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The "British Invasion". A question for you old farts out there.

In school as a young teen ager, we has two groups....the Beatles fans and the Dave Clark Five fans, which I was one of.  In your youth did you have different cliques (I am thinking high school) based on what bands/singers they liked?  I was also in the minority by being a Del Shannon fan.  (yes, I am a dinosaur! ).  Thankfully I aged into Jazz and Classical for the most part, but did enjoy some popular music in the 80s.   And you?
    




jusam
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danager
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ABBA is back.!
My favorite quote from the article:
" "Bringing the ladies in, we didn't really know what to expect," said Andersson. "Because I mean, they're not 30 anymore, they're 70-plus. They came in and they started to sing, it was like bang! Spot on."
jusam OP
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Dave Clark Five chart history, U.S. and U.K.

Just some useless links:

https://tsort.info/music/6rk46n.htm

DAVE CLARK FIVE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company

https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10856/dave-clark-five/

https://www.google.com/search?q=dave+clark+U.S.+chart+history&sxsrf=AOaemvKa63V1aoX1WbmcyZ2sfHw9...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dave_Clark_Five
tablejockey
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Guess you just had to be there- Hearing Chuck Berry and the Beach Boys while the British Invasion was taking over the airwave on radios everywhere?

I've tried a few times-Beatles.  Just can't feel the DC5. That skinny Mick guy  who imitates Black R&B singers and the Rolling somethings...??

jusam OP
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The lead singer for the Dave Clark Five was Mike Smith. Mike died a few years back because of complications from an earlier accident.  Actually I looked it up and Mr. Smith died longer ago than I thought.  Time does pass quickly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Smith_(Dave_Clark_Five)
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flatblackround
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Paul Revere and the Raiders defended the country against the British Invasion.  I caught them with the Stones around 1966.  “Kicks” is a great tune.
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