The Beatles and The Rolling Stones: The 60's phenomenon

• The development of British blues rock helped revitalised rock music and led to the growing distinction between pop and rock music.
• In the mid-1960s, British bands lead to the hard rock genre.
• Pop music continued to dominate the singles charts
• Rock began to develop into diverse and creative sub-genres that characterised the form throughout the rest of the twentieth century.

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

Members: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and John Lennon

They are the greatest and most influential act of the rock era

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.

The World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band 

Members : Mick Jagger, the lead vocalist; Keith Richards, the guitarist; Charlie Watts, the drummer and Ronnie Wood, the bassist. 

Hits, such as Paint it Black, Lady Jane, Ruby Tuesday, and (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction