TOP 100 BRITISH INVASION ARTISTS
1958-1967
- The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand, She Loves You, Please Please Me, Can't Buy Me Love, Love Me Do, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine, Eight Days a Week, Ticket to Ride, Yesterday, We Can Work it Out
- The Rolling Stones - Time is On My Side, The Last Time, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Get Off of My Cloud, 19th Nervous Breakdown, Paint It Black, Mother's Little Helper, Ruby Tuesday
- Herman's Hermits - Can't You Hear My Hearbeat, Silhouettes, Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter; I'm Henry VIII, I Am; Just a Little Bit Better, Listen People, There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
- The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over, Bits and Pieces, Can't You See That She's Mine, Because, Catch Us if You Can, Over and Over
- Petula Clark - Downtown, I Know a Place, My Love, I Couldn't Live Without Your Love, This is My Song
- The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, We Gotta Get Out of This Place, Don't Bring Me Down, See See Rider
- Peter and Gordon - A World Without Love, Nobody I Know, I Go to Pieces, Woman, Lady Godiva
- The Kinks - You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night, Tired of Waiting For You, A Well Respected Man, Sunny Afternoon
- Gerry and the Pacemakers - Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying, How Do You Do It?, I Like It, I'll Be There, Ferry Cross the Mersey
- Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual, What's New Pussycat?, With These Hands, Thunderball; Green, Green Grass of Home
- The Searchers - Needles and Pins, Don't Throw Your Love Away,
Love Potion Number Nine, Bumble Bee - The Yardbirds - For Your Love, Heart Full of Soul, Shapes of Things,
Over Under Sideways Down - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want to Be With You, Wishin' and Hopin',
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, All I See is You - Chad and Jeremy - Yesterday's Gone, A Summer Song,
Willow Weep For Me, Before and After - The Hollies - Bus Stop, Stop Stop Stop, On a Carousel, Carrie Anne
- The Bachelors - Diane, I Believe, No Arms Can Ever Hold You, Marie
- Donovan - Catch the Wind, Sunshine Superman, Mellow Yellow,
There is a Mountain - Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas - Little Children, Bad to Me,
From a Window - Freddie and the Dreamers - I'm Telling You Now, Do the Freddie,
You Were Made For Me - Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - Game of Love,
A Groovy Kind of Love - Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Sha La La
- The Zombies - She's Not There, Tell Her No
- Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By, Summer Nights
- The Troggs - Wild Thing, With a Girl Like You
- Cliff Richard - Living Doll, It's All in the Game
- The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin', I'm a Man
- Frank Ifield - I Remember You, Lovesick Blues
- The Tremeloes - Someone, Someone; Here Comes My Baby
- Mr. Acker Bilk - Stranger on the Shore, Above the Stars
- Matt Monro - My Kind of Girl, Walk Away
- Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger
- Crispian St. Peters - The Pied Piper
- The Fortunes - You've Got Your Troubles
- Them - Here Comes the Night
- The Honeycombs - Have I the Right?
- The Tornadoes - Telstar
- Kenny Ball - Midnight in Moscow
- The New Vaudeville Band - Winchester Cathedral
- Ian Whitcomb and Bluesville - You Turn Me On
- The Moody Blues - Go Now!
- The Caravelles - You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry
- Sounds Orchestral - Cast Your Fate to the Wind
- Julie Rogers - The Wedding
- Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames - Yeh, Yeh
- The Who - Happy Jack
- The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake
- Cilla Black - You're My World
- Laurie London - He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
- Jonathan King - Everyone's Gone to the Moon
- Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me
- Sandie Shaw - Girl Don't Come
- Chris Barber's Jazz Band - Petite Fleur
- Lonnie Donegan - Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor
(On the Bedpost Overnight) - The Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road
- Unit Four Plus Two - Concrete and Clay
- The Springfields - Silver Threads and Golden Needles
- Adam Faith - It's Alright
- The Silkie - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
- Anthony Newley - If She Should Come To You
- Cyril Stapleton - The Children's Marching Song
- David and Jonathan - Michelle
- The Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Have You Seen My
Wife, Mr. Jones) - Whistling Jack Smith - I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman
- Garry Mills - Look For a Star
- The Hullaballoos - I'm Gonna Love You Too
- The Knightsbridge Strings - Cry
- Marty Wilde - Bad Boy
- Hedgehoppers Anonymous - It's Good News Week
- The Carefrees - We Love You Beatles
- Noel Harrison - A Young Girl
- George Martin - Ringo's Theme (This Boy)
- The Betty Smith Group - Bewitched
- The Cambridge Strings and Singers - (Theme from)
Tunes of Glory - John Barry - Goldfinger
- The Overlanders - Yesterday's Gone
- Alan Price Set - I Put a Spell on You
- Lulu and the Luvers - Shout
- The Ivy League - Tossing and Turning
- Christine Quaite - Tell Me Mamma
- Kathy Kirby - The Way of Love
- David Jones - What Are We Going To Do?
- Chris Andrews - Yesterday Man
- Lord Rockingham's XI - Fried Onions
- Bobby Shafto - She's My Girl
- Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back to Happiness
- Frankie Vaughan - Judy
- The Allisons - Are You Sure
- John's Children - Smashed! Blocked!
- Jackie Trent - If You Love Me, Really Love Me
- Russ Conway - Roulette
- Ken Dodd - Tears (For Souvenirs)
- The Zephyrs - She's Lost You
- Twinkle - Terry
- The Four Pennies - Juliet
- Vince Hill - Edelweiss
- Eden Kane - Well, I Ask You
- The Fourmost - Here, There and Everywhere
- Chris Farlowe - Out of Time
- The Sorrows - Take a Heart
- Ian and the Zodiacs - So Much in Love With You
While the majority of the artists on this list were popular in the mid-1960s, the start of the "invasion" of British artists in the U.S. has been set at 1958, when Cliff Richard began rocking in England (but hadn't been noticed yet in America) and Laurie London scored his big hit in the States. This progression reached its apex, of course, with The Beatles in early 1964. The end point of the era is set midway through 1967, when few new U.K. acts were crossing over and the Beatles' Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band signaled a turning point. Rankings are based on the popularity of each artist during this period.
All artists from the British isles (England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland) qualify but must have hit the national charts in the U.S. by mid-'67 to make this list. Richard Burton, Hayley Mills and Julie Andrews had charting singles, but with previously established acting careers in American films are not considered part of the invasion and are omitted. Some big U.K. acts, such as The Shadows, didn't hit in America and are conspicuously absent.