Indeed! As I said originally, too much great R & B in that time frame to listen to. Even more in the 70's!
A relative lone voice of reason on this thread! Let's not forget The Temptations, The Miracles, all the fantastic Motown artists, The Chi-Lights, Johnnie Taylor, Booker T & The MG's and all the Stax artists they backed up...
Who needed the Beatles when there was a whole scene going on right here in the States? The British Invasion goons just tried to copy these real blues and R&B acts anyways.
my $0.02