Penelope
Banned
The Beatles come first. Then we'll return to Rocky's final years after a "general American Culture" update. The first few years have almost no difference from OTL, cut down to 68-72 for the juicy stuff.
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The Beatles
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Possibly the most influential group in American, British, and indeed world history, the Beatles did not even arrive in the United States until their world tour in 1964.
The Beatles arrive at Idlewild International Airport (IDL), in New York.
Less than three hours after they arrived in the US, they preformed their first live preformance in America on the Ed Sullivan Show. Beatlemania insued, as essentially everything you could think of had something to do with the Fab Four. A Hard Day's Night, and Help!, two new singles from the Beatles, and an album, Rubber Soul, were not harming this new trend at all. At some point during the year of 1965, they were introduced to LSD by one of the figures in their life. Although, the details surrounding it are still not fully known. It is known that they conciously decided to continue using it later, and it certainly affected their music. Shortly after this, they were appointed as Members of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
The "last tour" which occured in April 1966, took place across the Phillipines, The United States, and Canada. Mere months after this, several new singles, and a new album, Revolver were introduced to the awaiting world. Practically salivating just thinking about the new music, the world took it with glee. The above mentioned final tour would be the last tour until the breakup in 1972, the last of a 4 year era dominated by touring and playing across the United States and abroad. After the 'final tour' and the release of Revolver, the group began what many would later call "The greatest album of all time", Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. First releasing Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever in February 1967, the full Sgt. Pepper album followed in late-March. In the 1967 'intermission', the albums Beatles #1, The Beatles, and Yellow Submarine were released, mostly compilations of the band's greatest hits and unreleased studio recordings. Released in December, the Magical Mystery Tour album, for an upcoming film, would be released aswell. The Magical Mystery Tour film would be another string of controversy, some believed it to be "rubbish on a screen", while others believed it another masterpiece.
Following the Magical Mystery Tour, in August 1968, the Beatles returned with several hit singles, including Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Revolution, Mello and Yellow, I Me Mine, and Up and Away, the final one being a soley George Harrison song.
The Group finally began to splinter in 1969, which would lead to a final album, Let it Be, and a fianl tour in 1971. The group would officially break up in 1972, with Harrison and Lennon collaborating to write and produce the song "It's all to Much", which was released in March of 1973.
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The Beatles
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Possibly the most influential group in American, British, and indeed world history, the Beatles did not even arrive in the United States until their world tour in 1964.
The Beatles arrive at Idlewild International Airport (IDL), in New York.
Less than three hours after they arrived in the US, they preformed their first live preformance in America on the Ed Sullivan Show. Beatlemania insued, as essentially everything you could think of had something to do with the Fab Four. A Hard Day's Night, and Help!, two new singles from the Beatles, and an album, Rubber Soul, were not harming this new trend at all. At some point during the year of 1965, they were introduced to LSD by one of the figures in their life. Although, the details surrounding it are still not fully known. It is known that they conciously decided to continue using it later, and it certainly affected their music. Shortly after this, they were appointed as Members of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
The "last tour" which occured in April 1966, took place across the Phillipines, The United States, and Canada. Mere months after this, several new singles, and a new album, Revolver were introduced to the awaiting world. Practically salivating just thinking about the new music, the world took it with glee. The above mentioned final tour would be the last tour until the breakup in 1972, the last of a 4 year era dominated by touring and playing across the United States and abroad. After the 'final tour' and the release of Revolver, the group began what many would later call "The greatest album of all time", Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. First releasing Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever in February 1967, the full Sgt. Pepper album followed in late-March. In the 1967 'intermission', the albums Beatles #1, The Beatles, and Yellow Submarine were released, mostly compilations of the band's greatest hits and unreleased studio recordings. Released in December, the Magical Mystery Tour album, for an upcoming film, would be released aswell. The Magical Mystery Tour film would be another string of controversy, some believed it to be "rubbish on a screen", while others believed it another masterpiece.
Following the Magical Mystery Tour, in August 1968, the Beatles returned with several hit singles, including Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Revolution, Mello and Yellow, I Me Mine, and Up and Away, the final one being a soley George Harrison song.
The Group finally began to splinter in 1969, which would lead to a final album, Let it Be, and a fianl tour in 1971. The group would officially break up in 1972, with Harrison and Lennon collaborating to write and produce the song "It's all to Much", which was released in March of 1973.