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If you were around during the 1960s, you saw British rock bands make a huge impact on the American music scene. The so-called “British Invasion” was an exciting development that shook the ...

A cross-curricular music resource celebrating the contribution of black artists and composers to British music. This video covers advent of Ska, Lovers Rock and the growth of home-grown black British ...

As a youngster growing up in Windsor, Ontario, Gordon Thompson was happy singing in the church choir. Then he saw The Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” As a result, the church choir singer developed ...

Supergroups weren’t exactly rare in the 1960s, but rock supergroups certainly were. Rock music was such a new evolution of rock and roll in the 1960s, and the few rock supergroups that came together ...

A drummer for the 1960s British band the Pretty Things, “the high priest of lunacy” set a high bar for fiery performances and offstage misbehavior. By Alex Williams Viv Prince, a drummer for the ...

Not every song is written in earnest, or reads that way. These are three unintentionally funny one-hit wonders from the 1960s ...

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The 1960s marked an unquestionable evolution—and revolution—in rock music. The British Invasion made its mark in this decade, with bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, who were inspired by ...