1962..Tony Sheriden and the Beatles produce My Bonnie. A record which thankfully has largely disappeared.

Quality notwithstanding, the Beatles..who had been the Silver Beatles, perform on BBC.

In the US, the Supremes release their first record and the Twist takes off as THE dance. There were a lot of THE dances during the early years. The Twist, the Peppermint Twist, The Frug, The Monkey (not to be confused with the musical<?> group,even the Freddie..which was an early incursion of geekdom into music.

1963..Surf rules the waves..err the radio waves that is. America begins its love affair with California, which is actually a state within the US unless you talk to Californians. Or non Californians. However a dent is made in the bried rule of Surf when

1964..The British land in the US,playing the Ed Sullivan show (hard to explain but even though the show featured things such as the Russian Dancing Bears and a talking mouse it was still in the nature of a Big Thing) and Shea Stadium. This led to the third British Invasion. Unlike the first two, this one worked quite well. Soon the airwaves were flooded with a variety of English Accents. In order to get a record contract you needed..A. a guitar and B.an accent. The Beatles,The Animals (who specialised in American music but who noticed) the Rolling Stones, The Kinks (perhaps the most British of names for a band) Gerry and the Pacemakers,Larry and the Kidney Implants (who did not fare as well),The Who and all sorts of other animals prepositions etc came along.

and then came this sugar cube.