British Invasion

The British Invasion was an influx of rock and roll performers from Great Britain who became popular in the United States, Australia, Canada and elsewhere starting in 1964 and continuing through the present. The classic British Invasion was in 1964-1965, but the term may also be applied to later waves of UK artists gaining popularity outside Britain.

First British Invasion artists

• The Action
• The Animals
• The Beatles
• Belfast Gypsies
• Dave Berry
• The Birds
• Chad and Jeremy
• Cilla Black
• Cliff Bennett
• Cream
• The Creation
• The Dave Clark Five
• Deep Purple
• Donovan
• The Downliners Sect
• Dusty Springfield
• The Eric Burdon Band
• Freddie & the Dreamers
• Georgie Fame
• Gerry & the Pacemakers
• Graham Bond
• Herman's Hermits
• The Hollies
• The Honeycombs
• The Kinks
• Long John Baldry
• Lulu
• Manfred Mann
• Marianne Faithfull
• The Mindbenders
• The Moody Blues
• The Move
• The Nashville Teens
• Peter & Gordon
• Petula Clark
• The Pretty Things
• Procol Harum
• The Rolling Stones
• Sandie Shaw
• The Searchers
• The Shadows
• The Small Faces
• The Spencer Davis Group
• The Swinging Blue Jeans
• Them
• Tom Jones
• The Tremeloes
• The Troggs
• The Walker Brothers
• The Who
• The Yardbirds
• The Zombies