| | The Beatles > Biography at MyStrands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | By 1965, Lennon and McCartney's writing had matured to a startling degree and their albums were relying less on outside material. |
| | Previously, they had recorded compositions by Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Bacharach And David, Leiber And Stoller and Goffin And King, but with each successive release the group were leaving behind their earlier influences and moving towards uncharted pop territory. |
| | David Quantick of the New Musical Express offered one of the best comments in recent years: "The Beatles only made - they could only make - music that referred to the future. |
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