British rock group — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr — whose decade-long recording career transformed popular music through harmonic sophistication, studio experimentation, and lyrical range.
Brought classical harmonic vocabulary (modal scales, non-diatonic chords) into pop; pioneered multitrack studio composition as artistic medium; moved popular music from dance accompaniment to serious artistic expression; the Sgt. Pepper album established the concept album as genre.
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