Did the Beatles originate the Beatle haircut? boots? collarless jackets? Did they start the trend of self-contained rock groups (three guitarists and a drummer) composing their own hits? Did the British musical invasion end American performers' careers? Dominate American music charts? No and Surprised? Relying on music industry data (Top 40 and 100 lists, U.S. and U.K. hits by British groups, British groups' hits on the 1964 U.S. charts, 1980s television commercials employing ""oldies"" music, and other comparisons), The Beatle Myth rebuts the revisionist rock historians who greatly...