In the early 1960s, British bands and singers swarmed the US charts, in an unprecedented musical invasion. But who were the ...

The first British invasion was so good we Americans just couldn’t go without a second one. So, when the late ’70s and early ’80s hit, bands from the UK flocked to the US like moths to a flame. And ...

You can make a good argument that the British Invasion saved rock and roll from obsolescence. The music was on shaky ground in the early 60s when, led by The Beatles, those British bands came storming ...

The British Invasion was a monumental era that brought to the U.S. some of the most enduring and beloved bands ever, particularly the Beatles, as well as a number of briefly but hugely popular bands ...

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 ...

The Kinks emerged in London in 1963 and built a reputation on concise hooks, dry wit, and riffs that helped define British Invasion rock. The band's best-known early work still anchors its story, ...

The British Invasion was properly named. A story titled "Redcoats Revisiting" in the April 4, 1964, issue of Billboard noted that they currently held a whopping 19 spots on the Hot 100. American acts ...

In the mid-1960s, the Beatles led the British Invasion, a sound so commercially successful and artistically vital that many other bands tried to imitate it. Like the numerous forgotten British ...

Peter Noone, the lead singer for the classic British Invasion band Herman’s Hermits will be bringing his latest iteration of the group to central Pennsylvania next spring. Herman’s Hermits Starring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Beatlemania captured the hearts of young music fans in the 1960s, a wave of English newcomers hoping to claim a piece of the ...