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Some of the trends beneath the headlines may seem frivolous, but they bear watching as part of life in a modern world. As Music reports this week, all Christendom has lately learned that rock 'n' roll begat what Englishmen call "the beat," and the beat begat the Beatles. But not so many people outside the territory of some astute British journals realize that rock-turned-beat has actually had a salutary effect on some of the toughest juveniles in England, turning them away from delinquency and toward something that Music describes as "better than beating up old ladies...
...Downing Street: it was No. 5. Only during one of its many restorations did the simple Georgian town house in London somehow double its digit. Under any number, it never seemed to foreigners to be pretentious enough for the hub of the British Empire. But most Englishmen insist that it be kept just the way it always has been...
...musical metamorphosis of Merseyside is only one of the wonders rock 'n' roll has worked in England. As all Christendom has learned, rock also begat what Englishmen call "the beat," and the beat begat the Beatles. The Beatles are all old Merseyside types, and only a few million dollars ago they were trooping around the rock clubs there, playing for carfare like everyone else. Now they have become such a crucial factor in English life that conservative candidates have been officially cautioned not to omit some friendly word for them from their speeches, and the Queen has expressed...
Amis Two Fat Englishmen...
Four young Englishmen are currently beguiling these lately emancipated colonies. Their names, of course, are John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Another British quartet will overperform a saucy, if no longer way-out, review in Boston for a couple of weeks before continuing their national tour. This second group is amusing...