{"id":1552,"date":"2015-07-09T16:42:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T16:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aesu.com\/blog\/?p=530"},"modified":"2015-07-09T16:42:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T16:42:11","slug":"british-invasion-decade-transformed-american-music-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobeckmedia.com\/aesu\/british-invasion-decade-transformed-american-music-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"The British Invasion: The Decade that Transformed the American Music Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 1964, Life magazine wrote this about the British Invasion: \u201c”In [1776] England lost her American colonies. Last week the Beatles took them back.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen the Beatles came to America in 1964, the nation was gripped by a phenomenon unseen before,\u201d wrote <\/span>Rolling Stone <\/i>reporter Parke Puterbaugh in his article \u201cThe British Invasion: From the Beatles to the Stones, The Sixties Belonged to Britain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At one point in 1964, the Beatles occupied twelve spots in the Top 100, including every <\/i>spot in the Top Five: “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Twist and Shout,” “She Loves You,” “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “Please Please Me.” Spurred by the early success of the Beatles, we saw a sudden surge of British musical talent and British culture that forever changed the face of music in<\/span> America.<\/p>\n

In 1964, Life <\/i>magazine wrote this: \u201c”In [1776] England lost her American colonies. Last week the Beatles took them back.”<\/p>\n

This surge of artists coming from the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s came to be known as The British Invasion<\/b>. The increasing popularity of the Beatles opened the door for a number of British artists, including the Dave Clark Five, the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, the Who, the Kinks, Herman\u2019s Hermits, and so many others.<\/p>\n