The British Are Charting Edition Part 1
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
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The Beatles' Invasion
The first single to break out in the Beatles' wake was not a male Mersey Beat combo, but rather a female soloist. The blue-eyed soul singer from London was in the right place at the right time with a first-rate song. Dusty Springfield's debut single Hurdled moved 27 spots on the Hot 100 into the top 30. It would help if another group, like the Beatles, but distinct from them, entered the arena. As fortune would have it, a certain fivesome, no, not the Stones, were also peaking at the right moment. Like many British groups of the time, the Dave Clark Five launched their career with a cover of an
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