John, Paul, George, and Ringo formed a group known as the Beatles. They were one the first British rock group of consequence to influence not only American culture but Western culture as well. "Me- I'm conservative. I feel I need to check things. I was the last to try pot and LSD and floral clothes. I'm slower than John, the least likely to succeed in class"(http://members.tripod.com/beatlefanatic_2/beathistory.html). Coming from the Liverpool underclass, they were drawn to the rock and roll and rhythm and blues music that celebrated the life of the common man. Elvis, the Man who came before them, symbolized the classless society in America where a poor man can become a king. In the beginning, the Beatles learned their music by copying the American music they loved. As they gained popularity they were commercialized and formed by music promoters. Finally, they developed their skills and style to express themselves and define their own image. It is at this point that The Beatles evolved to become a dominant influence on the Cultural Revolution that began in the 1960's.
             The later Beatles music would scream the painful song of an abandoned child. John Lennon who was raised in a middle class home in Liverpool, England was the original Beatle. John was abandoned by his parents at a very young age. His father, Alfred Lennon, left the family first after a short, unhappy marriage to Julia Stanley. Later, Julia left John with her sister Mimi Smith to raise when she remarried. After that marriage ended in divorce, she returned to live with John. Unfortunately, this reunion did not last long. The ultimate abandonment occurred when John's mother died after being hit by a car on Menlove Avenue. Years later John said about his mother's death, "It was the worst thing that happened to me. We'd caught up so much, me and Julia. In just a few years. We could communicate. We got on. She was great... That...