Aimee Lavelle
1960’s Coursework
Question 2
Study Sources A, B and C,
Does the evidence of C support the evidence of Sources A and B about the effects of pop music in the 1960’s? Explain your answer.
In my opinion I think that Source C doesn’t support Sources A and B. I think this because from Source A you can learn that the Beatles had quite a big impact in the 1960’s. This extract is from Joanna Lumley ‘and instead of the rush hour an extraordinary silence and emptiness had descended upon London, on England, on Britain.’ This statement implies that countless people left work earlier than usual to watch the Beatles. The Beatles were performing on ‘Juke Box Jury’. Juke Box Jury was Probably the most enduring of all pop panel shows and hosted by David Jacobs with his famous bell and hooter for 'Hit' and 'Miss'. From this quotation we can see that there was usually a crowd of people at the tube station, but today there was no-one and Joanna Lumley was surprised. I dare say that London must have been quieter seeing as the Beatles were on television, but considering that Joanna was only a young woman aged around 18, she maybe exaggerating just a little. This source was written 30 years after it actually happened. Therefore there is a weakness of memory.