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The Beatles

Formed in Liverpool in 1960, The Beatles — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr — became the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed band in the history of popular music. Their catalogue spans early rock and roll, psychedelia, orchestral pop, and avant-garde experimentation, fundamentally reshaping what popular music could be.

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...that Neneh Cherry is the step-daughter of jazz trumpeter Don Cherry?
...that Jools Holland was a founding member of Squeeze before launching his solo and TV career?

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+          <p style="font-size:1.15em; font-weight:bold; color:#ffffff; margin:0 0 8px 0;">[[The Beatles]]</p>
+          <p style="color:#c8d6e5; line-height:1.7; margin:0 0 10px 0;">
+          Formed in Liverpool in 1960, '''The Beatles''' — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr —
+          became the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed band in the history of popular music.
+          Their catalogue spans early rock and roll, psychedelia, orchestral pop, and avant-garde experimentation,
+          fundamentally reshaping what popular music could be.
+          </p>
+          <p style="margin:0;">[[The Beatles|Read more...]]</p>
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+              <td style="width:50%; padding:6px 0; color:#a0c4ff;">[[Category:Rock|🎸 Rock]]</td>
+              <td style="width:50%; padding:6px 0; color:#a0c4ff;">[[Category:Post-Punk|🏴 Post-Punk]]</td>
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+              <td style="padding:6px 0; color:#a0c4ff;">[[Category:Jazz|🎷 Jazz]]</td>
+              <td style="padding:6px 0; color:#a0c4ff;">[[Category:Electronic|🎛️ Electronic]]</td>
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+            <li>[[The The]]</li>
+            <li>[[Jools Holland]]</li>
+            <li>[[Neneh Cherry]]</li>
+            <li>[[The Beatles]]</li>
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+          <p style="margin:12px 0 0 0;">[[Special:RecentChanges|View all recent changes →]]</p>
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+            <li style="margin-bottom:10px;">...that [[The The]] is effectively a solo project by singer-songwriter Matt Johnson?</li>
+            <li style="margin-bottom:10px;">...that [[Neneh Cherry]] is the step-daughter of jazz trumpeter Don Cherry?</li>
+            <li>...that [[Jools Holland]] was a founding member of [[Squeeze]] before launching his solo and TV career?</li>
+          </ul>
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+            <li>[[Category:1950s musicians|1950s]]</li>
+            <li>[[Category:1960s musicians|1960s]]</li>
+            <li>[[Category:1970s musicians|1970s]]</li>
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