Re:Mathematician cracks Beatles mystery - perhaps
by Tycho on Sunday September 09, 2012 @05:32PM
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Oh, you mean specifically the rotation of lead singers. You might be right on that count but I view that mainly as a by-product of the fact that they would want to sing the songs that they wrote.
Re:Mathematician cracks Beatles mystery - perhaps
by mgkimsal on Sunday September 09, 2012 @08:19PM
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Yes, that's what I meant. And this was evident far earlier than them performing many of their own songs. I suspect both John and Paul were simply rather dominant forces in their own way, but it wouldn't really explain allowing George to sing lead as much as he did.
Group singing - yes, some, but not multiple people rotating the 'lead singer' role. There was no 'lead singer' in the Beatles.
Many of the similar merseyside acts of the time were "so-and-so and the foobars" and such. Lead singer name with accompanying band ('rory storm and hurricanes' for example).