Songs of the group that tend to fall into this category are like I Want You (She’s So Heavy). Growing throughout the rest of the sixties, the genre found its groove and exploded in popularity.
Though they were not wholly psychedelic, it is definitely where the root of the genre began. Psychedelic Rock – In 1965, the Beatles had a lot of psychedelic influences that seemed to creep into their music continuously.Some of their best folk-like songs, I’ll Be Back and I’ll Follow The Sun and a lot of the Rubber Soul album could be classed in the Folk Rock genre. It grew from the underlying track of many of their songs and really touched many up and coming artists – favourably influencing Bob Dylan and Springsteen. Folk Rock – A hybrid genre that uses elements of both folk and rock music.It is upbeat, think Little Richard, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry for good examples of musicians in this genre. Rock and Roll – This genre can cover a whole range of songs that do not conveniently fit inside others but can generally be described as music from the 50’s and 60’s that you could dance to.The style was not particularly unique and was copied by many other bands of this era but nevertheless in order to apply a label to this type of music ‘Merseybeat’ became synonymous with the bands that had this particular sound about them. The early recordings of The Beatles were in this genre and can be heard on albums Please Please Me, With The Beatles and A Hard Days Night for example. Merseybeat – Merseybeat is the name given to the bands that emerged out of the Merseyside region (where Liverpool is a city) in the 1960’s.They cut their musical teeth in Hamburg but cemented their legacy in the years thereafter. By their own admission in the early days they were influenced by Amercian groups from the 50’s and up and coming artists. The Beatles did not stick to a single genre throughout their career. However, The Beatles dabbled in existing music genres throughout their career they accidentally created some new genres.
The only genre that can adequately define The Beatles is music. The Beatles are classic rock to most people but the truth is that it is impossible to define The Beatles by this single genre alone. Let’s look more in-depth at some of those genres that The Beatles are best known for being involved with. It is not easy to define some music genres in general, let alone label The Beatles music into those genres. If you are trying to count, it seems like The Beatles played anywhere from 13 to 20 different genres. Most believe that there are around at least ten genres that The Beatles influenced throughout their career.