1. The Beatles 51. The Fourmost

  2. The Rolling Stones 52. The New Vaudeville Band
  3. The Kinks 53. Unit 4+2
  4. The Who 54. The Rockin' Berries
  5. The Yardbirds 55. Chris Andrews
  6. The Animals 56. The Silkie
  7. The Dave Clark Five 57. David & Jonathan
  8. The Hollies 58. Lulu
  9. Dusty Springfield 59. The Ivy League
10. Herman's Hermits 60. The Four Pennies
11. Gerry & the Pacemakers 61. Heinz
12. The Searchers 62. Ian Whitcomb
13. Peter & Gordon 63. Jonathan King
14. Manfred Mann 64. Chris Farlowe
15. Petula Clark 65. The Tornados
16. The Troggs 66. Mike Berry & the Outlaws
17. Donovan 67. The Hullaballoos
18. The Zombies 68. The Applejacks
19. John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers 69. The Mojos
20. Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas 70. Johnny Kidd & the Pirates
21. Chad & Jeremy 71. The Sorrows
22. Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders 72. Steampacket
23. Tom Jones 73. Jet Harris & Tony Meehan
24. The Moody Blues 74. The Alan Price Set
25. Small Faces 75. The Migil Five
26. Freddie & the Dreamers 76. Twinkle
27. Cliff Richard 77. Paul & Barry Ryan
28. Cilla Black 78. John's Children
29. The Shadows 79. Jackie Trent
30. Marianne Faithfull 80. Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages
31. Brian Poole & the Tremeloes 81. The Overlanders
32. The Pretty Things 82. Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers
33. Them 83. Hedgehoppers Anonymous
34. The Fortunes 84. The Merseys
35. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated 85. Pinkerton's Assorted Colours
36. Billy Fury 86. Billie Davis
37. The Spencer Davis Group 87. The Big Three
38. Sandie Shaw 88. Helen Shapiro
39. Shirley Bassey 89. The Joystrings
40. Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames 90. Bern Elliott & the Fenmen
41. The Swinging Blue Jeans 91. Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band
42. Adam Faith 92. The Creation / The Mark Four
43. The Honeycombs 93. Cyril Davies All-Stars
44. Dave Berry & the Cruisers 94. St. Louis Union
45. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 95. The Naturals
46. The Merseybeats 96. Zoot Money's Big Roll Band
47. The Graham Bond Organization 97. Twice As Much
48. Crispian St. Peters 98. The Cryin' Shames
49. The Nashville Teens 99. The Poets
50. The Barron Knights 100. The Vernons Girls

101. Tommy Quickly / The Remo Four 126. Lee Curtis & the All Stars
102. The Cherokees 127. Faron's Flamingos
103. The Paramounts 128. The Syndicats
104. The Dennisons 129. The Eyes
105. The Mike Cotton Sound 130. Episode Six
106. Tony Jackson & the Vibrations 131. The Downliners Sect
107. The Beat Merchants 132. Sounds Incorporated
108. The Birds 133. Tony Rivers & the Castaways
109. The Action 134. Beryl Marsden
110. The Zephyrs 135. King Size Taylor & the Dominoes
111. The Escorts 136. Ian & the Zodiacs
112. The Undertakers 137. The Country Gentlemen
113. The In Crowd 138. The Koobas
114. The Artwoods 139. The Pete Best Four
115. The Roulettes 140. Dean Ford & the Gaylords
116. Mike Sheridan & the Nightriders 141. The Wheels
117. Rory Storm & the Hurricanes 142. Steve Aldo
118. Long John Baldry 143. The Rats
119. Les Fleur de Lys 144. A Band of Angels
120. The Chants 145. The Gamblers
121. The Rockin' Vickers 146. The Mark Leeman Five
122. The Black Knights 147. Peter Jay & the Jaywalkers
123. Just Four Men / Wimple Winch 148. Freddie Starr & the Midnighters
124. David John & the Mood 149. The Cheynes
125. The Riot Squad 150. Jimmy Powell & the Five Dimensions

Second Wave - These are some artists that missed the first wav
Invasion. They enjoyed only very little or even no commercial s
Howie Casey & the Seniors States before 1967, but became very popular in the years that
Simon Dupree & the Big Sound ranked only for their popularity in the United States from 1967
Gary Farr & the T-Bones
Chick Graham & the Coasters   1. Led Zeppelin
Herbie's People   2. Cream
High Society   3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Casey Jones & the Engineers   4. The Who
The News   5. Joe Cocker
The Pack   6. Traffic
Paddy, Klaus & Gibson   7. Deep Purple
   8. Ten Years After
  9. The Jeff Beck Group
10. Free
11. Procol Harum
12. Black Sabbath
13. King Crimson
The Bobby Patrick Big Six 14. Pink Floyd
Keith Powell & the Valets 15. Fleetwood Mac
Earl Preston
Martin Raynor & the Secrets
The Roadrunners
Earl Royce & the Olympics
Pre-'British Invasion':
These are the artists that helped shape the British pop and rock scene before The Beatles came along. They are ran
influence on the British Invasion, their musical impact and their chart success in the UK and (where applicable) the
1962.

  1. Lonnie Donegan (skiffle) 16. Johnny Duncan & the Blue Grass Boys (skiffle)

  2. Cliff Richard (rock & roll, pop)
  3. Tommy Steele (rock & roll)
  4. The Shadows (instrumental rock)
  5. Chris Barber (skiffle, trad jazz)
  6. Alexis Korner & Cyril Davies (British blues)
  7. Billy Fury (rock & roll)
  8. Adam Faith (pop)
  9. Johnny Kidd & the Pirates (rock & roll)
10. Ken Colyer (skiffle, trad jazz)
11. Marty Wilde (rock & roll, pop)
12. Chas McDevitt (skiffle)
13. The Tornados (instrumental rock)
14. Joe Brown & the Bruvvers (rock & roll)
15. Petula Clark (pop)
17. Vince Taylor & the Playboys (rock & roll)
18. Wee Willie Harris (rock & roll)
19. Craig Douglas (pop)
20. The Vipers Skiffle Group (skiffle)
21. Helen Shapiro (pop)
22. Tony Sheridan (rock & roll)
23. John Leyton (pop)
24. Shane Fenton & the Fentones (pop)
25. Terry Dene (rock & roll)
26. Tommy Bruce & the Bruisers (rock & roll)
27. Mark Wynter (pop)
28. Lance Fortune (pop)
29. Kingsize Taylor & the Dominoes (rock & roll)
30. The Brook Brothers (pop)