Mods, rockers, and the music of the British invasion
Musical floodgates were opened after the Beatles' first appearance on ^IThe Ed Sullivan Show^R on February 9, 1964. Suddenly, the U.S. record charts, radio, and television were overrun with British rock and pop musicians. Although this British Invasion was the first exposure many Americans had...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger Publishers,
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
| Summary: | Musical floodgates were opened after the Beatles' first appearance on ^IThe Ed Sullivan Show^R on February 9, 1964. Suddenly, the U.S. record charts, radio, and television were overrun with British rock and pop musicians. Although this British Invasion was the first exposure many Americans had to popular music from the United Kingdom, British pop -- and more specifically British rock and roll -- had been developing since the middle of the 1950s. Author James Perone here chronicles the development of British rock, from the 1950s imitators of Elvis Presley and other American rockabilly artists. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 214 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) , discography (p. 187-201) , and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780275998615 0275998614 9780275998608 0275998606 |