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What is the British Invasion in music?
The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture, became popular in the United States and significant to the rising counterculture on both sides of the Atlantic.
What era did the British Invasion in music happen?
The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s
What genre did British Invasion involve?
rock and pop music
What is so special about British Invasion?
aspects of British culture became popular in the United States and significant to the rising counterculture on both sides of the Atlantic.
Which bands were a key part in the British Invasion of music?
Pop and rock groups such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits, the Zombies, and the Animals were at the forefront of the invasion.

Question: What was the leading band and what was its role?
Self-contained rewrite: What was the leading band of British Invasion and what was its role?