British Invasion

This article is about the American cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s. For other uses, see British Invasion (disambiguation).

British Invasion

Part of the Swinging Sixties and the broader counterculture of the 1960s
The arrival of the Beatles in the United States in 1964 marked the start of the British Invasion.
Date	1963–1966
Location	United Kingdom and United States

The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States with significant influence on the rising "counterculture" on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. British pop and rock groups such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones as well as solo artists such as Donovan and Dusty Springfield were at the forefront of the "invasion."