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Mods, rockers, and the music of the British invasion [electronic resource] / James E. Perone.

by Perone, James E.

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Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, ©2009.

Rock music -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.

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1 online resource (viii, 214 pages) : illustrations

Introduction: the Mods versus the Rockers -- Skiffle and 1950s British rockers -- 1960-1963: from the rocker aesthetic to the mod aesthetic -- The Beatles and Merseybeat: balancing the sides -- A different sort of balance: the Dave Clark Five -- The Who and the Kinks: mod to the core -- The blues and R & B bands -- The Rolling Stones: it all starts with the blues -- And that's not all: other British invasion artists -- Impact on America and conclusions.

Musical floodgates were opened after the Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show 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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