The Beatles took the rock n’ roll world by storm in the 1960s, but as time passes on, it has become clearer that much of their originality may have been borrowed from other artists. They would often copy and steal music from artists such as Chuck Berry. Many critics look down on the band for this so-called plagiarism, while fans believe that they used Berry’s music for inspiration, not a direct copy. The more you dive into it, the more similarities you will see.
Key Takeaways:
- John Lennon remarked that there was no better person for rock and roll than Chuck Berry.
- Some of the songs John Lennon came out with would be similar to the style of the beatles.
- There was only one song that was plagiarized and it was “come together’ there was even a law suit over it.
“There may be no more influential—and, at times, vexed—musical relationship than the Beatles’ artistic debt to Chuck Berry, who recently passed away at age 90.”
