What musical group, who wore matching dinner jackets and had a former country singer as the lead, has been compared to the Beatles for their innovations in rock and roll?

skysmom65

The Byrds Genre: Rock Major Members: Roger McGuinn, Michael Clarke, Clarence White, David Crosby Although they only attained the huge success of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys for a short time in the mid-'60s, time has judged the Byrds to be nearly as influential as those groups in the long run. They were not solely responsible for devising folk-rock, but they were certainly more responsible than any other single act (Dylan included) for melding the innovations and energy of the British Invasion with the best lyrical and musical elements of contemporary folk music. The jangling, 12-string guitar sound of leader Roger McGuinn's Rickenbacker was permanently absorbed into the vocabulary of rock. They also played a vital role in pioneering psychedelic rock and country-rock, the unifying element being their angelic harmonies and restless eclecticism. Often described in their early days as a hybrid of Dylan and the Beatles, the Byrds in turn influenced Dylan and the Beatles almost as much as Bob and the Fab Four had influenced the Byrds. http://www.answers.com/The%20byrds Feb 08 07, 3:53 PM

smartie806

That does work, but I was thinking of an earlier (equally talented) group - Bill Haley & his Comets. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Haley_%26_The_Comets Feb 09 07, 2:11 PM