlbumUntitled 1968 double record
• Let It BeAccept without interference

Yellow Submarine · Magical Mystery Tour · Please Please Me

Cavern Club

Historic underground music venue

• Penny LaneLiverpool street, oft-photographed
• British InvasionSixties UK music takeover
• HamburgGerman city-state, major port

counterculture

Rejection of mainstream values

• psychedeliaDrug-inspired artistic movement
• flower powerNonviolent resistance ideology
• modSoftware tweak or admin

Ed Sullivan · Summer of Love · Transcendental Meditation · Maharishi · hippie · moptops · Carnaby Street · youthquake

Hey Jude

Encouraging ballad from 1968

• Let It BeAccept without interference
• Come TogetherUnite into one group
• Penny LaneLiverpool street, oft-photographed

Eleanor Rigby · Norwegian Wood · Blackbird

iconic

Widely recognized, enduring

• influentialHaving considerable effect
• revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
• timelessUnaffected by eras

pioneering · cultural impact · British Invasion · hall of fame · seminal · legendary · phenomenon · innovation · trailblazers · genius

moptop

Shaggy rounded haircut

• Nehru jacketCollarless hip-length coat
• granny glassesSmall round metal-framed eyewear
• facial hairBeard, mustache, stubble

album artwork

• 1960sStar Trek, Vietnam War, hippie movement, space race, civil rights
• 20th Century IconsEinstein, Churchill, Gandhi, Hitler, FDR
• Anglo-American cultureHollywood, Broadway, Shakespeare, pub culture, fish and chips
• British IconsShakespeare, Churchill, Darwin, Newton, Queen Elizabeth
• British MusicRolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Coldplay
• British thingstea, cricket, pub, ale, fish and chips