# The "British Invasion"- Which Were The Six Bands? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523 "2011-09-16T15:03:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/21 "2011-09-16T16:06:14Z")
You guys are getting very close. Why hasn’t anyone mentioned Peter and Gordon? ---
**Author:** ![Seamack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Seamack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seamack)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/22 "2011-09-16T16:10:10Z")
Beatles Stones Who Kinks Yardbirds small faces ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/23 "2011-09-16T16:18:09Z")
If you guys don’t get the answers soon, I will be choked prior to bedtime. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/24 "2011-09-16T16:19:32Z")
The first six bands I jotted down off the top of my head, after reading the OP, were The Beatles The Rolling Stones The Kinks The Who The Dave Clark Five The Hollies Then I read the rest of the thread and did a lot of :smack: “Oh yeah! I forgot about them!” ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/25 "2011-09-16T16:22:21Z")
And you were so very close. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/26 "2011-09-16T16:39:34Z")
Okay, it’s gotta be Beatles, Stones, Who for three, right. Kinks for fourth? Have the other two been mentioned? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/27 "2011-09-16T16:40:04Z")
Beatles Rolling Stones Who Kinks Faces Yardbirds ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/28 "2011-09-16T16:43:49Z")
Okay guys- off to bed. All the ones I have actually have been mentioned. Not altogether though. 1. Beatles 2. The Who 3. Rolling Stones 4. Dave Clark Five 5. The Kinks 6. Eric Burdon and the Animals. Thanks for participating. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/29 "2011-09-16T16:46:51Z")
Nighty-nite. I think that The Who at least were part of the “_second invasion_”. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/30 "2011-09-16T17:01:07Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > You guys are getting very close. > > Why hasn’t anyone mentioned Peter and Gordon? I did in post #16 (only about 10 minutes prior to your post). ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/31 "2011-09-16T17:06:27Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Great answer but a few weren’t correct. I would add that I am sourcing one Wiki entry (obviously I won’t say on whom) so we could have a few debates on this. > > BTW the correct answer wins nothing. If I can remember the correct answer tomorrow. > [@Cicero](#): > > Okay guys- off to bed. > > All the ones I have actually have been mentioned. Not altogether though. > > 1. Beatles > 2. The Who > 3. Rolling Stones > 4. Dave Clark Five > 5. The Kinks > 6. Eric Burdon and the Animals. > > Thanks for participating. give a link to the Wiki entry you are using. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/32 "2011-09-16T17:10:06Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > 1. Eric Burdon and the Animals. Nitpick: The British Invasion band who did “House of the Rising Sun” was the Animals. Eric Burdon and the Animals was the psychedelic band who did “Sky Pilot,” and apart from Burdon was a completely different band. (Actually the first album credited to Eric Burdon and the Animals was really an Eric Burdon solo project recorded with session musicians.) ---
**Author:** ![mckall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@mckall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mckall)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/33 "2011-09-16T17:16:11Z")
The Who didn’t blow up until Monteray and the Smothers Brothers show. Pictures of Lily and Happy Jack were flops in the States. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/34 "2011-09-16T17:22:09Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > give a link to the Wiki entry you are using. Yeah, 'cause the one named [British Invasion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Invasion) states the following: > [@](#): > > Dusty Springfield, having launched a solo career, became the first non-Beatle act during the invasion to have a major U.S. hit with “I Only Want to Be With You”. She soon followed up with several other hits, becoming what Allmusic described as “the finest white soul singer of her era.”[10] During the next two years, Chad & Jeremy, Peter and Gordon, The Animals, Manfred Mann, Petula Clark, Freddie and the Dreamers, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Herman’s Hermits, The Rolling Stones, The Troggs, and Donovan would have one or more number one singles.[5] Other acts that were part of the invasion included The Kinks and The Dave Clark Five.[8] British Invasion acts also dominated the music charts at home in the United Kingdom.[14] ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/35 "2011-09-16T17:39:33Z")
Huh. I always thought that The Who were from Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/36 "2011-09-16T17:40:19Z")
> [@Trepa\_Mayfield](#): > > Huh. I always thought that The Who were from Canada. That would be The Guess Who. Big difference. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/37 "2011-09-16T17:46:38Z")
> [@mckall](#): > > The Who didn’t blow up until Monteray and the Smothers Brothers show. Pictures of Lily and Happy Jack were flops in the States. And they **really** blew up on the Smothers Brothers Show. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/38 "2011-09-16T17:47:37Z")
My guesses were: The Beatles The Rolling Stones The Who Herman’s Hermits The Yardbirds and/or The Byrds (because I couldn’t remember which was British) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/39 "2011-09-16T17:49:20Z")
Without looking at anyone else’s answers… Beatles Stones Yardbirds Kinks Cream Bowie? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523/40 "2011-09-16T17:59:21Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > That would be The Guess Who. > Big difference. Except that they both recorded “Shakin’ All Over.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523.md?page=3)