Beat music is rock and pop music, with a touch of rock and roll, which originated in Britain in the early 1960s. The genre broke into the American charts with British music.… Read more
It combined such genres as rock and roll, doo wop, skiffle, R&B and soul. It was later supplanted by other rock genres, but at the time of its greatest popularity, its representatives were stars. The origins of this genre are very unclear, it has no direct connection to a single musical genre and, as mentioned above, it draws from many of them.
Beat music is characterized by a very fast tempo. Songs were dominated by simple guitar sounds and catchy vocals. Representatives of this genre were in their early years The Beatles. Beat style hits were characterized by an easy melodic line, simple lyrics and - very often - a fast rhythm. When the popularity of the genre began to wane in the late 1960s, many bands switched to other sounds. Some went in the direction of pop music others r&b still others heavier sounds and rock hits. Some of the most famous beat bands include: The Applejacks, The Beatles, Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, The Big Three, The Dave Clark Five, The Cryin' Shames, Lee Curtis and the All-Stars, The Dakotas, Derry and the Seniors, The Fourmost, Freddie and the Dreamers, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits, The Hollies, Billy J Kramer, The Liverbirds, The Merseybeats, The Mindbenders, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes, The Searchers, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Undertakers, The Wackers, The Zombies.