The Cavern Club is a music venue on Mathew Street, Liverpool, England.
The original Cavern Club entrance in 1963
The Cavern of the re-opened Cavern Club (photographed in 2009).
Le Caveau de la Huchette, jazz club in Paris, the model for the Cavern.
The sculpture of John Lennon outside The Cavern Pub, opposite the Cavern Club, was unveiled on 16 January 1997.
Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a British popular music genre that developed, particularly in and around Liverpool, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The genre melded influences from British and American rock and roll, rhythm and blues, skiffle, traditional pop and music hall. It rose to mainstream popularity in the UK and Europe by 1963 before spreading to North America in 1964 with the British Invasion. The beat style had a significant impact on popular music and youth culture, from 1960s movements such as garage rock, folk rock and psychedelic music.
The Dave Clark Five appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1966
The arrival of the Beatles in the U.S., and subsequent appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, marked the start of the British Invasion