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Originally Posted by Janszoon
I feel like the bolded sentence is an unfair comparison. The heyday of people like Chuck Berry was a time before the era of albums, so naturally they can't be evaluated in terms of what kind of "album runs" they had.
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Well that's one of the areas the Beatles surpassed their mentors as you say no one expected 50's rock and roll to think in terms of albums. The Beatles had the songwriting and musical ability to think past of having a hit single. Basically rock band has followed that blue-print ranging from Led Zeppelin to the Black Keys.
It's like many of the Merseybeat bands like Gerry and The Pacemakers and the Searchers couldn't adapt to the emerging psychedelic and progressive rock movement but the Beatles did and was a key influence on many of the key players of that movement including the Byrds, King Crimson, Pink Floyd and yes the Beach Boys. Chuck Berry and Elvis didn't really adapt to these changes.