In the 1960s, music was a cultural export. It actually all started the decade before. Blues music from the United States made it across the Atlantic Ocean and British kids started to mimic the songs.

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 ...

Today, we’re bringing the boom. Welcome back to another edition of British Invasion, the column that dives into British music history. Today’s programming will be on the blues boom of the 1960’s (and ...

The British Invasion was properly named. A story titled “Redcoats Revisiting” in the April 4, 1964, issue of Billboard noted that they currently held a whopping 19 spots on the Hot 100. American acts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you were around during the 1960s, you saw British rock bands make a huge impact on the American music scene. The so-called ...

While many might think MTV pioneered the music video, the path to the cable channel's success was paved by the UK pioneers ...

The vocalist for the British Invasion band, best known for the hit "Time of the Season," tells his origin story in 'Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary' The British band the Zombies had a ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, a slew of impactful bands from the United Kingdom traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to play in America. Once in the United States, they performed their songs for ravenous fans ...