British Invasion

In The British Invasion, Simon Philo illustrates how this remarkable event in cultural history disrupted and even reversed pop culture’s default flow of influence, goods, and ideas—orchestrating a dramatic turn-around in the commercial fortunes of British pop in North America that turned the 1960s into "The Sixties."

Simon Philo is head of Liberal Arts and American Studies at the University of Derby. He is the author of British Invasion: The Crosscurrents of Musical Influence in the Tempo Series and has published extensively on transatlantic popular culture. For more than twenty years at Derby, he has been instrumental in working popular music studies into the very heart of the curriculum. In addition to teaching the intermediate class Audible Republic: American Music and Society, he delivers sessions on music and protest, gospel, soul and civil rights, punk, and Brit pop. A true "child of the revolution," the first single he bought was Sweet's "Teenage Rampage."

Series Editor's Foreword Timeline Acknowledgments Introduction: "Atlantic Crossing" Chapter 1: "Shakin' All Over" : 1956-1963 Chapter 2: "We're Out!": 1964 Chapter 3: "Like a Rolling Stone": 1965 Chapter 4: "A Splendid Time is Guaranteed for All": 1966-1967 Chapter 5: "It's All Too Much": 1968-1969 Conclusion: "Double Fantasy," Post-1970 For Further Reading For Further Listening Index About the Author