American Reacts to Top 10 Classic British Bands to Crack the US

Dude... as a brit i salute you as an american to have such wide varied knowledge of british music. You're my kind of dude lol

Mate, it makes my heart sing to watch you sing along to these old songs. They've been a part of my life for decades, and you've absorbed so much in the last few years.

Britain has certainly produced some talented bands over the decades. I could name many more. I grew up listening to these bands and being a Brit makes me proud. We are onlly a small island, but there is a lot of talent on these shores past and present.

SO MANY left out! Of all the gifts we have given to the world,I consider our music to be right up there as giving me most pride being British. Can’t argue with the top 10,but Deep Purple should be in there,ELO,Free & Bad Company,Moody Blues,Yes,Genesis,Slade,Kinks,Dire Straits,Supertramp………and many many others. Must be something in our water. Even God walks about in a Beatles t shirt.

I love that when I watched this my 7 year old was singin with most of the songs I myself am 26 and it makes me feel so good that my son even know these songs . Don't know why but I feel proud

There are so many more that could have made that list. Moody Blues, Supertramp, Kinks, Simple Minds, Pretenders, Traffic, Yes, Genesis and so many more. I figured the Stones and Beatles would sit right where they did so that was the easy part. Actually any successful rock band wanted to crack the US market because that is where the record sales really came from. Brian May discusses this in a couple of his videos. Jimi Hendrix, an American, had to catch his break in the UK long before he managed to grasp the attention of the US. Once he grabbed the US market, fame followed for him. Thank you for your reaction.

The Beatles made it in 1963 and split in 1970- just 7 years. Yet look what they did. Will never be repeated.

Jovaughn knows his music genres . . . On POINT!!! 👍👍🏼👍🏾 🎶🎷🎸🎧

I was really surprised that Duran Duran was not on the list at all even in the honorable mentions.... They certainly had a similar sized impact to Depeche mode and The Cure

It feels good that young people like you get informed on music history with such genuine curiosity; yet we shall embrace changes and young people experimenting new genres

Not bad for a tiny island 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦

I’m so surprised ELO didn’t make the top 10, seeing they appeared on the midnight special a record 18 times. ELO carried on where the Beatles left off. Absolutely gutted 😭 🇬🇧❤️‍🔥

Honestly, they should have done a top 10 by decade. Too many talented musicians. 💜💜💜

So many other great bands - from Black Sabbath to Duran Duran to The Pretenders to Cold Play - it goes on

While I agree with most on the list, the order is another matter. Especially, Queen being so low down.

Geezus, so many great British bands...there are so many. more than 10 for sure that made waves all over the world. Def Leppard was a great band that had so many good albums before Hysteria hit North America and made huge waves.

Uk has always been limitless when it comes to musical talent! 💜 You can literally do a top-10 for every single genre from England and still not scratch the surface of the talent there. Next to all my new wave bands, I was always a huge fan of British pop. I've missed you Jay! It's so good to see you back my friend!! 🖤🖤🖤

I remember going to Live Aid in 1985 watching Queen blow everyone off the stage, David Bowie, The Who, Dire Straits with Sting singing “Money For Nothing”, absolutely amazing and getting sun burnt on the sunny July day, then in the evening having Paul McCartney sing “Hey, Jude” in the poring rain, but we didn’t mind as it warmed our hearts. I’ll always remember after the event, walking through the old Wembley tunnel and we were all singing “Feed The World” Christmas in July had arrived.

So many left out & not even mentioned, first and foremost The Bee Gees. They were huge. I’m pretty sure they hold a unique record for having the top 5 selling singles on the U.S chart.

It's amazing how much good music comes out of the UK. A good 30% of what gets airtime in Canada comes from there, maybe another 45% is US in origin. Most of the rest is domestic; so maybe 20% Canadian.