9th February 2022, 17:46
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Originally Posted by x3s
This thread is about the British Invasion that began in the 60s as per the following:
The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the U.S. and significant to the rising "counterculture" on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Pop and rock groups such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Zombies, the Kinks, Small Faces, the Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits, the Hollies, the Animals, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Searchers, the Yardbirds, the Who and Them, as well as solo singers like Dusty Springfield, Cilla Black, Petula Clark, Tom Jones, and Donovan, were at the forefront of the "invasion
*If anyone would like to start a thread about the other invasions please be my guest. ![Big Grin](http://ps.fscache.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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The original British Invasion ran from 1963-1968 maybe 1969 and that's pushing it IMHO (Some say 64-67!)
I really feel that any songs posted here should've been released prior to 1969, so no "Baba O'Reillys & Emotional Rescues" etc if it is to be a true representation of the original British Invasion.
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