In the 1960s, the British were coming. Well, musically speaking, of course. While the blues, R&B and rock and roll were invented in America (largely by Black Americans), those records made their way ...
On this day (September 5) in 1964, The Animals topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “House of the Rising Sun.” The song, an arrangement of a traditional American folk song, occupied the top spot for ...
Popular music from the likes of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones will be weaved in among more traditional classical pieces when the Royal Oak Concert Band performs early next month. The concert is ...
The British will invade Buffalo on July 27 with the goal of raising money to increase organ donations in Western New York. Songs by the Beatles, Rolling Stones and other British Invasion bands of the ...
BLUR posing for the cover for the album “Leisure.” “Leisure” released on Aug. 26, 1991. Photo courtesy of @blurofficial on Instagram Welcome to the inaugural column of “British Invasion.” In this ...
The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero), with its hot, catchy rhythm between a jig and a tango, has started an invasion. Don Azpiazu’s Havana Orchestra brought the song north last year, played it with other ...
When Van Halen recorded You Really Got Me, they took a beloved Kinks song and gave it a raw, heavy edge that helped define ...