I'm crazy about the Rolling Stones, and their role in the British Invasion.
What was the British Invasion?
The British Invasion happened in the mid 60s, when rock music was suddenly being made my UK bands.
Oh, like the Beatles!!!!!  Long time favorite.  My dad called them 'degenerates'
Yes! The Beatles were really the beginning of the cultural phenomenon.
What were some of the bands in the British Invasion besides the Beatles and the Rolling Stones?
Other UK bands from that era were The Animals, Herman's Hermits, and The Kinks.
Oh gosh, Herman's Hermits, I haven't thought of them in YEARS!
Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits are an English beat rock band formed in Manchester in 1964, originally called Herman & the Hermits. Harvey Lisberg discovered them and signed on as their manager. He sent a plane ticket to Mickie Most so that he could come up from London to see the band play in Bolton, and Most became the group's record producer, controlling the band's output. He emphasised a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image. This helped Herman's Hermits become hugely successful in the
Uruguayan Invasion
The Uruguayan Invasion was a musical phenomenon of the 1960s similar to the British Invasion, with rock bands from Uruguay gaining popularity in Argentina.
History.
Inspired by British bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, many young musicians in Montevideo, Uruguay began to imitate their sounds. Two bands in particular, Los Shakers and Los Mockers mirrored The Beatles and The Rolling Stones respectively. Popular bands of the Uruguayan Invasion sang in English.
In the mid-1960s, as the British Invasion was at its height