Elijah Wald : Familiar myth says that Beatles introduced white audiences to black music . : One is that by 1964 rock ' n ' roll had become insipid music dominated by teen idols like Frankie Avalon and Fabian , and the other is that the Beatles introduced white American teenagers to the power of black music . Quite the contrary , Wald says : The rock scene had already integrated . He says it created a bridge no one had imagined for youth pop and more adult styles . By 1965 , the British Invasion had resegregated the pop and R & B genres , Wald says .
Elijah Wald : Familiar myth says that Beatles introduced white audiences to black music . Quite the contrary , Wald says : The rock scene had already integrated . He says it created a bridge no one had imagined for youth pop and more adult styles . By 1965 , the British Invasion had resegregated the pop and R & B genres , Wald says .