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>> gerry and the pacemakers. ♪ >> it wasnt just the beatles. the british invasion had legs because there was more great music to back it up. >> a big hello from us. >> rick. >> im larry. >> im dennis. >> im dave. >> for the first six months they were singing, they sold over a million records a month. and in the words of one of their biggest hit songs, were mighty glad all over to have them with us tonight. ladies and gentlemen, the dave clark five. ♪ ♪ you say that you love me ♪ say you ...

♪ im daddy im daddy ♪ >> yeah, it was interesting. the beatles all lock in and play together and help each other. ♪ im daddy rolling stone >> the who is like four different creatures who werent even like noticing each other. everyone in the who was like the lead player in the who. ♪ >> all these great bands created this thirst in music, but the ones that really had the true, true talent have really stood the test of time. >> five singing boys from england who have sold a lot of albiums -...

>> the beatles taught every other band that writing your own music made you more powerful. ♪ >> that last lines got -- >> i think whats really funny about a band like the stones is they did tons of covers on their first couple albums. it wasnt until they really figured out how to write their own songs that they really became a real band. they really had to find their own voice. ♪ ♪ i cant get no satisfaction ♪ i cant get no satisfaction ♪ cause i tried and i tried and

Sun." ♪ >> that song was a song that bob dylan had already recorded a year or two earlier, like a folk traditional song. >> bob came along with his album, "house of the rising sun." it was crying out to be rocked. ♪ my mother was a tailor ♪ she sewed my new blue jeans, yeah ♪ ♪ my father was a gambling man ♪ down in new orleans >> the english group music thing also arose where groups not only were performing their own stuff compact on the stage, they didnt need anyone else. they just...

>> we learned so much about singing from each other. it was completely incorporated into what we did. we sang at the dinner table, we sang in the car, we sang with our hands in the dishwater. i thought spanish was this magical, musical language. when i was growing up, i thought people sang in spanish and spoke in english. if you spoke spanish on the playground, youd be punished. you werent allowed to do it. my sister and brother and i eventually formed a little group. we called ourselves the new...

>> when the l.a. rock and roll scene was going, see after the birds did their thing with "mr. tambourine man" everything brook loose. all the record companies went scurrying around like headless chickens trying to figure out what to do. who can sing folks rock? how can we dive what this thing is going to be? ♪ >> there was a lot of cross pollination that started happening in the mid 60s. you know, country music and folks music and rock music started co-mingling and blending, and you would get ...

♪ oh, maybelline, why cant you be true ♪ ♪ oh, maybelline, why cant you be true ♪ >> the level of influence that american rock and roll, blues, country and western, motown had on those kids growing up in england was really amazing. ♪ all my love, all my kisses, you dont know what youve been missing, oh, boy ♪ ♪ when youre with me, oh, boy >> so i would listen to buddy holly and gene vincent and jerry lee lewis, fats domino, all the great rock n rollers. ♪ on blueberry hill >> it ...

>> paul, ringo, george, john. >> the reporters had the same attitude that most adults in america had, which was no one took musicians seriously. they didnt understand anything about youth culture. >> cut that crap out! >> cut that crap out! hey, murray. >> the press had gone into this with the idea that this was a youthful novelty that could be dismissed and maybe even deflated in a press conference. >> are you going to get a haircut at all? >> no, no. >> i had one yesterday. >> you guys are not...

Were, the mysterious mr. king was. who had written all these songs, chains the beatles did, im into something good, which is part of the british invasion. we did discover this remarkable woman, carole king. >> carole king made the transition from being behind-the-scenes woman to a star in her own right. ♪ i feel the earth move under my feet, i feel the sky tumbling down ♪ ♪ i feel my heart start to tremble whenever youre around ♪ >> carole king is the embodiment of what happens. because ...

I tried and i tried ♪ ♪ i cant get no ♪ i cant get no ♪ when im driving in my car ♪ and a man comes on the radio ♪ hes telling me more and more ♪ ♪ about some useless information ♪ ♪ supposed to buy my imagination ♪ ♪ ♪ i cant get no ♪ no no no >> there was a dialogue going on between soul music and the british invasion. a, because this is a way for me to make a nod to the mainstream. and b, because the songs were good. ♪ i cant get me no ♪ oh, no, no ♪ i cant g...