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# Video: Malcolm Galdwell Tells How The Beatles Got To Be Great
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/video-malcom-galdwell-tells-how-the-beatles-got-to-be-great/
- Published: 2009-01-30T04:10:24.000Z
- Updated: 2009-01-30T04:10:24.000Z
- Description: In this video Malcolm Gladwell, the author of The Outliers and The Tipping Point, uses The Beatles to question the existence of genuine musical prodigies. Caldwell attributes the band's success. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/01/video-malcom-galdwell-tells-how-the-beatles-got
- Author: Bruce Houghton
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In this video Malcolm Gladwell, the author of [The Outliers and The Tipping Point](http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FMalcolm-Gladwell%2FB000APOE98%3Fie%3DUTF8%26%252AVersion%252A%3D1%26%252Aentries%252A%3D0&tag=hypebot-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957&ref=hypebot.com)

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, uses The Beatles to question the existence of genuine musical prodigies. Caldwell attributes the band's success to the time they spent playing as the house band at club in Hamburg, Germany.