Ko te pānuitanga tuatahi o te rōpū ko Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Little Richard me Chuck Berry. I te wā o te noho tahi o te rōpū ki Little Richard i te Star-Club i Hamburg, mai i te Paenga-whāwhā ki te Mei 1962, i tohutohu ia ki a rātou i runga i te tikanga tika mo te whakatangitangi i ana waiata. Ko Presley, ka mea a Lennon, "Kahore he mea i tino pā ki ahau kia rongo ra ano ahau i a Elvis. Ki te kore i reira Elvis, kaore pea i reira nga Beatles".Ko etahi atu pānuitanga o mua ko Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Roy Orbison me te Everly Brothers. I haere tonu a The Beatles ki te tango i nga paanga i muri i to raatau angitu tuatahi, i te nuinga o nga wa ka kitea nga huarahi waiata me nga korero hou ma te whakarongo ki o raatau hoa, tae atu ki a Bob Dylan, te Who, Frank Zappa, te Lovin' Byron, te Spoon, me te Beach Boys, ko wai te mea i whakaaweawe i te Petney Boys me te Petney Boys, i miharo ki a ia. "Kah
Ko Elvis Presley, ko Carl Perkins, ko Little Richard me Chuck Berry