THE BEATLES

The Beatles are a group of British rock musician, was formed in Liverpool in 1960, often regarded as commercially successful musician and most widely acclaimed in popular music. Since 1962, this group consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals), Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). Starting from the flow of skiffle and rock and roll the 1950s, this group will play music in various genres ranging from folk rock to psychedelic rock, also incorporate elements of classical music and other elements in innovative ways. The Beatles were seen as the embodiment of progressive ideas, influence the socio-cultural revolution of the 60's decade.

Initially five people consisting of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe (bass) and Pete Best (drums), the Beatles only famous in the clubs of Liverpool and Hamburg for 3 years starting in 1960. Sutcliffe resigned in 1961, and Starr replaced Best next year. Beatles forged a professional by a businessman named Brian Epstein's music store after he became their manager and the potential of music is polished by producer George Martin. End of 1962, the Beatles had to find success in the United Kingdom with the first single Love Me Do. Throughout the following year, they toured internationally until 1966 and concentrate on the domestic record albums until disbanding in 1970. Each solo career a success, but Lennon was killed in New York City in 1980 and Harisson died of cancer in 2001. McCartney and Starr are still active musically.

In the years album recording studio, the Beatles released works best judged by the critics, one of which Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), hailed as a masterpiece. Four decades after disbanding, the music is still popular. They have more than one album number 1 in the charts of Great Britain and the longest perch than any musician. Based on the RIAA, they are a musician who sells the most albums in the United States. In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of musicians with the biggest sales in the history of the Hot 100 to celebrate 15 years anniversary of the U.S. singles charts where the Beatles were at number one. Seven times received Grammy Awards, 15 Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of songwriters, Composers and Authors, The Beatles were collectively included in the compilation of TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the 20th century.

Listen to the song "Hey Jude" made ​​famous by The Beatles

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Bob Marley

Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley (born in Nine Mile, Saint Ann, Jamaica, February 6, 1945 - died in Miami, Florida, USA, May 11, 1981 at age 36 years) is a singer, songwriter, and musician reggae Jamaican nationals . Bob Marley until now known worldwide as the most famous reggae musicians in the world of reggae music. He acknowledged his role in popularizing and spreading the music of Jamaica and the Rastafari movement throughout the world.

Early life and career

Bob Marley was born in the village of Nine Mile in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica as Nesta Robert Marley. A Jamaican passport official would later swap the first and middle name. His father, Norval Sinclair Marley, was a white Jamaican of mixed ancestry and whose family came from England Essex, England. Norval was a captain in the Royal Marines, as well as plantation overseer, when he married Cedella Booker, an Afro-Jamaican then 18 years. Norval provided financial support to his wife and children, but rarely saw them, as a royal parajurit he often travels far. In 1955, when Marley was 10 years old, his father died of a heart attack at age 70. Marley faced questions about his own racial identity throughout his life. He once reflected:

    I do not have prejudice against myself. My father is white and my mother's black. They call me half-caste or whatever. I do not take sides on the side of the black man and white man's side. I dip in the sight of Allah, who created me and caused me to come from black and white.

Bob Marley at Nine Mile House is a house where he lived with his mother during his youth

Although Marley recognized his mixed ancestry, throughout his life and because of the conviction, he identifies himself as black Africans, following the ideas of Pan-African leader. Marley said that the two biggest influences are African-centered Marcus Garvey and Haile Selassie. A central theme in the message of Bob Marley is the repatriation of blacks to Zion, which in his view is Ethiopia, or more generally, Africa in songs like "Survivor Black", "Babylon System", and "Blackman Redemption.", Marley sings about the struggle blacks and Africans against oppression from the West or "Babylon".

Marley's friends with Neville "Bunny" Livingston (later known as Bunny Wailer), where he began playing music. He left school at age 14 to make music with Joe Higgs, a local singer and music wing of Rastafari. At a jam session with Higgs and Livingston, Marley met Peter McIntosh (later known as Peter Tosh), who have similar musical ambitions. In 1962, Marley recorded his first two singles, "Judge Not" and "One Cup of Coffee", with local music producer Leslie Kong. The songs were released on Beverley's label under the pseudonym of Bobby Martell, attracted little attention. The songs were later re-released on the box set Songs of Freedom, a posthumous collection of Marley's work.

He became known in the world of reggae music in 1962. His first album is "The Wailing Wailers" was released in 1965 with The Wailers. In 1974 the song "No Woman No Cry" became popular in Jamaica and the countries of the United States. But in 1977 she suffered from cancer. In 1980, Marley collapsed while jogging in New York. Yet Marley died in 1981 after his cancer for four years. He leaves a wife and 3 children who attend school in one of the fields adabiah who named Imam Satria

No woman no cry by bob marley

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