55 Years Ago Today, The Beatles First Appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show

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Seems like only yesterday. :sentimental: More here.

On this day 55 years ago, The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show before a record-setting audience of Americans waiting to see them perform their No. 1 hit “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” Never before had so many viewers tuned-in to a live television program; with 73 million viewers, it totaled three-fourths of the total adult audience in the U.S.

The band recorded two more songs that night for other broadcasts, Please Please Me and Twist and Shout (see below). WATCH the clip of Sullivan introducing the third broadcast performance, speaking warmly of “their conduct as fine youngsters”… (1964)

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As far as I know, only two have died, George Harrison had some cancer issues and John Lennon who was murdered.
 
That particular Sunday night is permanently burned into my memory... my dad, (and mom agreed), voiced their concerns over their "long" hair. Little did they know just how long boys hair would get. I loved the Beatles then, celebrated their hits, mourned their losses and am happily exposing my 6 year old granddaughter to their music.
 
hiraeth2018 said:
That particular Sunday night is permanently burned into my memory... my dad, (and mom agreed), voiced their concerns over their "long" hair. Little did they know just how long boys hair would get. I loved the Beatles then, celebrated their hits, mourned their losses and am happily exposing my 6 year old granddaughter to their music.
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I know, little did our parents know that soon the hair would be so long that the Beatles would look 'clean cut', lol. I really liked them too, the 'British Invasion' brought us a lot of good rock and roll music.....great time to be young, in my opinion. Wouldn't trade it for the world. :cool:
 
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I remember that all right. It was the first time we had Rice A Roni. I really liked it and as I was eating I was thinking my sister would never taste it and I felt guilty enjoying it. She had been hit by a car and killed just a few days before. She was 6 years old. I liked the Beatles ok, but never bought any of their records.
 
Before my time really... I was just in infant school when the Beatles came onto the scene in the UK in 1962... and really for the 8 years of which they were having hits, I was just a kid, and although I was aware of their music, I was never a fan.

I came to like a few of McCartneys' songs which he released with Wings in the 70's...and George Harrison was my favourite of the 4 of them followed by Ringo, and I bought the songs they released in the 70's when I was in my teens... but all in all..I was too young to be a Beatles fan at the time
 
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