Music Trivia Challenge
Eric and I were talking about this yesterday. I heard a radio interview in which the interviewee claimed that the Beatles were the first "band." Could this be correct?
"Band" is defined as a group of musicians playing their own instruments with no marketed frontman controlling the group.
Under this definition the following groups are "bands":
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Byrds
Aerosmith
The Band
Credence Clearwater Revival
The Jefferson Airplane
The following groups are not "bands":
The Supremes
Buddy Holly and the Crickets
Bill Haley and the Comets
The Four Seasons
The Four Tops
The Temptations
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
The challenge is to find a band which predates the Beatles, who for the sake of argument we'll say began in 1962 with the recording of their first single, Love Me Do.
Answers?
"Band" is defined as a group of musicians playing their own instruments with no marketed frontman controlling the group.
Under this definition the following groups are "bands":
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Byrds
Aerosmith
The Band
Credence Clearwater Revival
The Jefferson Airplane
The following groups are not "bands":
The Supremes
Buddy Holly and the Crickets
Bill Haley and the Comets
The Four Seasons
The Four Tops
The Temptations
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
The challenge is to find a band which predates the Beatles, who for the sake of argument we'll say began in 1962 with the recording of their first single, Love Me Do.
Answers?
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