Episode 100: “Love Me Do” by the Beatles
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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My Bunny - The Story of the Beatles
By this point the group was so obviously the best band on the Liverpool scene that they were starting to get bored. There was no competition, and by this point it really was a proper scene. The one big change came when John and Paul went on holiday to Paris,. saw Vince Taylor bumped into their friend Jürgen from Hamburg, and got Jürgen to do their hair like his. They now had the Beatles haircut, though they were still wearing leather. When they got back George copied their new style straight away, but Pete decided to leave his hair in the quiff.
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