To appreciate how paradigm a shift in popular music occurred with the advent of the British Invasion, consider that each of the following acts had at least one song in the year-end survey: the Rolling Stones, Petula Clark, the Kinks, Herman's Hermits, Peter & Gordon, Silkie, the Zombies, Georgie Fame, the Seekers, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, the Dave Clark Five, Jonathon King, Freddie & the Dreamers, the Yardbirds, the Moody Blues, the Fortunes, Gerry & the Pacemakers, Ian Whitcomb and the Searchers. All made chart appearances with many of them having had more than one hit that year.

And then there were the Beatles. Far ahead of the pack both in terms of sheer output and forging new sounds in the Top 40, the Fab Four picked up where they had left off the year before culminating with the release at Christmas, 1965 of their pivotal, 'Rubber Soul' LP, in the first foray of the studio experimentation that would come to characterize their music.

Aside from Motown, other American acts responding to the influx of UK artists included the Beach Boys, the Four Seasons and Sonny & Cher, each with multiple hits that year. Elvis' sole entry was, 'Crying In The Chapel', marking the beginning of an extended dry spell for the King.

 

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