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
Ditto.
LOL....you'll need an asbestos suit momentarily....my boys, The Funk Brothers, played on more # 1 hits than the Beatles, Beach Boys, Rolling Stones and Elvis combined....my favorite touring band right now is Tower Of Power....
Big Stax bump. .....especially to guitarist Steve Cropper.