British Invasion page

The Who were almost the last British Invasion band to have a hit (not till '65) but this footage of them performing a Smokey jam at a party in '64 is f***ing amazing

cant wipe this smile off my face when watching the lads inches from greatness @RVI @Lawdie

19 year old Van Morrison get his first hit with his band Them

the b-side of which ended up being one of the all time garage rock classics

The Zombies bringing their unique falsetto and jazz signatures to the british invasion

(been waiting to see them in concert since before the pandemic )

Rolling Stones have their first big hit with a Buddy Holly cover

but this one really sonically expanded the breathing room between guitars in the studio cant believe how wide open the stereo version sounds

Dylan dropped The Times They Are A Change-in & Another Side Of Bob Dylan in '64, so he might have a shot at washing because there are no misses on those two.

Stannery and Fanboyism aside this was an incredible year gonna hit up my spotify and find some contenders

agreed dylan is my/the king

man didnt even release the most powerful song he recorded that year though

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when the Beatles performed on Ed Sullivan in '64 they had the top 5 spots on the singles charts and 73 million people tuned in to watch them nobody ever gonna match that dominance

no point in posting any of their performances though considering the screaming heauxs so this music video will do. definitely had honed their sound into something entirely their own by late '64

That feedback intro

Lennon's hair

the first credible response to the Beatles from the States was The Beau Brummels (not the Byrds) who were criminally underated all through the rest of the 60's

produced by a young Sly Stone

real Mama, You Been On My Mind live at Rolling Thunder with Joan Baez goes dummy hard

Bob really brought his mom, his soon to be ex wife, and one of his exes on tour

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The Pretty Things (named after a Bo Diddley song) were considered the scuzziest thugs of the invasion, made The Stones look like The Beatles witht that shoulder length hair

The Yardbirds wouldnt have a hit till '65 either but the live album they did with yung Eric Clapton is monumental Clapton not even showboating like he would later in Cream, the whole band moves as one instinctive animal and work their songs up into an absolute frenzy (or "rave-up" as they called it)

savage

this song i had on repeat for 1963 seems to have precipitated dylan and his ways with the women lol

youtube.com/watch?v=lBKWNaKLpgQ

The Hollies (with Graham Nash later of CSNY) perfected the Everly Brothers high harmonies even better than the Beatles tbh

another Kinks banger when Rays voice cracks at 1:45 and he cringes and laughs at himself

The Byrds first single (when still called The Beefeaters lol) was not great but the b-side has a nice early version of their classic It Wont Be Wrong

and they released a compilation with a bunch of their first demos that they recorded in 64, including these rough edged but still kinda stunning Gene Clark torch ballads... his trademark when The Byrds became the biggest american sensations of '65

“ These movies were being shot in sometimes as little as three weeks, with the complete scoring and recording of the soundtrack albums taking no more than two weeks.”

the very few reliable songwriters Elvis still had around when they found out the Colonel wanted Elvis' publishing company to get all the credit

also had a hit film that made back 50 times its budget and was way better than anybody expected

Leaving out the success of their movies, what about ?

I don't know the exact stats but the Beatles had released 3 or 4 albums in the same amount of time MJ spent just releasing the Thriller singles so I doubt he ever had all 5 top spots on the charts

Edit: a little research tells me Beatles and Elvis still outsold Michael

dont think anybody had turned a traditional folk song into a monstrous rock and roll banger yet Eric Burdon had the most massive voice in the invasion and Alan Price was super influential with his carnivalesque keyboards (particularly on The Doors)

1964? yeah, dylan and the beatles were head and shoulders above everyone else, not big on early stones tbh, they didn't really hit their stride until aftermath imo, incredible year for jazz tho, eric dolphy, donald byrd, charles mingus and albert ayler dropped essentials

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