SOC 2700 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Keith Relf, Blues Incorporated, John Mayall

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2700
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

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In the music- stylistic space between these opposing poles were girl-group music, rockabilly, surf music, and sweet soul. All these styles seemed to be competing to be the next (cid:498)big thing(cid:499) in rock and roll following the overwhelming popularity of rock"s first wave with teen. The story of the british invasion is therefore not one but rather two interdependent stories: the first is a chronicle of british pop before 1964 and. British musicians fascination with american pop, country, jazz, folk and rhythm and blues; the secound is an account of how british music strongly affected american pop after the arrival of the beatles. British pop in the late (cid:883)9(cid:887)(cid:882)"s and early (cid:883)9(cid:888)(cid:882)s. British artists were far more likely to achieve success at home than in the. Britain had four major record labels emi, decca, pye, and phillips and two radio stations the bbc and radio luxembourg.