print email comment close The British Beat Boom 1963-1966 URL: http://www.geocities.com/~fabgear/ Description: Early Sixties British rock, known in Britain at the time as "Beat" (partly prompting the Beatles' name), was the music that supplied the "British Invasion" of American popular music. Mostly based on American r & b, it was created by such groups as the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, Them, the Animals, the Pretty Things, and scores of lesser-known bands. The phase lasted until late 1966, when tastes began to alter and the music metamorphosed into rock. This growing site seeks to list all the beat groups, with biographies, discographies, weekly British pop charts for 1963-1966, and a "Where are they now?" section. Extra Keywords rhythm, blues Library of Congress Subject Headings: Nineteen sixties Rock music LII Database Information: Record 16035 created by John Gallwey on 04/07/2000 Last modification on 10/22/2000 Published: 04/07/2000   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/16035