During the 1960s, American music was taken over by artists from the U.K. This era became known as the British Invasion, with U.K. pop and rock artists dominating the American charts. Many of these ...

In the 1960s, there were two giant musical movements that helped shape not only the decade but also the next 50 years of modern music. Those are the sounds that came from the British Invasion and from ...

This song, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, is about the need for love. Written by Paul McCartney when he was 16 and credited to Lennon-McCartney, this song was given to Peter and Gordon ...

Popular music from the likes of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones will be weaved in among more traditional classical pieces when the Royal Oak Concert Band performs early next month. The concert is ...

May 13—PLYMOUTH — At the height of the British Invasion of the mid-1960s, Chad and Jeremy were the first of the invaders to appear on the West Coast — even before John, Paul, George and Ringo, The ...

In the mid-1960s, due to a mass flooding of British musicians into the American music industry, a term was coined: the British Invasion. While the term “invasion” isn’t exactly the most welcoming of ...

OGUNQUIT, Maine — When the Yardbirds return to Jonathan’s Ogunquit for their second appearance there this Friday night, the band members will have more than their decades of rock 'n' roll hits to ...

Today, we’re bringing the boom. Welcome back to another edition of British Invasion, the column that dives into British music history. Today’s programming will be on the blues boom of the 1960’s (and ...

24/7 Wall St. Posted: January 7, 2025 | Last updated: January 7, 2025 Americans enthusiastically embraced the British Invasion of the 1960s, led by bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones who ...

BLUR posing for the cover for the album “Leisure.” “Leisure” released on Aug. 26, 1991. Photo courtesy of @blurofficial on Instagram Welcome to the inaugural column of “British Invasion.” In this ...

Jeremy Clyde, of the British duo of the 1960s Chard & Jeremy, plays a song to the crowd gathered at Happy Pizza’s Shawnee Room Saturday night in Plymouth. Photo courtesy of Edd ‘Beatledd’ Raineri ...