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“CLIFF RICHARD”
(1958 – present)
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“THE DAVE CLARK FIVE”
(1958 – 1970)
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“GERRY + THE PACEMAKERS”
(1959 – 1966)
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“THE BEATLES”
(1960 – 1970)
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“THE ROLLING STONES”
(1962 – present)
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“THE ANIMALS”
(1963 – present)
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“THE YARDBIRDS”
(1963 – present)
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“THE WHO”
(1964 – present)
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“THE KINKS”
(1964 – 1996)
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“HERMAN’S HERMITS”
(1964 – present)
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“THEM”
(1964 – 1972)
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*the “british invasion” was a ‘phenomenon’ that occurred in the ‘mid-1960s’ when ‘rock’ and ‘pop’ music acts from the ‘united kingdom’, as well as other aspects of ‘british culture’, became popular in the ‘united states’, and significant to the rising “counterculture” on both sides of the ‘atlantic’*
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(at the ‘forefront’ of the ‘invasion were ‘pop’/’rock’ groups such as…)
(track down ‘wiki-author’ and ask him out how he determined ‘order’)
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(‘first’ to ‘last’?)
(first live performance in original incarnation of the band)
(release of ‘debut single’?)
(because the ‘dave clark 5’ may’ve preceded the ‘beatles’)
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*’the beatles’*
*the ‘dave clark 5’*
*the ‘kinks’*
*the ‘rolling stones’*
*’herman’s hermits’*
*’the animals’*
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