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The British Invasion Is an American Story

Dave Mason has just passed away, so we thought it appropriate to re-up this interview from 2017. The post The British Invasion Is an American Story appeared first on The Good Men P...

4 Bands That Carried the Second British Invasion

UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 01: Photo of Andy SUMMERS and Stewart COPELAND and POLICE and STING; L-R: Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Sting - posed, group shot (Photo by John Rodgers/Red...

4 Songs From the 60s That Made Everyone Fall in Love With British Bands

The Beatles The 60s saw the musical takeover of bands like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and others. Here are some of the songs that turned heads. The post 4 Songs From the 60s...

3 Classic British Invasion Songs Where Another Voice Stole the Spotlight

Whether it's another band or a surprise harmony, these vocal parts completely changed the scope of these British Invasion songs. The post 3 Classic British Invasion Songs Where An...

4 of the Most Iconic Vocalists From British Invasion Bands

UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01: BBC STUDIO Photo of ANIMALS, L-R: Eric Burdon, John Steel, Hilton Valentine, Alan Price, Chas Chandler, posed, group shot on set of TV Show (Photo by D...

‘It’ll be like Barbenheimer’: UK gripped by new wave of Beatlemania in lead-up to four biopics

Fab Four are still making waves 60 years on – and upcoming Sam Mendes films are expected to turn the hype up to 11If anyone needed a reminder of the enduring cultural clout of the...

On the Charts 59 Years Ago, The Beatles Began a 23-Week No. 1 Reign With the Album That Changed Popular Music Forever

Fifty-nine years ago today, The...

Remembering When The Beatles Fortified Their Great Start on Their Sophomore Album in 1963

The Beatles in 1963 Could The Beatles have undergone a sophomore slump? 'With The Beatles', from 1963, ensured that wouldn't happen. The post Remembering When The Beatles Fortified...

3 Rock Bands From the 1960s Who Had One Pop Crossover and Never Looked Back

English rock band The Kinks at London Airport (later Heathrow), UK, 16th January 1965. They are flying to Australia for a concert tour. From left to right, Ray Davies, Pete Quaife,...

"There were more people there than they had ever cumulatively played to in their career at that point." The story behind...

It's now 50 years since Ramones brought their blitzkrieg bops to Britain

On This Day in 1963, The Beatles Wrapped Their Final Tour Date With Roy Orbison After Fans Pelted Them With George Harri...

4 Songs That Instantly Transport Baby Boomers Back to Summer Vacation in the 1960s

The Beatles show off their MBE medals after the royal investiture at Buckingham Palace, London, Tuesday 26th October 1965. The Beatles, each is now a Member of the Order of the Bri...

3 Songs Released During the Summer of Love That Epitomized the Movement

British pop group the Beatles, (from left to right), John, George, Ringo and Paul, circa 1967. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) These three songs epitomized the summer of lov...

On This Day in 1966, The Beatles Hit No. 1 With the Loudest Song They’d Ever Recorded

The Beatles Sixty years ago today, the Beatles were at No. 1 in the UK for the tenth consecutive time with the loudest song they'd ever recorded. The post On This Day in 1966, Th...

"Everybody was leaning over the banisters to listen to this guy sitting in the corner of the club playing. They were ent...

When Hendrix arrived in the UK in 1966, the rock world tilted on its axis and he shot from unknown to superstar and changed everything

The Beatles Changed Music Forever With This Memorable Hit Single From 1965

The Beatles changed music forever in 1965, when they released "Ticket To Ride", a song that became a big hit. The post The Beatles Changed Music Forever With This Memorable Hit Sin...

4 of the Biggest Pop Hits From 1964 That Still Sound Amazing Now

Motown singing group The Supremes perform on a TV show circa 1964. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) From The Beatles to The Supremes, here are four massive hit songs...

Just What They Needed: How INXS Crashed the US Top 5 for the First Time

61 Years Ago, Bob Dylan Released a UK Single That Would Cause a Panic in the US One Month Later

One country's Top 40 single is another's abomination to folk music. The post 61 Years Ago, Bob Dylan Released a UK Single That Would Cause a Panic in the US One Month Later appeare...

5 Psychedelic Rock Songs From the 1960s That Make You Feel Like You’re on Their Same Trip

British pop group the Beatles, (from left to right), John, George, Ringo and Paul, circa 1967. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) These psychedelic rock songs from the 1960s ar...

This 1964 One-Hit Wonder Predated The Beatles, but the Fab Four Are Why It Remained Popular

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On This Day in 1965, the Beach Boys Topped the Chart With Their First Single To Feature Al Jardine’s Lead Vocals

"We were playing to capacity crowds, six or seven nights a week, everywhere we went. So we figured something was about t...

Before 1966, the blues was tired, worn out and unsexy. But then Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Jimi Hendrix created the modern guitar hero too

3 Famous Rock Songs From the 1960s That Aged Into Pure Art

The Beatles - 1963 John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr (Photo by Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images) These rock songs from the 1960s aged into pure art....