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ROCK MUSIC
TIMELINE
1964
- Already stars in the U.K. - Beatlemania hits America as The Beatles score six number one hits in the U.S. in 1964.
- The Beatles first appearance on the variety show Ed Sullivan breaks TV ratings records.
- Television is influential with new primetime music shows. Top of the Pops debuts on U.K. TV and Shindig! debuts on ABC TV in the U.S.
- The British Invasion begins as more U.K. rock acts follow The Beatles to U.S. chart success.
- Detroit's Motown Records continues producing hits with The Temptations, Mary Wells, Martha and The Vandellas, The Four Tops and The Supremes, who have three back-to-back #1 hits.
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