Editing Jangle (section)

==Popularization==
Despite coming after the Everly Brothers and the Searchers, [[the Beatles]] and the Byrds are commonly credited with launching the popularity of jangle pop, in the mid-1960s, the Beatles inspired many artists to purchase [[Rickenbacker]] [[12-string guitar]]s through songs such as "[[A Hard Day's Night (song)|A Hard Day's Night]]" (July 1964), "[[Words of Love]]"  (October 1964), "[[What You're Doing]]" (December 1964), and "[[Ticket to Ride (song)|Ticket to Ride]]" (June 1965).<ref name="How Rickenbacker Changed Music"/> Rickenbacker guitars were expensive and rare, but could create a clear, ringing sound that could not be reproduced with the more "[[twang]]y" [[Fender Telecaster|Telecaster]] or the "fatter, less sharp" sound of the [[Gibson Les Paul|Les Paul]].<ref name="How Rickenbacker Changed Music" /> Lead guitarist [[George Harrison]]'s use of the Rickenbacker helped to popularize the model,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Babiuk|first1=Andy|editor1-last=Bacon|editor1-first=Tony|title=Beatles Gear: All the Fab Four's Instruments, from Stage to Studio|year=2002|publisher=Backbeat Books|edition=Revised|isbn=978-0-87930-731-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eo743Uh2UOEC|page=120}}</ref> and its jangly sound became so prominent that ''[[Melody Maker]]'' termed it the Beatles' "secret weapon".<ref>{{cite book|last=Leng|first=Simon|title=While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison|publisher=SAF Publishing Ltd|year=2006|orig-year=2003|isbn=978-1-4234-0609-9|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=NRoFPFvI1joC|page=14}}</ref>

Harrison appeared playing his Rickenbacker in the Beatles' 1964 film ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]''; upon seeing the film, Byrds guitarist [[Roger McGuinn]] immediately traded his 6-string acoustic for a 12-string Rickenbacker.<ref name="guitarworld">{{cite web |last1=Fanelli |first1=Damian |title=Roger McGuinn Talks Byrds, Rickenbackers, New Album and Touring with Chris Hillman |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/roger-mcguinn-talks-byrds-rickenbackers-new-album-and-touring-with-chris-hillman |website=[[Guitar World]] |access-date=April 27, 2019 |date=October 17, 2018}}</ref> The Byrds modeled their sound on the Beatles and prominently featured a Rickenbacker electric 12-string guitar in many of their recordings.<ref name="How Rickenbacker Changed Music">{{cite web |url=http://sandiegotroubadour.com/jingle-jangle-revolution-how-rickenbacker-guitars-changed-music/ |title=Jingle-Jangle Revolution: How Rickenbacker Guitars Changed Music |last=Kocher |first=Frank |date=September 2012 |access-date=July 24, 2016}}</ref> What would become popularly known as the "jingle-jangle"<ref>{{cite web|last=Baine|first=Wallace|date=September 30, 2015|url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150930/hey-mr-rickenbacker-man-roger-mcguinns-lasting-influence-on-popular-music|title=Hey, Mr. Rickenbacker Man: Roger McGuinn's lasting influence on popular music}}</ref> or "jangle" sound<ref name="mcguinn2016">{{cite web|last=Toh|first=Christopher|date=April 1, 2014|url=https://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/music/roger-mcguinn-full-interview|title=Roger McGuinn: The full interview|website=TODAYonline}}</ref> was unveiled with the Byrds' debut record "Mr. Tambourine Man", released in April 1965.<ref name="Ruhl"/>

By June, the single had topped the national charts in the US and UK, helping to spark the [[folk rock|folk-rock]] trend. [[AllMusic]] critic William Ruhlmann writes that, following the song's success, "it seemed half the recording acts in L.A. either raided the Dylan repertoire for material ... or wrote and recorded material that sounded like it".<ref name="Ruhl">{{cite web |last1=Ruhlmann |first1=William |title=Mr. Tambourine Man |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/mr-tambourine-man-mt0006393085 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref> Harrison himself copied McGuinn's playing style for the Beatles' song "[[If I Needed Someone]]", released on the December 1965 album ''[[Rubber Soul]]''.<ref name="guitarworld" />