In a time of revolutions, four shaggy-haired men were at the forefront of a cultural and musical movement. The Beatles, made up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, were one of the world's biggest influences in the 1960s, and still are today. Their creativity and innovation have reached people around the world through multiple mediums including, but not limited to, their music, their behavior and even their style. Whether people saw the Beatles as musical gods or as a nuisance and danger to their children, no one can deny that the Fab Four impacted society in ways that went against the rigid rules of authority. The Beatles taught an entire generation to think for themselves and do what they wanted with their lives. Even after their breakup in 1970, the thoughts and ideas they had planted in the minds of young people grew, only to influence and inspire the minds of new generations. On February 8, 1964, America was ushered into what would soon be called “the British Invasion. The Beatles took their first steps on American soil when they disembarked from a plane at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. the next day, they performed live on the Ed Sullivan Show, attracting a television audience of 73 million people (nearly half the population of the United States) and forming a huge mass of screaming, crying girls around them (McGarvey). With a mostly youthful following, the new rock band from Liverpool conquered the world. The Beatles had a particular aesthetic that was attractive and recognizable to the young people who saw them perform, and was gathering more and more fans with each album sold craze for this new British rock band, eme...... middle of paper......? John Lennon lives like this." London Evening Standard 4 March 1966: n. page The Beatles Ultimate Experience. Web. May 28, 2014. Douglas, Cooke. "The Beatles." St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Vol. 1 Detroit: St. James, 2000. Student Resources in Web Context, May 12, 2014. MacDonald, Ian Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties. New York: H. Holt, 1994. Print.Mastropolo, Frank. “Top 11 Musicians Influenced by the Beatles. WordPress, nd Web. McGarvey, Bill Beatles' Revolution.” America 24 Mar. 2014: n. page Student Resources in Context. Web. 12 May 2014."Musicians Inspired by the Beatles." Gigwise. Gigwise, n.d. Web. May 28, 2014. Sheff, David. “Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.” Playboy January 1981: n. page The Beatles Ultimate Experience. Web. 21 May 2014.