Then you remember those days too. There was an amazing number of British Bands which came from Liverpool and just about all of them were good.
I may have liked the Searchers even better than the Beatles.
Pop Quiz: What was the first British Act to hit Number One in the US?
Oh yeah....I liked Dave Clark Five...Herman and the Hermits...Searchers...
I was a big Animals fan.
All of them were influenced by Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly....but I think the biggest influence on the Beatles was the Everly Brothers. You can hear their harmonies in every Beatles song.