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uncalled4 · 56-60, M
There is no obvious overall influence like, say, Duran Duran with Roxy Music, where it really hits you in the face.
In the Fabs music, I hear: Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and Smokey Robinson. I also hear a bit of 50s rockabilly and the Beach Boys(Paperback Writer, If I Needed Someone, Because, etc.) But as many have pointed out, without George Martin to translate their sound to tape/disc, it just would not have happened, at least not as well as it did.
In the Fabs music, I hear: Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and Smokey Robinson. I also hear a bit of 50s rockabilly and the Beach Boys(Paperback Writer, If I Needed Someone, Because, etc.) But as many have pointed out, without George Martin to translate their sound to tape/disc, it just would not have happened, at least not as well as it did.