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 kahore he Elvis, kaore pea he Beatles".Ko ētahi atu pānuitanga wawe ko Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Roy Orbison me te Everly Brothers. I haere tonu te rōpū ki te ngongo i ngā pānuitanga roa i muri i to ratou angitu tuatahi, i te nuinga o te wā i kitea e ia he ara waiata hou me te lyrics mā te whakarongo ki o ratou hoa, tae atu ki a Dylan, te Who, Frank Zappa, te Lovin' Bob, te Byron, te Spoon, me te Beach Boys, ko te 1966 album, i miharo ki a Petney Boys, me te whakaawe i te waiata o ana waiata. "Kah
Ko Ravi Shankar