British Invasion

<p>The British Invasion was a <a href="/facts/Cultural_phenomenon/nGhvjncH">cultural phenomenon</a> of the mid-1960s, when <a href="/facts/Rock_music/zBM2guyQ">rock</a> and <a href="/facts/Pop_music/kgshFE5B">pop music</a> acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of <a href="/facts/Culture_of_the_United_Kingdom/sD414NCm">British culture</a> became popular in the United States with significant influence on the rising "<a href="/facts/Counterculture_of_the_1960s/BjyVc83W">counterculture</a>" on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. British pop and rock groups such as <a href="/facts/The_Beatles/2syHWLcM">the Beatles</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Rolling_Stones/15fCN7RF">the Rolling Stones</a>, <a href="/facts/Bee_Gees/J7zwBuFe">Bee Gees</a>, <a href="/facts/Gerry_and_the_Pacemakers/nESwpIt1">Gerry and the Pacemakers</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Who/Pnc4Rbnd">the Who</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Kinks/Y4qk754S">the Kinks</a>,  <a href="/facts/The_Zombies/9jMKeJlI">the Zombies</a>, <a href="/facts/Small_Faces/uLgXQ0x8">Small Faces</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Dave_Clark_Five/85P9bmKr">the Dave Clark Five</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Spencer_Davis_Group/eeqnHN61">the Spencer Davis Group</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Yardbirds/IHMH18BK">the Yardbirds</a>, <a href="/facts/Them_(band)/Sx6kwRCA">Them</a>, <a href="/facts/Manfred_Mann/vPMa2qQn">Manfred Mann</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Searchers_(band)/HLMbjh4N">the Searchers</a>, <a href="/facts/Billy_J._Kramer/Hkb8IdPu">Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas</a>, <a href="/facts/Freddie_and_the_Dreamers/9QHttl8r">Freddie and the Dreamers</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Hollies/D8Xh4f2S">the Hollies</a>, <a href="/facts/Herman%2527s_Hermits/EBv4Evnm">Herman's Hermits</a>,  <a href="/facts/Chad_and_Jeremy/5NG95J11">Chad and Jeremy</a>, <a href="/facts/Peter_and_Gordon/JghChKv5">Peter and Gordon</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Animals/pKDMYzxw">the Animals</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Moody_Blues/JBopxTMv">the Moody Blues</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Mindbenders/kQXDcerg">the Mindbenders</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Troggs/S1Noujuw">the Troggs</a>, <a href="/facts/John_Mayall_%2526_the_Bluesbreakers/WYYXWYT4">John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers</a>, <a href="/facts/Cream_(band)/Tk43F73r">Cream</a>, <a href="/facts/Traffic_(band)/nswlnNy0">Traffic</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Pretty_Things/wPKrxkVX">the Pretty Things</a>, <a href="/facts/Pink_Floyd/a3U8PyeV">Pink Floyd</a>, and <a href="/facts/Procol_Harum/7tsQlEC4">Procol Harum</a>, as well as solo singers such as <a href="/facts/Dusty_Springfield/E7HAJMAJ">Dusty Springfield</a>, <a href="/facts/Cilla_Black/dgHV7Pla">Cilla Black</a>, <a href="/facts/Petula_Clark/6E3D7xEp">Petula Clark</a>, <a href="/facts/Tom_Jones_(singer)/8LCTukXy">Tom Jones</a>, <a href="/facts/Donovan/tuzWNhr9">Donovan</a>, and <a href="/facts/Marianne_Faithfull/SEc3Ixlg">Marianne Faithfull</a> were at the forefront of the "invasion."
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British Invasion