The Streets Music Group

When The Beatles flew over from England in the '60s, it seemed the whole of young America gathered at the airport to scream a welcome. Now, when the United Kingdom's latest hopefuls, like the Streets or Ms. Dynamite, touch down at Kennedy or LAX, they're lucky if a record company minion shows up and pays their cab fare into town. Still, down the decades, there are intriguing parallels.

When The Beatles flew over from England in the '60s, it seemed the whole of young America gathered at the airport to scream a welcome. Now, when the United Kingdom's latest hopefuls, like the Streets or Ms. Dynamite, touch down at Kennedy or LAX, they're lucky if a record company minion shows up and pays their cab fare into town. Still, down the decades, there are intriguing parallels.