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Influenced byCliff Richard and the ShadowsMusicRichard dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s to early 1960s.[4] His 1958 hit single "Move It" is often described as Britain's first authentic rock and roll song; in the opinion of John Lennon of the Beatles, "before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Richard
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Influenced byThe MarvelettesMusicPicked this up initially from a Readers Digest compilation article, but upon further digging, I'm not sure if I'd classify this as an influences so much as a cover song
http://www.beatlesebooks.com/please-mister-postman
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Influenced byElvis PresleyMusicJohn Lennon said in 1965: "Nothing really affected me until I heard Elvis. If there hadn't been an Elvis, there wouldn't have been the Beatles."
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Lennon
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Influenced byThe Everly BrothersMusicPaul remembered musician Phil Everly when he passed away in 2014. Via Facebook:
"Phil Everly was one of my great heroes. With his brother Don, they were one of the major influences on The Beatles. When John and I first started to write songs, I was Phil and he was Don.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152233885918313&set=a.488766413312.281294.182736663312&type=1&stream_ref=10
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Influenced byCarl PerkinsMusicWikipedia cites a press release for a 2007 Carl Perkins biopic: Paul McCartney said it best, "If there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles." I cannot find the source of this quote.
https://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/rock-n-roll-legend-carl-perkins-much-anticipated-story-to-come-to-the-big-screen-32090.php
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Influenced byChuck BerryMusicTribute post on Paul McCartney's website: "From the first minute we heard the great guitar intro to ‘Sweet Little Sixteen’ we became fans of the great Chuck Berry. His stories were more like poems than lyrics – the likes of ‘Johnny B Goode’ or ‘Maybellene’. To us he was a magician making music that was exotic yet normal at the same time. We learnt so many things from him which led us into a dream world of rock ‘n’ roll music.
https://www.paulmccartney.com/news-blogs/news/paul-on-chuck-berry
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Bi-directionalThe Beach BoysMusicIn an interview published in the liner notes of the Pet Sounds 1997 box set, David Leaf writes: YOU’VE TALKED ABOUT HOW PET SOUNDS INFLUENCED YOU. WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DID IT HAVE ON JOHN?

PAUL: “I played it to John so much that it would be difficult for him to escape the influence. If records had a director within a band, I sort of directed Pepper. And my influence was basically the Pet Sounds album.
https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/interview/paul-mccartney-spoke-about-pet-sounds/
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Bi-directionalBob DylanMusicCan't find the direct source of the 1980 Playboy interview with John Lennon where he describes his Dylan period, but it is referenced in several articles: "Dylan would go on to be a major influence on John Lennon following this meeting when he went into what he described as his ‘Dylan period‘, which saw him try to emulate the singer-songwriter. "
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/when-bob-dylan-met-the-beatles/
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Bi-directionalEric ClaptonMusic"As well as being sought as Harrison’s replacement after the guitarist walked out on The Beatles during the Get Back sessions, Clapton was also employed by Harrison to help craft some of his most iconic songs for the Fab Four."
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-beatles-influences-musicians-lennon-mccartney-harrison-starr/
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Influenced byBuddy HollyMusicCannot find direct source for this but it is referenced in this Readers Digest article: That'll Be the Day was the first song John Lennon learned to play and the first song the early Beatles recorded. Paul McCartney publicly admitted that the "first forty songs we wrote were Buddy Holly influenced."
https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/culture/music/ten-artists-and-bands-that-inspired-the-beatles
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Influenced byLittle RichardMusic
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Bi-directionalThe ByrdsMusic
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Influence to
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
Film
https://www.vulture.com/article/beatles-inspired-movies.html
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Influence toI Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)Film
https://www.vulture.com/article/beatles-inspired-movies.html
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Influence toBeatlemania: The Movie (1981)Film
https://www.vulture.com/article/beatles-inspired-movies.html
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Influence toYesterday (2019)Film
https://www.vulture.com/article/beatles-inspired-movies.html
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Influence toAcross the Universe (2007)Film
https://www.vulture.com/article/beatles-inspired-movies.html
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Influence toRobyn HitchcockMusicProbably the other one that had a big influence was Revolver, which came out in ’66. I had heard all of the Beatles’ singles up until “Love Me Do.” My late childhood had been mapped out in Beatles records, and now my adolescence was going to be mapped out in Beatles records. I was sixteen when Abbey Road came out and I think I was seventeen when the last one, Let it Be, came out. So, that vital period, ten to seventeen, was mapped out by the Beatles. https://tidal.com/magazine/article/robyn-hitchcock-5-albums-that-changed-my-life/1-37139
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Influence toEmitt RhodesMusic"After the album," he says, "we then spent some time: we did overdubs, we thought about it, the sounds got bigger. It was a Beatles trip. They were my favorite, that's for sure. I like what the Beatles were doing because they seemed to be the most innovative; actually they still sound pretty good. Shit... they were hot." https://www.emittrhodesmusic.net/emittstory.html
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Influence toElvis CostelloMusicI was exactly the right age to be hit by them full on. My experience --
seizing on every picture, saving money for singles and EPs, catching
them on a local news show -- was repeated over and over again around
the world. It was the first time anything like this had happened on
this scale. But it wasn't just about the numbers; Michael Jackson can
sell records until the end of time, but he'll never matter to people as
much as the Beatles did. http://elviscostello.info/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=1917
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