British Invasion
Cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom[2] and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States with significant influence on the rising "counterculture" on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.[3] UK pop and rock groups such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks,[4] the Zombies, Small Faces, the Dave Clark Five,[5] The Spencer Davis Group, Herman's Hermits, the Hollies, the Animals, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Searchers, the Yardbirds, Them, and Manfred Mann,[6] as well as solo singers such as Dusty Springfield, Cilla Black, Petula Clark, Tom Jones and Donovan, were at the forefront of the "invasion".[7]
Part of the Swinging Sixties and the broader counterculture of the 1960s | |
Date | 1964–1967[1] |
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Location | United Kingdom and United States |
Outcome | British influence to the music of the United States |