What were the Beatles famous for?
In 1959, as the Quarry Men, they started playing at the Casbah Club in Liverpool which was run by Pete Best’s mother. In 1960, as the Beatles, and with Pete Best as drummer, the played at the Indra Club in Hamburg for 48 nights, then at the Kaiserkeller for a further 58 nights. On their return to Liverpool, they play at the Cavern Club, followed by a return to Hamburg at the Top Ten Club, then back to the Cavern Club which is where Brian Epstein sees the Beatles for the first time, and the rest is history. They introduced a whole new range of music. It was popular with younger people and after the war, people wanted a new style of things. After they had finished, they inspired many other people to carry on, to develop on top of their ideas. Because they had been so popular, many people wanted to use their ideas.
