- Uruguayan Invasion
The Uruguayan Invasion was a musical phenomenon of the 1960s similar to the
British Invasion , with rock bands fromUruguay gaining popularity inArgentina .History
Inspired by British bands like "
The Beatles " and "The Rolling Stones ", many young musicians inMontevideo , Uruguay began to imitate their sounds. Two bands in particular, "Los Shakers " and "Los Mockers " mirrored "The Beatles" and "Stones" respectively. Popular bands of the Uruguayan Invasion even sang in English.In the mid-1960s, as the British Invasion was at its height in the
United States , Uruguayan bands began a similar rise to fame in Argentina. Record labels began rapidly signing Uruguayan rock bands to promote in Argentina. Argentine television shows like "Escala Musical " were also a springboard for many of the bands' popularity.Like the
British Invasion , the Uruguayan Invasion had died down by the late 1960s, as it became more popular to record harder-hitting Spanish-language music. Spurred on by the band Los Gatos's 1967 hit record "La Balsa ", most bands began to record in Spanish. With the coming of themilitary dictatorship in 1973, the Uruguayan Invasion effectively ended.Uruguayan Invasion bands
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Los Shakers
*Los Mockers
*Los Bulldogs ee also
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Argentine rock
*Korean wave External links
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