B3. The British Invasion – Sans the Beatles

On February 9, 1964, the Beatles burst onto the American music scene with their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.  What followed was not only the huge success of the Fab Four in the US, but an invasion of many, many other groups and individual artists who dominated the American pop music scene for more than a decade. 

Incredibly, many are still active!   Some of these performers include The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Dave Clarke Five, Herman’s Hermits, Rod Stewart, Al Stewart, The Kinks, The Zombies, Dusty Springfield, Donovan, The Moody Blues, Peter and Gordon, Petula Clark, and Tom Jones – just to name a few. 

This course will highlight the music of these, and many other artists and their memorable music, presented in videos over the course of 5 weeks.

Joe Corn spent most of his professional career as a working electrical engineer. He has taught in the NYC school system, Springfield Technical Community College (SPCC) and Penn State University and worked as a technical instructor for Moore Products Co. Since joining WISE 13 years ago, he has taught courses in both technology and music.  Joe is a past president of WISE.  He and his wife Bobbi reside in Grafton.