How the Beatles became really famousWhen their songs took the top five slots of the Billboard top-songs chart in April, 1964, the Beatles suddenly became a worldwide sensation. A British pop band dominating the American music scene? That had never happened before.The Beatles came out of nowhere (at least that’s what it seemed like in the United States). They were revolutionary and thrilling, and everybody was talking about them. But did they come out of nowhere?The story begins in July 1957, when John Lennon and Paul McCartney started playing music together as teenagers. But in the two-and-a-half years that followed, Lennon and McCartney, along with various short-time band members, played only 25 times, at places like town halls and pubs.Starting in 1960, they gained a tremendous amount of experience playing in Liverpool and in Hamburg, but they were rejected by at least five record labels before getting their record contract with EMI in June, 1962. During 1962 and 1963, they became increasingly popular in Europe. And then came their American debut in early 1964 and the beginning of their worldwide popularity.Disponível em: <https://findyourbetterlife.com/the-true-story-of-the-beatles-success-211778fb9b06>. Acesso em: abr. 2024.O evento inédito e surpreendente a que o texto se refere se trata daa)dominância de uma banda britânica na cena musical americana.b)estreia dos Beatles nos Estados Unidos no início do ano de 1964.c)rejeição inicial que a banda teve de várias gravadoras influentes.d)ascensão progressiva dos Beatles após a turnê pelos Estados Unidos.e)experiência adquirida pelos membros da banda em Liverpool e Hamburgo.