British Invasion

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cultural phenomenon historical event in popular music musical movement

The British Invasion was a mid-1960s cultural phenomenon in which rock and pop bands from the United Kingdom, led by groups like The Beatles, achieved massive popularity and reshaped popular music in the United States and worldwide.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
British Invasion canonical	26
British Invasion era	1
UK Invasion	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural phenomenon ⓘ historical event in popular music ⓘ musical movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	British Invasion ⓘ surface form: UK Invasion
associatedWithCity	Liverpool ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
associatedWithRecordLabel	Decca Records ⓘ EMI ⓘ Parlophone ⓘ
characteristic	adaptation of American rhythm and blues ⓘ distinctive British accents in vocals ⓘ emphasis on guitar-based bands ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy	psychedelic era in rock music ⓘ second British Invasion of the 1980s ⓘ
genre	beat music ⓘ pop music ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rock music ⓘ
hasDate	1964-02-09 ⓘ
hasEndTime	late 1960s ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show ⓘ
hasPeakPeriod	mid-1960s ⓘ
hasStartTime	early 1960s ⓘ
impact	boosted sales of electric guitars and amplifiers ⓘ expanded global market for British music exports ⓘ increased importance of bands over solo singers ⓘ reshaped the American music charts ⓘ
influenced	American popular music ⓘ fashion in the 1960s ⓘ film and media depictions of rock bands ⓘ global youth culture ⓘ television programming in the 1960s ⓘ
influencedGenre	folk rock ⓘ garage rock ⓘ hard rock ⓘ mod revival ⓘ power pop ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ punk rock ⓘ
ledBy	The Beatles ⓘ
mainRegionOfImpact	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
market	American teen audience ⓘ
mediaCoverage	American television ⓘ music magazines ⓘ radio Top 40 formats ⓘ
notableBand	Gerry and the Pacemakers ⓘ Herman's Hermits ⓘ Manfred Mann ⓘ The Animals ⓘ The Beatles ⓘ The Dave Clark Five ⓘ The Hollies ⓘ The Kinks ⓘ Moody Blues ⓘ surface form: The Moody Blues The Rolling Stones ⓘ The Searchers ⓘ The Who ⓘ The Yardbirds ⓘ The Zombies ⓘ
precededBy	early rock and roll era ⓘ
triggeredBy	commercial success of The Beatles in the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paul McCartney → movement → British Invasion ⓘ

The Beatles → hasCulturalImpact → British Invasion ⓘ

British Invasion → alsoKnownAs → British Invasion ⓘ

this entity surface form: UK Invasion

Merseybeat → derivative → British Invasion ⓘ

Merseybeat → associatedWith → British Invasion ⓘ

The Cavern Club → associatedMovement → British Invasion ⓘ

I Want to Hold Your Hand → movement → British Invasion ⓘ

The Who → movement → British Invasion ⓘ

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years → hasSubject → British Invasion ⓘ

My Generation → associatedAct → British Invasion ⓘ

She Loves You → era → British Invasion ⓘ

The Beatles 1965 concert → associatedWith → British Invasion ⓘ

post-war Britain → hasPart → British Invasion ⓘ

The Kinks → genre → British Invasion ⓘ

The Kinks → movement → British Invasion ⓘ

The Animals → genre → British Invasion ⓘ

The Animals → partOf → British Invasion ⓘ

The Dave Clark Five → genre → British Invasion ⓘ

The Dave Clark Five → movement → British Invasion ⓘ

The Searchers → movement → British Invasion ⓘ

Herman's Hermits → genre → British Invasion ⓘ

Herman's Hermits → partOf → British Invasion ⓘ

The Fourmost → originatedInCulturalContext → British Invasion ⓘ

The Undertakers → partOf → British Invasion ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Invasion era

The Merseybeats → partOf → British Invasion ⓘ

Brill Building pop → declineFactor → British Invasion ⓘ

As Tears Go By → era → British Invasion ⓘ

Gloria → recordingEra → British Invasion ⓘ