David Bowie.
Roxy Music didn't exactly pass by unnoticed either. And they entered the arena against far more, fierce competition.
Oh; And Jethro Tull? Started about the same time as the Beatles. Still performing and turning out consistently excellent material to this day.
Don't forget; When the beatles emerged, it was pretty much them, the memory of pure 'Rock 'n Roll', or the Stones. Thirty something year old mothers wanted something a bit less in ye face than Jagger.
These four, clean looking boys who were bringing out 'nice', barely over the middle of the road, songs ticked