Quoted from tamoore:If it weren't for the Beatles, it would be hard to imagine the Rolling Stones would have ever been.
The Beatles really invented modern pop music and changed the way pop songs were structured.
Agreed - "Keef" is my avatar but the The Beatles are #1. The fact that Lennon and McCartney wrote the stones their first "original" hit : I Wanna Be Your Man tells you all you need to know.