The Beatles Songwriting and the British Invasion.

Because of the Beatles any artist worth his salt wrote their own songs they ignored the rules ...after they hit big every music artist was now "expected" to be able to write their own songs .... Even some trash metal band are indebted to the Beatles even if musically and lyrically they are not influenced by them.

They broke down a huge barrier for "British" groups ....popular acts like Cliff Richard ...The Shadows ... Tommy Steele ...etc ...could not break into the coveted US market .... even the Beatles had abit of a struggle ....IMO a big yes ...proof is here we are 45 years later still discussing them ....they turned the music industry upside down and broke all the rules EMI Parlophone "reluctantly" signed them ...(Decca had rejected them previously) ....in North America subsiduary Capitol had the rights to the Beatles music but initially chose "not" to release any (except in Canada) ....tiny labels such as VeeJay ...Swan ...and Tollie released early Beatles singles (and 1st album) with little promotion they barely made the charts ... by late 1963 Capitol finally woke up and rush released "Meet the Beatles" ...it's success started a tidal wave of British groups ....the Beatles opened the doors .... also in the USA suddently alot of teenagers saw what was going on and alot of bands were forming in garages all over ....some of these teenage garage bands would develop into successful 1970's bands ...groups like Styx ....and yes it's true that the Byrds saw the movie "A Hard Day's Night" and were influenced to buy a 12 string electric ...grow their hair and blend Bob Dylan's lyrics to Beatle jangle and create what was then dubbed "folk rock" ....later the Beatles ended up being "fans" and friends of the Byrds .....similiar situation with Bob Dylan ....the Beatles were influenced by Dylan ... Dylan was influenced by the Beatles ..switching from acoustic to electric ....The Beatles music speaks for itself ..it stands the test of time ....their music is timeless.

With Dylan artists might have been expected to write serious lyrics though not everyone does. With the Beatles your were expected to write your own songs a big effect notably The Rolling Stones and the Kinks. Hence they had the bigger influence and that's just songwriting and were not including recording techniques and musical influence.