Commas

During one performance, Townshend impaled his hand on his whammy bar.

The Kink's Ray Davies is a talented, clever songwriter.

Although he was an accomplished guitarist, Daltrey didn’t play for The Who often.

Adopting the rhythms of African-American music, the British Invasion popularized R&B.

The British Invasion refers to an explosion of pop, blues, and poetry from UK artists.

“Dear Prudence” was written for Mia Farrow’s sister, and it was a plea to be less serious

The Beatles were introduced to America by The Ed Sullivan Show, which was a hugely influential television program.

Keith Moon was a dramatic, outrageous, and impulsive performer on the drums.

Moon died September 7, 1978 in Covent Garden, London.

Pete Townshend, who was born in London, is an acknowledged “guitar god”.

Although the first British Invasion is over, popular music is still influenced by these bands.

Amazingly, The Stones had ten albums in Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of the best albums ever.

Ringo was not credited with much songwriting, but he did write “Octopus’s Garden”.

Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who, is known for his charismatic stage personality

While Ringo Starr said Martha was Paul’s dog, Paul McCartney said that Martha was his muse

In the song “Norwegian Wood”, George Harrison introduced the sitar to the west

There are MANY Invasion bands. The Kinks, however, are my favorite.

Although he is over sixty, Mick Jagger is still an incredibly energetic frontman.

Their biggest U.S. hits were “You Really Got Me” and “Lola”, but they wrote many others

The Rolling Stones are one of the last remaining Invasion bands, and have dozens of hits.