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The cheerful moptops that changed our culture
Fab four: The Beatles are the most successful act in the history of the US Billboard charts. Glossary
Recording studio - A place where music recordings are made.
AI - A computer programme that has been designed to think.
Compare - Say two things are similar.
Mozart - An 18th Century classical musician who composed more than 800 works.
Shakespeare - An English playwright and poet who is often called the greatest writer in the English language.
Pop music - Popular music of the sort that has been popular since the 1950s, usually with a strong rhythm and simple tunes, often contrasted with rock, soul and other forms of popular music.
Soviet Union - Officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). A powerful group of communist republics, the biggest being Russia, that existed from 1922 to 1991.
Beethoven - German composer (1770 - 1827) whose intense, dramatic work revolutionised classical music.
Adolescent - People who are still growing up, especially teenagers.