In SoCal in the 60s The Beach Boys gave The Beatles a run for their money, but the Beatles evolved. I can remember going into a record store in Redondo Beach and all their top selling singles on the wall were Beatle records. It was insane. No cliques, whole high school was in on the Beatles.
The "British Invasion". A question for you old farts out there.
In school as a young teen ager, we has two groups....the Beatles fans and the Dave Clark Five fans, which I was one of. In your youth did you have different cliques (I am thinking high school) based on what bands/singers they liked? I was also in the minority by being a Del Shannon fan. (yes, I am a dinosaur! ). Thankfully I aged into Jazz and Classical for the most part, but did enjoy some popular music in the 80s. And you?