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* [[The Animals]], “House of the Rising Sun” (1964) | * [[The Animals]], “House of the Rising Sun” (1964) | ||
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The British Invasion was a musical movement in the mid-1960s made up of British rock and roll bands spreading rapidly across the United States. Inspired by 50s rock and roll, and the bluesmen before them, the British rockers of this era changed rock music forever.
Essential Works
The following is a list of the major recordings of the era:
- The Animals, “House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
- The Beatles, Meet the Beatles (1964)
- Petula Clark, “Downtown” (1964)
- Donovan, "Sunshine Superman" (1966)
- The Kinks, “You Really Got Me” (1964)
- Peter and Gordon, “A World Without Love” (1964)
- The Searchers, “Needles and Pins” (1964)
- The Singing Blue Jeans, “Hippy Hippy Shake” (1964)
- The Zombies, “She’s Not There” (1964)
- Herman’s Hermits, “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” (1965)
- The Rolling Stones, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
- The Yardbirds, “For Your Love” (1965)
- The Hollies, “Bus Stop” (1966)
- The Troggs, “Wild Thing” (1966)
- The Who, "My Generation" (1965)
- Lulu, “To Sir with Love” (1967)
- The Small Faces, “Itchycoo Park” (1967)