by David Johnston
1970-2020 marks half a century since the Beatles were no more.
During that 1960s decade they became the world's newest pop superstars.
They left a legacy that still influences music today.
But what if the Beatles had never existed? This book is a potted history
of pop music from early in the 20th century till today. Its extensive
central section ponders where music might have been without the Beatles.
In unique detail it compares the achievements of a large number of other
successful artists of the time including the Searchers, the Hollies,
the Beach Boys, the Supremes, Dylan and the Rolling Stones – and also
notes their attitudes toward the group that dominated the '60s music scene.
In the Beatles' absence, who of these, or who else, would have been the next star(s) of the '60s and beyond?
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