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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Distinguish|Reggae rock}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Use British English|date=February 2019}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Use British English|date=February 2019}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox music genre&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox music genre&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| name              = Raga rock&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| name              = Raga rock&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[pop music|pop]]|[[rāga]]|other [[Music of India|Indian]] forms of music}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[pop music|pop]]|[[rāga]]|other [[Music of India|Indian]] forms of music}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| cultural_origins  = Mid-1960s, [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| cultural_origins  = Mid-1960s, [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| derivatives       = {{hlist|[[Indian rock]]|[[psychedelic rock]]}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| derivatives       = {{hlist|[[Indian rock]]|[[psychedelic rock]]}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}}{{Not to be confused with|Reggae rock&lt;/del&gt;}}{{Music of India}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}{{Music of India}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Raga rock&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is [[Rock music|rock]] or [[pop music]] with a pronounced [[Music of India|Indian influence]], either in its construction, its [[timbre]], or its use of [[Indian musical instruments]], such as the [[sitar]] and [[tabla]]. In addition, rock music from the 1960s and 1970s that incorporates [[Music of Asia|South Asian musical]] influences and instruments, along with Western ideas of the [[Indian subcontinent]], is often regarded as raga rock.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Raga rock&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is [[Rock music|rock]] or [[pop music]] with a pronounced [[Music of India|Indian influence]], either in its construction, its [[timbre]], or its use of [[Indian musical instruments]], such as the [[sitar]] and [[tabla]]. In addition, rock music from the 1960s and 1970s that incorporates [[Music of Asia|South Asian musical]] influences and instruments, along with Western ideas of the [[Indian subcontinent]], is often regarded as raga rock.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Music researcher William Echard states that &amp;quot;[[Heart Full of Soul]]&amp;quot; by [[the Yardbirds]], which was released in June 1965, &amp;quot;is frequently cited as a key text in starting the trend&amp;quot; towards incorporating Indian-inspired elements in rock music.{{sfn|Echard|2017|p=32}} An Indian sitarist and a [[tabla]] player accompanied the Yardbirds on a demo recording of the song, but only the tabla part was deemed usable.{{sfn|Santoro|1991|p=13}} Instead, [[Jeff Beck]] emulated the sitar figure, tone and accompanying drone on the electric guitar for the master recording.{{sfn|Echard|2017|pp=31, 32, 35}} The song reached number 2 on the UK chart&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin C|author-link=Martin C. Strong|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=2004|publisher=[[Canongate Books]]|edition=7th|location=Edinburgh|isbn=1841955515|page=1707}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and number 9 in the US.{{sfn|Jackson|2015|p=xix}} According to Chapman, the other record &amp;quot;chiefly credited with introducing raga motifs into Western pop&amp;quot; is [[the Kinks]]&amp;#039; July 1965 single &amp;quot;[[See My Friends]]&amp;quot;, which was another top-ten hit in the UK.{{sfn|Chapman|2015|p=525}} Written by [[Ray Davies]] and inspired by a visit to India,{{sfn|Bellman|1998|pp=294–95}} the song used open-tuned guitars to imitate the drone produced by an Indian [[Tanpura (instrument)|tambura]].{{sfn|Lavezzoli|2006|pp=154–55}}{{sfn|Brend|2005|pp=144–45}} Davies&amp;#039; vocal affectations added to the track&amp;#039;s Indian quality;{{sfn|Jackson|2015|p=256}} in author Peter Lavezzoli&amp;#039;s description, &amp;quot;See My Friends&amp;quot; was &amp;quot;the first pop song to evoke an Indian &amp;#039;&amp;#039;feel&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;.{{sfn|Lavezzoli|2006|p=155}} Before either of these examples, [[the Beatles]]&amp;#039; April 1965 single &amp;quot;[[Ticket to Ride (song)|Ticket to Ride]]&amp;quot;, which was number 1 in many countries around the world, featured a melody that author [[Ian MacDonald]] terms &amp;quot;raga-like&amp;quot;{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|pp=144fn, 165fn}} over a subtle Indian drone produced by electric guitars.{{sfn|Jackson|2015|pp=70–71}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Music researcher William Echard states that &amp;quot;[[Heart Full of Soul]]&amp;quot; by [[the Yardbirds]], which was released in June 1965, &amp;quot;is frequently cited as a key text in starting the trend&amp;quot; towards incorporating Indian-inspired elements in rock music.{{sfn|Echard|2017|p=32}} An Indian sitarist and a [[tabla]] player accompanied the Yardbirds on a demo recording of the song, but only the tabla part was deemed usable.{{sfn|Santoro|1991|p=13}} Instead, [[Jeff Beck]] emulated the sitar figure, tone and accompanying drone on the electric guitar for the master recording.{{sfn|Echard|2017|pp=31, 32, 35}} The song reached number 2 on the UK chart&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin C|author-link=Martin C. Strong|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=2004|publisher=[[Canongate Books]]|edition=7th|location=Edinburgh|isbn=1841955515|page=1707}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and number 9 in the US.{{sfn|Jackson|2015|p=xix}} According to Chapman, the other record &amp;quot;chiefly credited with introducing raga motifs into Western pop&amp;quot; is [[the Kinks]]&amp;#039; July 1965 single &amp;quot;[[See My Friends]]&amp;quot;, which was another top-ten hit in the UK.{{sfn|Chapman|2015|p=525}} Written by [[Ray Davies]] and inspired by a visit to India,{{sfn|Bellman|1998|pp=294–95}} the song used open-tuned guitars to imitate the drone produced by an Indian [[Tanpura (instrument)|tambura]].{{sfn|Lavezzoli|2006|pp=154–55}}{{sfn|Brend|2005|pp=144–45}} Davies&amp;#039; vocal affectations added to the track&amp;#039;s Indian quality;{{sfn|Jackson|2015|p=256}} in author Peter Lavezzoli&amp;#039;s description, &amp;quot;See My Friends&amp;quot; was &amp;quot;the first pop song to evoke an Indian &amp;#039;&amp;#039;feel&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;.{{sfn|Lavezzoli|2006|p=155}} Before either of these examples, [[the Beatles]]&amp;#039; April 1965 single &amp;quot;[[Ticket to Ride (song)|Ticket to Ride]]&amp;quot;, which was number 1 in many countries around the world, featured a melody that author [[Ian MacDonald]] terms &amp;quot;raga-like&amp;quot;{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|pp=144fn, 165fn}} over a subtle Indian drone produced by electric guitars.{{sfn|Jackson|2015|pp=70–71}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;Heart Full of Soul&quot; and &quot;See My Friends&quot; were both influential on the emerging trend,{{sfn|Chapman|2015|p=527}} but according to author [[Jon Savage]], &quot;the first truly mass exposure&quot; was through the Beatles&#039; 1965 film &#039;&#039;[[Help! (film)|Help!]]&#039;&#039;, which included incidental music played by Indian session musicians.{{sfn|Savage|2015|p=124}}{{refn|group=nb|The film&#039;s focus on [[Kali]] and other Hindu themes anticipated the [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]]&#039;s fascination with Indian philosophy and music. These aspects were nevertheless portrayed in a largely negative and stereotypical way by director [[Richard Lester]].{{sfn|Jackson|2015|p=164}}}} Writing in 1997, Bellman commented that the Yardbirds and Kinks recordings were often overlooked in discussions of raga rock&#039;s origins, as history instead highlighted the Beatles&#039; &quot;[[Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)]]&quot;.{{sfn|Bellman|1998|pp=294–95}} Issued in December 1965 on the band&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Rubber Soul]]&#039;&#039; album, the folk-styled &quot;Norwegian Wood&quot; was the first Western pop song to incorporate the sitar, which was played by lead guitarist [[George Harrison]],{{sfn|Bellman|1998|p=297}}{{sfn|Brend|2005|p=147}} and the first to feature Indian instrumentation played by a rock musician.{{sfn|Lavezzoli|2006|p=173}} The song&#039;s popularity inspired a wave of interest in the sitar and Indian sounds, a phenomenon that Shankar later called &quot;the great sitar explosion&quot;.{{sfn|Lavezzoli|2006|p=171}}{{sfn|Brend|2005|pp=146, 147, 154}} According to authors [[Nicholas Schaffner]] and Bernard Gendron, raga rock was inaugurated by the release of &quot;Norwegian Wood&quot;.{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=66}}{{sfn|Gendron|2002|p=345}}{{refn|group=nb|Writing in 1988, musicologist Gerry Farrell said the recognition afforded the Beatles for changes in the musical landscape during the 1960s was because their popularity and influence was such that they represented &quot;a kind of [[Spirit level|spirit-level]] of pop music&quot;. He also wrote: &quot;Attempts at fusions with Indian music, especially with jazz, go back to the late fifties but it took the Beatles and a media which had a seemingly insatiable hunger for all that band&#039;s activities to catapult Indian music to the forefront of public awareness and, briefly, makes the {{&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;transl&lt;/del&gt;|hi|IAST|sitār}} a common feature of popular culture in the West.&quot;{{sfn|Farrell|1988|p=189}}}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;Heart Full of Soul&quot; and &quot;See My Friends&quot; were both influential on the emerging trend,{{sfn|Chapman|2015|p=527}} but according to author [[Jon Savage]], &quot;the first truly mass exposure&quot; was through the Beatles&#039; 1965 film &#039;&#039;[[Help! (film)|Help!]]&#039;&#039;, which included incidental music played by Indian session musicians.{{sfn|Savage|2015|p=124}}{{refn|group=nb|The film&#039;s focus on [[Kali]] and other Hindu themes anticipated the [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]]&#039;s fascination with Indian philosophy and music. These aspects were nevertheless portrayed in a largely negative and stereotypical way by director [[Richard Lester]].{{sfn|Jackson|2015|p=164}}}} Writing in 1997, Bellman commented that the Yardbirds and Kinks recordings were often overlooked in discussions of raga rock&#039;s origins, as history instead highlighted the Beatles&#039; &quot;[[Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)]]&quot;.{{sfn|Bellman|1998|pp=294–95}} Issued in December 1965 on the band&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Rubber Soul]]&#039;&#039; album, the folk-styled &quot;Norwegian Wood&quot; was the first Western pop song to incorporate the sitar, which was played by lead guitarist [[George Harrison]],{{sfn|Bellman|1998|p=297}}{{sfn|Brend|2005|p=147}} and the first to feature Indian instrumentation played by a rock musician.{{sfn|Lavezzoli|2006|p=173}} The song&#039;s popularity inspired a wave of interest in the sitar and Indian sounds, a phenomenon that Shankar later called &quot;the great sitar explosion&quot;.{{sfn|Lavezzoli|2006|p=171}}{{sfn|Brend|2005|pp=146, 147, 154}} According to authors [[Nicholas Schaffner]] and Bernard Gendron, raga rock was inaugurated by the release of &quot;Norwegian Wood&quot;.{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=66}}{{sfn|Gendron|2002|p=345}}{{refn|group=nb|Writing in 1988, musicologist Gerry Farrell said the recognition afforded the Beatles for changes in the musical landscape during the 1960s was because their popularity and influence was such that they represented &quot;a kind of [[Spirit level|spirit-level]] of pop music&quot;. He also wrote: &quot;Attempts at fusions with Indian music, especially with jazz, go back to the late fifties but it took the Beatles and a media which had a seemingly insatiable hunger for all that band&#039;s activities to catapult Indian music to the forefront of public awareness and, briefly, makes the {{&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;transliteration&lt;/ins&gt;|hi|IAST|sitār}} a common feature of popular culture in the West.&quot;{{sfn|Farrell|1988|p=189}}}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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